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HARDWOOD RECORD 



manufacturing purposes is good. The lower 

 grades are suffering somewhat just at present 

 from an apathy among buyers. Lumber mills 

 are fairly busy. Stocks are not accumulating 

 except in a few points. The trouble with most 

 wholesalers is to get a sufficient variety of stock 

 and dry enough to suit their customers. The 

 best grades of hardwood, especially of poplar, 

 are finding a ready market at increasing prices. 

 The bulk of business is larger and a better 

 feeling exists all along the line in the trade. 

 This is evidenced by the fact that many con- 

 cerns are putting on additional salesmen which 

 always means a heavy expense and are getting 

 pretty fair results from these men's work. The 

 eastern market has taken a lavgeT proportion 

 of stock than the Pittsburg district and per- 

 haps the best selling field since March 1 has 

 been Ohio and Michigan, where the manufac- 

 turing trade has been ^ery satisfactory. The 

 average level. of hardwood quotations is on the 

 whole a little higher than six weeks ago. 



BOSTON 



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The market for hardwoods continue firm with 

 a greater demand reported. Buyers who have 

 held back orders, believing prices would be lower, 

 admit that they have had to pay higher prices 

 for stock than they would some weeks ago. Prac- 

 tically all consumers of hardwoods have been 

 doing a better business. There does not appeal- 

 to be any weak spots in the market. Holders 

 have been firm for several months and have not 

 been anxious sellers at any time. The higher 

 jrices have not been brought about by specula- 

 tion, but are directly due to small stocks of dry 

 lumber. The cut in some cases has been in- 

 creased, but this has not checked the advance. 



Furniture manufacturers have very good or- 

 ders in most instances and they are reported as 

 carrying moderate stocks of material. Piano 

 manufacturers in some instances are very busy 

 and certain departments have been operated over- 

 time in order to keep abreast of the demand. In- 

 terior house finish is in larger demand and the 

 outlook for the coming summer is for an active 

 business. There is considerable building going 

 on in Boston of both a high grade and a cheap 

 character. 



Fancy hardwoods have attracted a greater 

 volume of business. Mahogany has been in 

 larger demand and some good orders calling for 

 delivery during the next three or four months 

 have been placed. Spanish cedar is firm with a 

 better demand. The call for quartered oak is 

 active, although the higher prices have caused 

 the substitution of other hardwoods in some 

 cases. Plain oak is firm. There has been a fair 

 call for birch, and maple holds its own well. 

 Cypress is decidedly well held. Dealers here re- 

 port manufacturers as rather independent hold- 

 ers. North Carolina pine is in fair demand. 

 Some buyers state they can purchase at conces- 

 sions, but prices as a whole are more steadily 

 held. 



BALTIMORE 



The hardwood tiadf both with regard to 

 movement ."ind prices, has about held its own. 

 The better grades are being called for frequently 

 enough to keep down stocks, and with quotations 

 high enough to encourage production. Oak, ash 

 and other woods are in fair request, though 

 many of the yards seem to have large stocks on 

 hand. Philadelphia and some of the other 

 northern markets are not perhaps buying with 

 such spirit as might be desired, owing to local 

 causes, hut the business done in the aggregate is 

 of impressive proportions, and there is every 

 prospect that it will attain even larger volume. 

 The high grades of poplar, especially wide stock, 

 continue in excellent request. The export move- 

 ment is of fair volume, though there is still 



room for improvement. Between a somewhat re- 

 stricted market in the United Kingdom because 

 of the uncertain political situation there, and 

 the rather liberal shipments made in the past, 

 tile demand has not been above the ordinary, but 

 increased interest is being shown in supplies, 

 and the frequency with which representatives of 

 foreign firms are visiting this country indicates 

 that the accumulations have been greatly re- 

 duced and that more or less replenishing of as- 

 sortments has become at least desirable if not 

 actually necessary. It is much the same with 

 other woods, notably oak. With regard to 

 wagon oak some of the exporters prefer to hold 

 back until the question of grades and inspection 

 has been adjusted. They feel that unless they 

 know just what they are to expect, it will not 

 be good business to trust to the uncertainties 

 of the Liverpool market. The prospects of an 

 agreement on all points, however, are more en- 

 couraging than they have been in a long time. 



CLEVELAND 



General satisfaction exists here as to the con- 

 dition of the lumber business at present. Build- 

 ing is good and manufacturing plants which use 

 considerable hardwood are all running full time 

 and seem to be doing an excellent business. 



Oak still continues in the lead and is getting 

 somewhat firmer. Poplar, especially wide stock, 

 is keenly sought after and is bringing very good 

 prices. Maple flooring and hardwood finish of all 

 kinds is in good demand, owing to the large 

 number of residences which are being built in all 

 parts of the city. 



COLUMBUS 



The hardwood market in Columbus and ci'ii- 

 tral Ohio remains steady, although a slight let-up 

 was reported in some quarters. The unfavorable 

 weather which has prevailed for the past few 

 weeks undoubtedly is the cause for this depres- 

 sion in the trade. However, prices have not 

 suffered in the least and the demand remains 

 fair in most sections. One of the best features 

 of the trade is the improvement in demand from 

 the yard trade. This is especially noticeable 

 where the weather has been the most favorable 

 and where stocks carried earlier in the year 

 were not large. Inquiries from that class of 

 business also show an improvement. On the 

 whole the market shows a good tone and little 

 trouble is anticipated from the unsettled condi- 

 tions which apparently prevails in certain com- 

 mercial lines. 



The demand from factories remains fair. 

 Manufacturers and jobbers, who sell to that 

 class of trade almost exclusively, report a steady 

 run of orders with no rushing business. Ap- 

 parently stocks in the hands of manufacturers 

 are somewhat larger than was generally sup- 

 posed and as a result they are not in the market 

 for as much material as was anticipated. 



Some stiffening of prices has been reported 

 in certain varieties, notably in firsts and seconds, 

 red and white oak and in basswood. Quotations 

 in quartered oak are strong and the supply is 

 limited. For plain oak the following figures 

 rule in central Ohio : Firsts and seconds, ifol : 

 at the Ohio river: No. 1 common, $32; No. 2 

 common, ?22. For poplar the quotations are ; 

 firsts and seconds, $60 ; at the Ohio river : No. 

 1 common, $36 ; No. 2 common, $25, and No. 3 

 common, $17. Basswood is slightly higher. Ash 

 remains steady and the supply is not over large. 

 Chestnut and hickory are also steady. Other 

 hardwoods are unchanged. 



The car situation has improved materially 

 and there is now little complaint of a shortage 

 of cars. The southern roads especially are in 

 better shape to handle shipments. One of the 

 features of the trade is the disposition on the 

 part of buyers to have shipments hurried up. 



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