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 INSTANTANEOUS GLUE FILTERING CONVERTER 



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CINCINNin. OHIO 



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The Long List 

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is sufficient evidence that the 



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E 1 e c t r i c a 11 y-H e a t e d 

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are the safest, cleanest, and most 

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From the list of users we mention 

 four : 



International Harvester Co. . Aobnrn Park. Ill 



Mearj.Slayton Lamber Co. - ■ Chicaco. 111. 



Nnttij Manafacturins Co. • Billines. Mont. 



Mesta Machine Co.. .... Pittsburg. Pa. 



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WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC S MFG. CO. 



Pittsburg, Pa. 



Sales offices in all large cities 



and wholesalers report quiet in the trade, values 

 have not been adversely affected in so far as 

 the higher class stocks are concerned, these 

 grades bringing perhaps more than ever, and 

 rertainly giving no evidence of decline. The 

 lower grades have not, according to accounts, 

 kept pace with the high quality lumber, and the 

 offerings are tar more lilieral than would be con- 

 sistent with firmness in values. How the manu- 

 facturers are going to get out the high grades, 

 for which there is an active market, and yet 

 get reasonable prices for low grades, such as 

 mill culls, is one of the problems which con- 

 fronts the millmen. The very condition that 

 forced up the price of the high grades, in fact, 

 brought about the depression in the low grades, 

 for in order to get out the former, it is inevitable 

 that a certain proportion of cheap stocks should 

 l)e produced. One development that has con- 

 tributed more or less to this result is the in- 

 creasing popularity of gum. which is brought 

 into the market in competition with low-grade 

 poplar. At the same price, a clean gum is per- 

 haps preferred by the box makers and other 

 consumers, and thus it happens that while high- 

 •,'rade poplar brings prices even above those in 

 1006 and 1907. low-grade stocks are perhaps $6 

 under the figures for that year, leaving the 

 manufacturer not so well off as he was then. 

 Oak. ash and other woods are in good shape, 

 and there is every indication that they will ad- 

 vance still higher. For the present there ap- 

 pears to be a slight lull in the trade, but the 

 range of prices has not been adversely affected, 

 and manufacturers still maintain that they ex- 

 perience no difficulty in disposing of stocks. In 

 fact, it is reported that the competition for such 

 lumber is very active and that buyers are out in 

 considerable numbers. This is indicated by the 

 frequency with which foreign dealers visit the 

 rnited States. The range of values is either 

 steady or somewhat higher, and the outlook is 

 said to be rather encouraging. The domestic 

 trade is somewhat affected by the agitation as to 

 railroad rates, and the big fight pending in 

 the courts. Under such conditions the various 

 lines do not find It easy to get money for im- 

 provements, and this interferes somewhat with 

 the movement. The furniture factories and other 

 consumers, however, are buying with ordinary 

 freedom, and the situation has lost none of its 

 buoyancy. 



COLUMBUS 



A lull which has taken possession of almost 

 every department of the hardwood market is 

 reported by manufacturers and shippers gen- 

 erally, rp to date the slowness has not seri- 

 ously affected prices which appear to be rather 

 steady, when the unfavorable weather conditions 

 are taken into consideration. What weakness 

 has appeared is in the lower grades. Unsettled 

 political conditions are also believed to be one 

 of the causes for the letup which is affecting 

 every part of the commercial fabric. This, to- 

 gether with the unfavorable weather, has put a 

 stop to much of the building operations. Lum- 

 bermen believe that the present state of affairs 

 is only temporary and that the future will bring 

 about a more optimistic trend of things. 



The demand for factory stocks has probably 

 fallen off more than the demand for yard stocks. 

 It is believed that materials in the hands of the 

 factories are much larger than was generally 

 supposed and that the policy of buying only 

 what is needed for immediate use will be fol- 

 lowed for some time. Stocks in the hands of 

 dealers appear to be somewhat limited, but not 

 such as will compel many dealers to buy exten- 

 sively in the near future. 



Quartered oak is In good demand and prices 

 are firm to the extreme. Prices for red and 

 white oak are also firm and the demand remains 

 good. Poplar is in fair call, especially the wide 

 sizes, which are quoted from $120 to ?150 at the 



Ohio river. Chestnut shows unusual strength 

 with an advance of from 50 cents to $1 in the 

 better grades. Firsts and seconds are quoted at 

 S50 and No. 1 common at $34. Sound wormy 

 is sold at $1G. Ash is slow and the demand is 

 decreased. Basswood is in fair demand at the 

 usual quotations. Hickory is fair and the same 

 is true of other varieties of hardwoods. 



CINCINNATI 



There has not been much improvement in the 

 tone of the hard\\ood market during the past 

 fortnight. The selling has only been fair, with 

 hut little hope expressed for the immediate fu- 

 ture, though all are very sanguine of a heavy 

 fall trade. White oak, especially quarter-sawed 

 with a good figure and width, is hard to get. and 

 prices are strong, but the movement is not active. 

 In the ordinary grades there is a fair volume 

 offering, but the prices for the grades offered 

 are thought to be excessive by the consumers. 

 Plain sawed white oak is in fair demand. There 

 is a scarcity of the stock most desired, for which 

 inquiries are frequent, but the buying is mainly 

 in small lots. Both quarter-sawed and plain 

 red oak is in fair demand. A noticeable feature 

 is that consumers who formerly demanded white 

 oak, especially in quarter-sawed, are now free 

 buyers of red oak. 'lucre is a good movement 

 of heavy car stock, with numerous inquiries 

 from dealers for this class of lumber ; there Is 

 evidence of a scarcity of car stock In this sec- 

 tion, as inquiries are being received from con- 

 cerns that specialize in these stocks. 



Chestnut is slow, the demand being weak ; 

 sound wormy is receiving attention from the 

 manufacturers of built-up tops, and while the 

 stocks of good grade are not plentiful, there 

 is sufficient for the needs of the market. Ash 

 is in fairly active movement for the wagon and 

 carriage manufacturing industries : there Is but 

 a small stock of heavy white wagon-makers' 

 stock, while there is some inquiry for good, dry 

 stock. Low grade ash is plentiful, but with 

 little movement. Hickory is in fair movement 

 for wheel and pole and shaft manufacturers' 

 stock, but there is not much heavy stock in 

 sight. Prices on hickory and ash remain firm. 

 Walnut stocks are in good shape, but the buying 

 for the export trade, while showing some im- 

 provement, is not active. Red gum is meeting 

 with a fair volume of trade, from furniture 

 manufacturers and manufacturers of office and 

 bai^k iuteriors. 



The manufacturers of furniture are now "be- 

 tween seasons" and as a consequence the fac- 

 tories are not busy. Buying by the retailers is 

 very slow, but it is expected as soon as the mar- 

 ket for the fall buying opens on July 1. there 

 will be a renewal of active operations. At pres- 

 ent the work of the factories is almost confined 

 to the getting out of new patterns and samples 

 for the fall trade. 



The machinery manufacturers in the wood- 

 working lines are active on orders for future de- 

 liveries, though the volume of new trade being 

 received is said to be rather slow. 



A building boom is now on, which in the 

 early days of the spring was thought to be an 

 impossibility. For various reasons the building 

 season was very backward. There was the dis- 

 content of the carpenters and other building 

 mechanics menacing the contractors, and the 

 high cost of building material, with a tendency 

 to go higher, also added to the deterrent effect. 

 But the clouds have drifted by. the labor 

 troubles are all settled, the carpenters receiv- 

 ing fifty cents per hour, and the threatened ad- 

 vance in the price of building lumber has not 

 materialized. 



TOLEDO 



Hardwood prices are holding firm all along the 

 line, and some of the better grades are actually 



