Show LUMBER MARKET IN GOOD SHAPE I The rhe e slowness neBS of or re i c tall re-tall I I tall tail demand for lumber ha h had n no I 1 weakening eff effect ct on the market due primarily to tile the hea heal heal- heavily Iy ly D o overbooked condition of the nulls mills and th their lr very cry ery low and broken stocks sass s the tho American Lumber Lumber- Lumberman Lumberman Lumberman man Chicago Is 19 going id actively ely In most cities s 's and Industrial md communities and retail lumber dealis report cell e sales and good Immediate pr prospects ei c el their thor stocks ha have hae C bool been considerably added to lately by Ly de- de deIh deli de deliveries I Ih li liveries erles eries on orders ordera placed earl this ear and for tor the tho present the are Lu Ing only such Items n as are Im urn Imperatively I el needed rs rt rS- rS I port a 3 Cloo flood of Inquiries for tor retail I stocks of ot all till kinds showing sho Ing that justI I hiIe s buy cautiously just justn I n aw they ale nie Interested In Inthe inthe I the mal Some borne also I sho shea a disposition to Lo hold ott orr orrIn of Ini tin tan i tIl they thy have havo definite need tOI stock There here Is thus crested created a 1 spotted condition In the 1 industrial tra trade but as a whole hole It itis Itla Is while labile country trude rude Is not only promising but In sonic ome sec see sections I ions Ig Is actually opening up ery Demand iemand for tor or lumber therefore aggregates into a good I volume in many mony cases exceeding tho abU ability ability of to meet It Though bl buyers er report It I to place orders now than several weeks ago this I difficult es- es es especially If the they are for badly cars or for tor any considerable quan- quan quan quantities quantities tItie Mills reject orders freely un- un Un un 1 es 1 they fit It stocks on hand or cut cut- cutting cutting cut cutting ting Schedules and bho no eager eager- eager ne neu nese i fOI toi n new business Considerable p pi ogress ha has been made mado lately In thinning down old order tiles flies hut but tile the be I lumber umber Industry I II stilt still booked ahead for tor tour four or five weeks on the a average crage and many mm mills ha hae have e orders on hind hand osei- osei e orI I lag Ing output for two to to ee months The fhe market Is therefore very cry ery tim timon firmon I on all principal softwoods and hard hardwoods woods wood A surplus of ot some items I has been accumulated here and I there and Is offered at slight con con- concessions concessions con concessions cessions but hut without harm rn to the market TIe The supply ot of transit cars Is not above normal and they are strong Production holds up to the le leI leel I last lt few weeks weather be- be belag be being lag ing fa favorable In the south and the I W W V strike In the tIme west not noL basing had Important results Ship Ship- Shipment ment from tho the larger producing hn have base 0 shown some ml- ml Im Improve j prove prose pro and the outlook is us inno no re respect et disheartening |