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at a premium. This is particularly true as to 

 good wide iwplar, high-grade birch and both plain 

 and quarter-sawed oak, all of which are hard to 

 get in sufficient quantities to meet the demands 

 of the trade. Local stocks are well filled on all 

 the common grades, and dealers will not permit 

 them to deteriorate it they can prevent it. The 

 demand from builders has been yery satisfactory, 

 large quantities being called for in the construc- 

 tion of high-class dwellings, of which there is 

 an unusual number this season. Factory con- 

 sumption has been brisk and on the whole there 

 is no complaint heard of conditions generally. 

 There is also a good export demand all season, 

 and numerous cars have gone out by rail, while 

 several cargoes have cleared from this port. 

 Oak, chestnut, wide poplar and hickory are lead- 

 ing the market at present. Shipments are com- 

 ing in promptly for the most part and little 

 complaint is heard from that source. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



The Ijrst days of June have shown much im- 

 provement in the hardwood market. May, with 

 its continual bad weather, was a disappointment 

 and business was not as good as during March 

 and April, which were the record months of the 

 year. 



Just now the market is growing much stronger. 

 Inquiries and orders are coming in nicely and 

 shipments are moving in a satisfactory manner. 

 Building operations are improving and a number 

 of office and public buildings that will require 

 much hardwood interior finish will be started 

 within the next few weeks. 



Vehicle, furniture and other manufacturing 

 plants using hardwoods report a brisk trade and 

 are expected to place some nice orders for hard- 

 woods soon. 



HUNTINOTON 



The market conditions remain practically the 

 same as they have been for the past two weeks 

 in both demand and prices. The mills are hav- 

 ing no trouble in getting all the orders the.v 

 can handle for car stock and bridge planking, 

 with prices more satisfactory than they have 

 been for almost three years. The demand for 

 hemlock piece stuff remains very good, with 

 prices about the same. Both plain and quarter- 

 sawed oak in the higher grades are in active 

 call. No. 1 common and better dry chestnut lum- 

 ber is wanted and prices are satisfactory. 



Building materials are in very good demand. 

 Retail yards and planing mills are kept very 

 busy furnishing contractors in this city and find 

 it very difficult to get the material delivered as 

 fast as it is wanted. Poplar is holding its own 

 very well and the better grades are in good de- 

 mand with prices firm. One pleasing feature of 

 the poplar conditions with our millmen is that 

 the lower grades are moving better and wltli 

 irmer prices. 



BRISTOL 



Inquiry among the representative hardwood 

 dealers and manufactuiers of Bristol reveals that 

 trade is now slightly better than a fortnight ago 

 and that the situation is not as dark as it has 

 been painted from some quarters. Indeed the 

 local lumbermen think that business this year 

 will show a steady and appreciable increase over 

 last year, and that the lumber industry is on 

 the upward trend. Prices are holding up well, 

 and some new business is coming in, though, 

 frankly, the lumbermen are somewhat disap- 

 pointed in the new orders not coming in as rapid- 

 ly as they had anticipated. 



The mills are about all running, the yards 

 fairly well stocked and shipments up to the 



record of the past few months. High-grade stock 

 is moving better than the lower grades just 

 now. Prices are practically unchanged. 



MEMPHIS 



The demand fur hardwood lumber is moder- 

 ately active, buc still somewhat spasmodic. There 

 is no constant flow of orders and yet some fair- 

 sized bookings are being made. The action of 

 the United States government in securing a re- 

 straining order preventing twenty-five importani 

 tiunk lines from making a horizontal advauce in 

 freight rates has served to upset general busi- 

 ness conditions somewhat and to make the rail- 

 road officials of the interested roads declare 

 themselves m favor of a retrenchment policy. 

 However, whatever may be the future result of 

 this action or policy, nothing has come of it 

 so far. Most of the mills in Memphis are run- 

 ning on full time and the majority of those in 

 the Memphis territory are disposed to continue 

 to produce lumber as rapidlly as conditions will 

 allow, and this is after all, perhaps, the best 

 indication of the feeling of the local and out-of- 

 town trade in the Memphis territory toward the 

 market. 



Quarter-sawn oak is in less active demand 

 than a short time ago and prices have eased off 

 somewhat. Plain oak is in good demand. The 

 supply is somewhat scarce and is sold at firm 

 prices. A good movement is noted in the upper 

 grades of ash. Cypress also finds very good 

 .sale in all grades above No. 1 and No. 2 common. 

 The red gum market is still healthy, with de- 

 mand good and oft'erings none too large. Red 

 gum is, in fact, moving at a satisfactory rate in 

 No. 1 common and tetter. Sap gum is in mod- 

 erate request in the higher grades. The lower 

 grades of gum generally are rather slow, though 

 sttme interests report that they find no difficulty 

 ill disposing of what they have to offer. The 

 question of prices is a large factor in the sale 

 of low-grade gum. There is no great amount of 

 activity in the higher grades of cottonwood and 

 the lower grades are under the influence of the 

 rather unsatisfactory conditions prevailing in 

 box circles. 



NASHVILLE 



The local lumber market continues firm. The 

 upper grades of all hardwoods are in active de- 

 mand and have been moving well, with quota- 

 tions remaining about the same despite the in- 

 creased demand. Practically all the planing 

 mills, flooring and other woodworking plants are 

 running full time, and this fact is partially re- 

 sponsible for the steady demand for desirable 

 grades of lumber. Wide poplar continues to be 

 a leader in the market, although the better 

 grades of oak, both white and red. are active. 

 The same is true of birch, beech and maple, all 

 of which are active. Chestnut, cottonwood and 

 gum are holding their own, and hickory and 

 spruce are moving well. The cypress market .s 

 iiot doing much, the condition being described 

 either as stationary or slightly upward. The 

 recent and continued bad weather has interfered 

 with building operations, but now with the pros- 

 pect for better weather renewed activity is ex- 

 pected in that line. 



LOUISVILLE 



The demand tor hardwoods is good and has 

 shown considerable Improvement during the past 

 few weeks. There was a lull in the early part 

 of May, but this was caused more by bad weather 

 conditions, which prevailed generally, than by 

 any real business depression. At all events, the 

 demand has picked up a great deal of late, and a 

 lot of lumber is moving from this market. Logs 

 and lumber have been coming in from the tim- 



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