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A0 BULLETIN 523, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TaBLE 13.—Wholesale prices* of ash tumber in important centers of lumber 
distribution and utilization. 
[Prices are per 1,000 board feet.] 
Firsts and seconds,} No. 1 Common, No. 2 Common, No. 3 Common, . 
5 inches and up 4 inches and up 3 inches and up 3 inches and up 
wide. wide. wide. wide. 
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of Sales Sahasedl Beep epee | bash teat came’ 
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BOSCORe ca wac ds oeeons see ($53. 50.365. 00/379. 50'$38. 50)$44. odlssz, 00 ' $29. 50 $30. 50 $35. 50/321. 50'$22. 50.$24. 50 
ING Wisk ORK a2 5 ts ae | 53 CO} 64.50) 79. 00| 38.00) 43.50) 56.50) 29. 00| 30. 09, 35, 00) 21.00) 22.09) 24. 00 
RU alO eos es eee A eee =| 49 75.50} 35.50} 40.00) 53.00) 25.50) 26.50) 31.50} 17.50) 18.50} 20.50 
Philadelphia, Baltimore, | | 
and Washington........- 52 78. 00} 37. 00) 42.50) 55.50) 28.00; 29. 00} 34.00) 17.00) 17.00) 20.00 
Pittspurchad ese ee 75.50} 34.50) 40.00) 53.00) 25.50) 28.50} 31.50) 17.50) 18.50} 20.50 
Richmond and Norfolk...-- 75. 00} 33. 06| 38.50) 51.50) 25. 00| 26. 00) 31. 00) 17. 00) 18. 00| 20. 00 
Km Omvall ese oes Fe 67. 00} 28. 09) 32.50) 45.00} 18. 09} 19. 00} 23.50} 10. C0; 11.00) 13.00 
Nash yilled [5 sea eee ee 68. 00; 27. 00; 32.50} 45.50) 18. 00} 19. 00} 24. 00 10. 00) 11. 00; 13.00 
Waites] 1 | eee Sas SU | 75. 00} 30.00} 35.00 46. 00) 18.00} 23. 09} 28. 00] 12. 00| 13.00] 16. 00 
Cimeimnatinses6 eee e 72. 00} 31.50} 36.50} 51.50) 22. 00) 23. 00! 28. 00) 14. 00! 15. 00} 17.00 
Bvansvilles ste ee 71.50} 30.50} 36.00) 49.00) 21.50} 22.50} 27.50} 13. 50} 14.50) 16.50 
Chicago and Indianapolis -. 73.50) 32.50) 38. 00) 49.00) 23.50) 24.50} 29.50} 15.50; 16.50; 18.50 
Detroit, Cleveland, and | | | | 
Grand Rapids............} 49. 00} 60.50} 75.00) 33.00! 39.59! 52.00} 25. 00] 26. 00 31. 00) 17. 00) 18. 00; 20. 00 
Wausau 2Wis sacs: se 43.50) 54. 00} 69.50} 28.50) 34. 00) 47.09) 19.50} 19.50} 26.50) 11.50} 12.50} 14.50 
St. Paul and Minneapolis. ..} 50. 00} 61.50} 76.00} 35.00} 40.50} 53.50} 25.00} 27. 00) 32. 00} 17. 00} 19. OO} 21. 00 
S65 LOUIS 234 SS 45.00} 56.50} 71.00} 30. 00} 35.50) 46.50; 21. 00} 22. 00; 29. 50] 13. 00} 14.00, 16. 00 
HURASAS Clb oon ae wae 46.50} 58.00} 72.50) 31.50} 37.00) 50.00; 22.50} 23.50} 28.50) 14.50) 15.50) 17.50 
HWenvere. 2.8.2.3 ese 45. 00} 66.50} 81.00) 40. G0) 45.50) 60.50) 31.00! 32. 00) 3706).c554[0.. 2 epee 
Los Angeles, San Francisco, | | | 
and Seattle. 22%. 256-2. 63. 50} 75. 00) 89.50}. ...-.]...--- |------ reverse | era ee ee eee 
Caire and Thebes.......... 44. 00} 55.50) 70.00) 29.00} 33. 59) 48.50; 20. 00! 21 00, 26.00) 12. 00} 13. 09) 15.00 
Momphis: 522) e222 ee 41. 00} 52. 50) 67. 00} 26.00) 31.50) 42.50, 17. 00! 18.00; 23.00}; 9.00} 10.09} 12.00 
70. cH 29. 00} 34. 50) ae og 20. or 21. 00, 26. 00} 12.00) 13.50} 15. 00 
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1 Figures taken from the market report of Sept. 15, 1916, of the Lumberman’s Bureau, Washington, D.C. 
These prices claim to represent actual selling prices in the principal markets of Inmber in car lots to the 
retail and factory trade. 
The f. o. b. value of properly manufactured and graded ash lum- 
ber at any particular mill is the difference between its wholesale 
value at the nearest city in the list given in the table and the whole- 
saler’s profit and expenses—the latter chiefly freight. In some cases 
the f. o. b. mill value should be more, as where the timbers can be 
marketed locally or at a point with a lower freight rate than to any — 
given in the list or where the wholesaler’s profit can be eliminated. 
Small second-growth ash logs which would not cut a high per 
cent of upper grades are often worth more f. o. b. mill for shipment 
to some factory for special uses, such as for handles of all kinds, 
than if manufactured into graded lumber. In Ohie such logs to be 
used for handles are worth from $30 to $40 per 1,000 feet log scale 
delivered at factory, which admits of a $15 to $35 value per 1,000 
board feet for logs f. o. b. local station for material too small in 
diameter to cut out more than’a very small per cent of upper grades. 
In Arkansas from $15 to $20, and in Virginia $40, is paid for ash 
logs for handles, delivered at the factories. 
