HARDWOOD RECORD 



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GIBSON 



TALLY BOOK 



This ihree-lhrow tally ticket cover is made 

 from aluminum, and accommodates four tally 

 tickets — 4ix8f inches in size. 



Folds compactly to less than one-fourth inch 

 ID thickness and fits side or inside coat pocket. 



Gives large area of four tickets for compli- 

 cated 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 tliese tickets are unalterable. Their use en- 

 ables the inspector to retain triplicate, and forward 

 orieinal and duplicate. Duplicate designed to be 

 attached to invoice. 



These tally books are perfection for durability- 

 covenience, accuracy, and for systematizing the inspec- 

 tion and measurement of lumber 



Patent applied for on covers. Copyriehted, 1910. 

 Triplicate TallyTickets patented. 



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PRICE LIST 



Aluminum Tally Covers, each - - $1.00 



Aluminum Tally Covers, per dozen - - 10.00 



Patented triplicate Tally Tickets (slock 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 



political unrest is a disturbing factor and every- 

 one feels that affairs at present are not settled, 

 and recent elections have only tended to empha- 

 size this sentiment. 



The foreign trade shows improvement in some 

 directions, but does not afford that assurance 

 which exporters would like. A renewal of the 

 Ijolitical agitation in England does not tend to 

 help business, though more interest is being 

 shown in supplies and the frequency with which 

 r; presentatives of British firms visit this coun- 

 Iry indicates that stocks have run fairly low. 



The furniture manufacturers here are not buy- 

 ing heavily at this time, the demand for their 

 rtroducts having let down somewhat owing to 

 the quiet which always prevails in summer. The 

 ( fferings of lumber are not so numerous as to 

 create an idea of congestion, and the range of 

 l>i-ices is either firm or a shade higlier. 



CLEVELAND 



i'liiTe is a healthy tone to the hardwood 

 market this month. With the opening up of 

 hiiilding operations ail lines have taken on added 

 strength and the dealers are feeling happy. The 

 suburban yards are stocking up quite lieavily as 

 tlie roads are clear and rural building is starting 

 lip in earnest. 



Oak and poplar continue to hold the chief 

 ;'ltention. Quartered stock is very firm and the 

 < ommoner grades of the same wood are in good 

 (1( mand. 'IMiere is a good call for mahogany for 

 finish and furniture work. Poplar is moving as 

 well as ever. It seems that the auto body 

 tuanufacturers here cannot get enough good stock 

 Ici keep them supplied. 



COLUMBUS 



While there lias been a slight lull in the de- 

 mand for hardwoods, still the market remains 

 firm to a great degree. The lull appears to be 

 the result of the surplus of stocks, which are in 

 the hands of certain manufacturing establish- 

 ments. As it is the between seasons period in 

 the automobile and furniture industries, the 

 demand for certain kinds of hardwoods is not as 

 good as had been expected. However, prices 

 have not weakened in any particular. There is 

 no cutting of quotations to get business, and 

 ever.v one engaged in the trade believes that the 

 conditions prevailing at the present time will 

 soon pass away. 



The yard trade is not as good as might be ex- 

 pected, but orders and inquiries from retailers 

 are coming in steadil.v. Manufacturers and 

 wholesalers say the market on the whole has a 

 good tone, and everything indicates an improve- 

 ment in the demand in a ver.v short time. The 

 car situation is better, and at this time there is 

 little complaint of a car shortage. One of the 

 features of the trade is the disposition on the 

 part of some purchasers to request a delay in 

 shipment. This is due to the lull in trade 

 conditions. 



(.Quartered oak remains strong and scarce, and 

 quotations are unchanged from those given a 

 fortnight ago. Both red and white oak are in 

 good demand and the prices are strong. Chest- 

 nut is strong with prices ruling firm. Poplar is 

 al.5o in good demand. The wide sizes arc strong. 



Ash remains steady with prices uuchanged. 

 Hickory is also steady, although the demand is 

 not very strong. Basswood is in better demand, 

 and the volume of sales has increased. Other 

 hardwoods remain steady. 



CINCINNATI 



(lenerally speaking conditions in the hard- 

 viood market of this center may be well summed 

 vip as unsatisfactory, more especially so dur- 

 ing the past fortnight. With the opening of the 

 year there was a broad and liberal tone to the 

 market, and on every hand were heard comments 



on the favorable conditions and prospects of the 

 hardwood market for the coming .year'; .Tanuary 

 proved a very good business month ; February 

 moved along nicei.v, in some respects an improve- 

 ment over .January : March opened with a .show- 

 ing of weakness, which continued to the end, 

 with .Vpril moving along in the same strain, un- 

 til today, conditions are unseasonable, unsettled 

 and unsatisfactory, as viewed by the majority 

 of the lumber operators in this vicinity. With 

 this condition apparently existing in this mar- 

 ket, there should be a reason somewhere. Look- 

 ing over the figures of the car service report 

 there is shown that during the month of March 

 there were handled by the railroads 14,540 car- 

 loads of lumber at this point, as compared with 

 11,906 carloads for the month of March, 1900, 

 a gain of 2,(Jo4. These figures show that there 

 can be no reason for dissatisfaction with the 

 volume of business transacted. 



Prices are admittedly higher on all kinds of 

 hardwoods, and consumers complain on account 

 of high prices asked, especially on oak and 

 good, clear wide poplar. Then why should un- 

 satisfactory conditions prevail, especially at this 

 point? Looking over the field every day in the 

 year and discussing the prevailing conditions 

 leads one to the conclusion that Cincinnati as 

 a hardwood market is rapidly becoming over- 

 crowded with lumber operators. During the past 

 jear there have been started more than a dozen 

 new lumber "companies," all operating on this 

 market. Two of the concerns have moved here 

 from other points, while the remainder have 

 branched out from local concerns with which 

 they were affiliated. This condition has divided 

 the volume of business into more parts, and 

 while the figures show that the volume of tr.ade 

 has increased, it has been subdivided, as it 

 were, into smaller lots or parcels, and the new 

 concerns are sharing the volume of trade of- 

 fered with the older houses in the field. 



Competition for business is keen, as witness a 

 case that developed within the past month. One 

 of the city departments desired to use low 

 grade oak for the purpose of shoring up sewer 

 trenches, which is sometimes classed as "con- 

 struction" oak. and sent out for bids on a car- 

 load. It was stated that the lumber could be 

 random widths, from four inches up, with sound 

 defects no objection, but the lengths to be twelve 

 to sixteen feet, inch and a half thick. Numerous 

 bids were received, ranging from $23 a thotisand 

 to ,$17.0."), the lowest bid, which was accepted. 

 The lumber was to be delivered at one of the 

 city yards. The specifications classed the lum- 

 ber as Xo. 2 common. The lumber was delivered, 

 and the city officer on looking over the pile, con- 

 cluded that it was not satisfactory, and an in- 

 dependent local inspector was put on the ear, 

 with the result of a difference between seller 

 and buyer of $70 on the car, which was allowed 

 on the bill. With transactions such as this 

 on record there is no reason to wonder that 

 conditions in the market should be called unsat- 

 i^factor.v. 



A detailed review of the hardwood market 

 would place poplar as the leader in the transac- 

 tions, with a good demand for clear wide panel 

 stock at prices which are considered very high. 

 Wagon box boards, wliich have long been a fea- 

 ture of the market have become prominent by 

 their evident .scarcity, attributable to the buy- 

 ing for the automobile trade, which continues 

 heavy. Medium grades of poplar for furniture 

 and general manufacturing purposes are meet- 

 ing with a good volume of trade, with but a 

 fair movement of low grade, which is very plen- 

 tiful, but the prices offered are not even fairly 

 remunerative. Quarter-sawed white oak contin- 

 ues a strong feature by reason of its growing 

 scarcit.v, and the high prices at which it is be- 

 ing held, selected wide stuff of good figure, 

 comparing well with Ctiban mahogan.v for furni- 

 ture and bank fixtures : ordinary firsts and sec- 

 onds are being held at $82 to ,fS.") per thousand 

 at Ohio river points ; common is scarce, with 



