HARDWOOD RECORD 



fairly active deraand. Cht-stnut is only in mod- 

 erate request, with but little movement for ones 

 and twos and common. The demand for long. 

 dear chestnut for the building interior trade of 

 the East, which was a strong feature of this 

 market a year ago, has failed to materialize this 

 season, while the business in hardwoods gener- 

 ally for the eastern trade is very weak. Sound 

 wormy chestnut is meeting with a fair sale for 

 good grade. There is a good volume of low- 

 grade sound wormy available: prices continue 

 low. Ash, brown and white, is in fair supply. 

 with a fair movement to carriage and wagon 

 makers. Select heavy white ash for heavy wagon 

 builders is in light supply, while prices are lib- 

 iral. There is but little good, dry stock avail- 

 able, the consumers wanting stuff which has been 

 two years or over on stick. Hickory for wagon, 

 shaft and wheel manufacturers is in steady 

 movement, with stocks in this vicinity light. Red 

 gum is rapidly becoming a prominent feature of 

 the hardwood market, and is receiving more at- 

 tention from furniture and wagon manufactur- 

 ers : deal", wide panel stock, boxboards and com- 

 mon are meeting with improved demand. Walnut 

 is in good supply, with greater stocks on hand 

 for export trade than ever before known ; there 

 is no change in prices, as the exporters are firm 

 in their views and are willing tn hold on. It is 

 said that there are indications of a coming re- 

 vival in the export trade. Cherry in the hands 

 of exporters is in good volume, with prices firm. 



TOLEDO 



W'hilr lumber business generally has been in- 

 clined to lie quiet, tbere has been rather unusual 

 activity in the local hardwood business. There 

 is an active demand for all of the higher grades 

 of oak. birch, ash. chestnut, maple, hickor.v. elm 

 and wide poplar. All manufacturing plants are 

 busy and finding a ready market for their output. 

 This is especially true of implement, vehicle and 

 furniture plants, which, for the most part, have 

 l>een crowded with orders. Building operations 

 in Toledo have fallen a little short this summer. 

 Local stocks are still well filled and assortments 

 are good, but there is little surplus of high grade 

 hardwoods in any line. Dealers are still per- 

 fectly willing to buy and express full confidence 

 in the future. Export trade has held up well 

 and a fair volume has left this market for for- 

 eign parts. Prices are ruling very strong with 

 DO indications of deterioration. 



INDIANAPOLIS 



Hardwood men just ui.iw are turning much at- 

 tention toward the outlook for fall business, and 

 the prospects are said to be quite promising. Re- 

 Ijorts from all parts of Indiana and adjacent 

 territory are to the effect that the business this 

 fall will he much greater than It was last fall. 



The present trade continues quite steady, the 

 excellent .lune weather having brought out a bet- 

 ter business than that of May. There is an 

 especially heavy demand for hardwood interior 

 finish, because of the large amount of building 

 under way in this and other Indiana cities. Au- 

 tomobile |)lants .iust now are practically between 

 seasons and are reducing their production gradu- 

 ally. Carriage plants are still working to ca- 

 pacity and the furniture plants are showing 

 some activity. All grades of oak are strong. 

 while poplar and mahogany are also in good 

 demand. 



MEMPHIS 



The demand for hardwood lumber is compara- 

 tively quiet. Members of the trade here are not 

 surprised at this development, as this is a time 

 when no large business is expected. Most manu- 

 f.-icturers are running their jjlants on full time. 



and these, as well as the wholesalers, are kept 

 reasonably busy shipping lumber on bookings re- 

 el ntly made or secured earlier in the season. 

 There has been little relative change in the 

 position of various items. The best demand is 

 for the high grades of plain oak and for red 

 gum in all grades above No. 1 common. There 

 is fair movement in the upper grades of ash 

 and cypress, while cottonwood and poplar arc in 

 good demand so far as panel and other wide 

 stock are concerned. In the lower grades there 

 is generally a rather quiet demand at prevailing 

 prices. In cases where holders are willing to 

 cut the selling figures it is possible to move 

 much of this stock. It may be noted, however, 

 that holders are rather firm in their views and 

 it is for this reason that there is not a larger 

 \ olume " of low-grade stock moving. There is 

 not a very active demand at the moment for sap 

 gum in either the higher or lower grades, al- 

 though some manufacturers say that they are 

 nut having much difliculty in getting rid of what 

 tl-.ey have ready to offer. (Jeneral business con- 

 ditions are reasonably satisfactory and lumber 

 interests here are looking forward to a good 

 demand during the late summer and early fall 

 season. Prices are pretty well maintained all 

 along the line at the recent level. 



NASHVILLE 



The usual lull that is expected by lumber- 

 men during the vacation and heated period pre- 

 vails at present in the local market. How- 

 ever, none of the dealers are complaining. On 

 the other band, many are taking advantage ol' 

 the quietude to take their customary midsummer 

 inventories. The demand at present may be 

 termed that tor immediate consumption. Some 

 of the dealers expect things to pick up this 

 month, while others do not look for radical 

 change to activity until August or Septemlwr. 

 iligh-grade oak, poplar, beech and chestnut are 

 moving as well as usual and the cypress mar- 

 ket is good. Ash, red gum and birch are hold- 

 ing up well. Incessant rains of late have become 

 a factor in the consideration of any kind of 

 luisiness. but it is l>elieved the backbone of the 

 unusually copious weather has been broken and 

 that some clear days will come again. The rain 

 has made logging most difficult on many countr.\ 

 roads. 



CHATTANOOOA 



t uudirioiis of tile hardwood trade here arr 

 ;i c-onundrum even to the oldest dealers. With 

 the spring trade opening fairly good, with no 

 large stocks on hand in the market and stocks 

 liadly broken at the mills, dealers looked for 

 wa'rd to a good summer's trade, which has not 

 been up to expectations. Only the best grades 

 have l}een in demand, leaving yards with broken 

 lots and an excess of low grades. 



The more hopeful ones predict an early fall 

 revival, but they base their claim upon mere 

 guess work. Prices are still held firm on all 

 lines unless it be quartered oak. which seems 

 to be rather dull. Plain red oak of the higli 

 grades is eagerly sought. 



HUNTINOTON 



The demand for lumber is liecoming quiet as 

 tlie months of July and August apjiroach. These 

 two months are classed by the lumbermen as the 

 dullest months of the year and but very little 

 buying is done at this time. While the demand 

 is quiet, prices remain firm on what stock is 

 moving. Prices on both plain and quartered 

 oak in this .section remain satisfactory. 



The recent heavy rains on the headw'aters of 

 the (Juyan and Big Sandy rivers have brought 

 out large amounts of timber for mills on the 



THERE IS ONE FOR YOU 



Who says that a Saw Mill man 

 hasn't time for arti* 



Who says that any manager's 

 office or tiler's room isn't brighteneti 

 up by a bit of real art here and there 

 properly placed on the walls? That 

 Simonds Poster sign, "The Woods- 

 man," shown above, was painted 

 by a talented young artist in Boston. 

 Its reproduction preserves the origi- 

 nal colorings most faithfully. We 

 know that this sign has found a 

 place of honor in many a home. 



Do you want one? 



We will send it free, no matter 

 where you are, to any place in the 

 United States or Canada. 



Of course, this costs us good 

 money, but we are willing to un- 

 bend once in a while when we can 

 place such a memento of Lumbering, 

 that fascinating business, in the pos- 

 session of our friends. 



No, you don't have to be operat- 

 ing a Simonds Saw to be entitled to 

 this beautiful souvenir. Just so 

 you're a millman — that puts you on 

 the list of eligihles. If you'll write 

 today to the Advertising Manager, 

 Simonds Manufacturing Company, 

 Fitchburg, Mass., he will make it a 

 .point to see personally that your 

 name is on the list to be one of the 

 ne.\t to receive a free copy of The 

 Woodsman." 



