HARD-WOOD RECORD 



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4 0i. Clue Pot Complele 



The Long List 

 Of Satisfied Users 



is sufficient evidence that the 



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are the safest, cleanest, and most 

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From the list of users we mention 

 four : 



laternatioDal Harvester Co. AabarD Park, III 



Mears-SlaytoQ Lumber Co. Chicago. Ml. 



Nottis ManafacturiDg Co. Billings. Moot. 



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



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BOSTON 



ZIMMERMAN'S 



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Patented 



June 14. 



1910 



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THE INSTANTANEOUS GLUE CONVERTER 

 COMPANY : : CINCINNATI, OHIO 



Thoro has been little activity in the local hard- 

 wood market. Some dealers have had a fair 

 volume of business, but general demand has 

 fallen below the anticipations of the majority. 

 <'onsumers have been unwilling to buy far beyond 

 immediate needs, as they have considered prices 

 lii'ld on too high a level. Now that demand is 

 Ifss active than it was there has been no develop- 

 ments in the market encouraging of lower values. 

 Huyers who are not operating naturally feel that 

 in the absence of activity that prices will recede, 

 but so far manufacturers have been steady hold- 

 ers, and in a few instances where a special thick- 

 ness or selection is wanted a slight advance has 

 been demanded and paid. Dealers who are in 

 close touch with the largest and most reliable 

 producers say that stocks of the more desirable 

 hardwoods are not large and that any increase in 

 l)usiness will be followed by greater firmness, at 

 least upon the part of the shipper. 



The high prices ruling for the past few months 

 have resulted in larger quantities of the cheaper 

 grades of hardwood being used. Several dealers 

 write they have been in receipt of a larger call 

 for plain oak during the past few weeks. Much 

 oi this is coming from desk manufacturers who 

 have been fairly busy. Prices are well held. 

 Maple in thicknesses of better than one inch is 

 very firm with a good inquiry. Chestnut is firm 

 but trading is not heavy. Basswood continues in 

 very fair call. Cypress and whitewood are in 

 moderate demand. 



BALTIMORE 



The summer dullness is gradually being felt 

 in the lumber trade of this section, although 

 the volume of business is still considerable. Sales- 

 men find their best efforts unavailing and con- 

 cerns are now settling to the usual uneventful- 

 ness of midsummer. The furniture factories are 

 not doing much at this time, because months 

 will elapse before the return of the frequenters 

 of summer resorts restores business in house fur- 

 nishing to its normal volume. It is much the 

 same in other divisions of the trade, and to 

 this natural quiet has been added the apprehen- 

 sion on the part of the railroads that they will 

 be prevented from raising rates to what they 

 regard as profitable figures. This apprehension 

 has I'csulted in a curtailment in requirements in 

 the way of materials of all kinds, and the hard- 

 wood trade is unfavorably affected as a conse- 

 quence. The range of values seems to keep up 

 quite well. Wide poplar of fine quality is mov- 

 ing with freedom. The consumers of this kind 

 of lumber are apparently in a position to pay 

 the prices asked, and if the lower grades were 

 in better shape, the manufacturers would be 

 doing well. Common and other grades, however, 

 are slow, and accumulations are reported. Ef- 

 forts are made to stimulate sales by price con- 

 cessions, so that these stocks bring materially 

 less than they did at this time in 1907, while 

 the better grades bring much more. Oak, ash, 

 chestnut and other woods are in fair request, 

 but an element of caution characterizes the 

 trade : and as many of the yards laid in large 

 stocks in anticipation of a brisk demand, which 

 calculation has not been entirely realized, deal- 

 ers cannot be prevailed upon to enter into new 

 commitments except in so far as they see a mar- 

 ket ahead for the stocks ordered. The export 

 business is moving along in about the same 

 way. General business conditions in Great 

 Britain are not conducive to great activity, 

 though the stocks now held abroad are not of 

 troublesome proportions, and the interest shown 

 in new supplies seems to be sustained. 



CLEVELAND 



1 1-s in this territory. Collections are better and 

 llie demand for stock is livelier. Building opera- 

 tions are active and are arriving at a point 

 vvliere the call for finishing materials of all 

 sorts is strong. 



The call for both l<inds of oak is active, while 

 there seems to be no let-up in the demand for 

 poplar. The wide boards are being eagerly 

 sought for by the auto body companies, who 

 are paying fancy prices for good stocks. Other 

 grades of hardwoods, including hickory, ash 

 and cliestnut, are all looking up. 



COLUMBUS 



The feature of the hardwood market in central 

 Ohio is the good demand for upper grades. Some 

 weakness has been reported in the lower grades, 

 especially in white oak, but on the whole the 

 demand has been fairly good. Prices have not 

 suffered to any great extent and the volume of 

 business appears to be increasing. 



The yard trade shows more improvement than 

 the factory trade. Manufacturers and jobbers 

 report a large number of inquiries from fac- 

 tories, and this department of the business is 

 expected to improve in the near future. Furni- 

 ture factories are still slow in buying ; but more 

 activity is anticipated when the exposition period 

 is over. Railroads and traction lines show more 

 disposition to buy stocks. Activity is also re- 

 ported from box factories. 



Quartered oak is one of the strong points in 

 the market. Plain oak is also strong and quota- 

 tions are firm. Poplar is firm in most localities 

 with a steady demand from factories. Ash con- 

 tinues weak and the demand is slow. Chestnut 

 is firm and the volume of business is good. Bass- 

 wood is also active. Hickory is in good demand. 

 Other hardwoods are unchanged. 



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CINCINNATI 



Business is in nuirh better eonditittn tlian a 

 month ago, according lo leading hardwood deal- 



There has been a lack of animation in the 

 local market during the month of June, w'hich 

 has developed into an almost listless condition. 

 A few of the offices make favorable reports, but 

 not many. The buying for the furniture manu- 

 facturing industry has been slow, owing to the 

 dullness in furniture making. Everybody accepts 

 the conditions as seasonable and there are no 

 serious complaints. Underlying the present con- 

 ditions there is a strong opinion tiiat the buying 

 for manufacturing will commence early, and con- 

 tinue through the cold weather. 



Looking hack over the business of the past 

 six months, it is found that altogether the vol- 

 ume of business transacted has been satisfac- 

 tory. Three months of this time the market 

 was very active, two months were fair and one 

 month diill. This made up a fair average busi- 

 ness for the first half of the year. A number of 

 the local operators held the opinion at the open- 

 ing of the year that business would be phenom- 

 enal this year, and because the expected "boom" 

 did not materialize have been inclined to think 

 that something was wrong. The most conserva- 

 tive operators in the market agree that condi- 

 tions have been satisfactory and that the out- 

 look for the coming six months is very good. 

 The activities of the market covered all classes 

 of hardwoods. 



Quarter-sawed white oak is the most attractive 

 feature, with the usual scarcity of good figured 

 wide stuff. The bulk of the stock offered is 

 narrow. Plain-sawed white oak is not abundant, 

 but there is sufliieient for the present wants of 

 the market. Prices are not strong, there being 

 a tendency to make concessions on the part of 

 sellers. Red oak, both quarter-sawed and plain, 

 is In fair supply, with more selling than is usual 

 to furniture manufacturers, who are using red 

 oak in many lines in which formerly only white 

 oak was used. Heavy car stock is enjoying a 



