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things look especially good, while others say they 

 lind time to play golf and engage in athletics 

 and are not so ticlsled at the condition of the 

 I radc. Withal the situation is not discouraging. 

 I'onsiderable business i.s being done and the 

 larger mills are all running full time and ship- 

 ping out much stocli. The yards are fairly well 

 hlockod and the log supply at the mills is gen- 

 erally fair. Continued heavy rains for the past 

 fortnight have retarded lumber operations con- 

 --iderably. 



HUNTINGTON 



Thv marliet in this section shows less brisk- 

 iirss but prices remain firm. The demand for 

 liiuh-grade stock continues to predominate over 

 llio demand for the lower grades, which have 

 been in better call than for the past three years. 

 IJotb plain and quartered-sawed white oak is 

 ijuito scarce in dry stock and prices are firm. 

 \o. 1 common and better chestnut is in good de- 

 mand, but sound wormy grades in all thicknesses 

 arc dragging considerably and prices are not sat- 

 isfactory. 



Imiuiries are received by the various millmen 

 for one-inch log run walnut, mostly for export 

 business, but the stock seems to be scarce and 

 but very few cars have been put on the markets 

 the past two weeks. Hemlock and pine bill stuff 

 is not moving at as satisfactory prices as thirty 

 days ago ; especially is this true of sales from 

 ibe eastern markets. The demand for car oak 

 and oak planking remains about the same, with 

 Ijriees firm and in seme instances better than 

 they have been for three years. 



Most all mills in this section are well supplied 

 with orders, and in fact they have orders offered 

 them for more stock than they will have the 

 timber to get out the material offered them. 



l*oplar holds its own very well, ranel stock, 

 firsts and seconds, are in good demand with high 

 prices. The lower grades of poplar are moving 

 rapidly, especially plain mill stock, Xo. 1 and 

 Xo. 2 common grades, and No. 3 is in better de- 

 tiiand than it has been, although it is not mov- 

 ing as rapidly and at as satisfactory prices as 

 till' millmen would like. 



LOUISVILLE 



As is customary at this season of the year, 

 buying is being done rather sluggishly and the 

 volume of business recorded by hardwood inter- 

 ■ sts is considerably below the average. This is 

 not regarded as an indication of depression, but 

 simply the natural result of the desire of buyers 

 to stay out of the market until midyear inven- 

 tories are completed and plans for operations 

 during the second half of the year mapped out. 

 The foregoing does not mean that business has 

 dropped off entirely, but simply that it is quiet 

 and moving along without the usual snap. In 1 

 few weeks, however, it is expected that some of 

 the largest orders of the year will be placed 

 and that July will prove to be the most active 

 month of 1910 thus far. Quartered oak is being 

 sold in good volume, while the demand is pretty 

 well distributed over the rest of the list, plain 

 oak and poplar having a good share of the sales. 

 Prices are holding up and are expected to show 

 some advances when the season develops a little 

 further. 



ST. LOUIS 



The hardwood business is quiet, as is usual for 

 this season of the yeai'. Little trade is expected 

 until the fall business begins. A falling o£C is 

 noted in the lower grades, but the prices on 

 upper grades of hardwood are being pretty well 

 maintained. Quartered oak is the only item that 

 has been showing any weakness recently. Plaia 

 oak is holding its own nicely. There is a steady 



movement in red gum. This is particularly true 

 in first and second and No. 1 common grades. 

 Sap guiu is not very strong. Thick ash stock 

 in particular is having a steady call. All the 

 grades handled in this market are in good de- 

 mand. Wide panel stock is commanding a good 

 price and is quite scarce. Cotonwood box board 

 is having a ready sale. Maple and birch com- 

 mand firm prices and sell readily. There is a 

 growing demand for these two woods. 



MILWAUKEE 



Despite the fact that the movement of new 

 hardwood stocks is larger, prices are being well 

 maintained and little change is anticipated. 

 The movement is fairly large in birch and maple, 

 but the sash and door plants and the mills in 

 general are picking up all in this line that they 

 can secure. The factory trade seem to be im- 

 proved as a result of the fact that raw stocks 

 on hand have gradually been lowered. Much of 

 the spring building is now demanding the com 

 pletion of millwork and practically all the hard- 

 wood plants in the city are busy. Reports fi-om 

 the lumber country indicate that the mills are 

 busy with much better orders being received. 



While demand is still strongest for high-grade 

 stocks, lower grade stuff is showing some im- 

 provement with the box factories placing slightly 

 better orders. Low-grade basswood is showing 

 more life. Oak, upper grade birch and maple 

 seem to be the leaders in the local market. 



MINNEAPOLIS 



Demand is rather quiet here except for such 

 stock as is scarce. The dry and warm weather 

 that has prevailed for the last two weeks has 

 put new sawed lumber in pretty fair condition 

 to ship, and most concerns are fairly well sup- 

 plied with stock that is wanted. Good prices are 

 being received and no one is disposed to cut 

 materially on the upper grades. The demand 

 for culls and common lumber does not improve, 

 and every one is ready to sell it at a sacrifice 

 when a buyer can be found, in order to move 

 some of the surplus out. The railroads have 

 fallen off in their buying, though by no means 

 (]uit the market, as they have a certain amount 

 of repair work that must be done. 



The building proposition has not been affected 

 at all and it is going ahead on a heavy scale. 

 This is making things hum for sash and door 

 men and they are working up stock to the full- 

 est capacity. Birch, oak and maple are going 

 into consumption fast, and while the consumers 

 are not buying much at present, they will have 

 to loosen up soon, and a good midsummer trade 

 is expected. 



SAOINAW VALLEY 



The hardwood lumber market shows marked 

 improvement compared with last year. Prices 

 are better all around and the movement is much 

 heavier. There has been an extraordinary run 

 on maple. First and second No. 1 common has 

 been marked up $2, and the same applies to 

 birch. About all the available maple and birch 

 in sight has been contracted for. Soft elm is 

 strong and a dollar better for No. 2 common. All 

 the basswood that will be manufactured this .vcar 

 is reported to be already contracted for. There 

 is practically little if any dry oasswood on the 

 market. A better call is noted for beech. 



The market for flooring has ruled steady and 

 manufacturers are working off their product. The 

 export trade has taicen a large quantity of floor- 

 ing. A good deal of hardwood cuiiS and low- 

 grade stock is being worked up into box stock. 

 On the whole, conditions are satisfactory and 

 the season promises to round out much better 

 than the average. 



