. Canadian forest industries 1902-1904. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. II. Canada Lumberman Weekly Edition Februaiy [f, 1903 UNITED STATES. Another week of very satisfactory con- dition in the lumber trade has gone by. Any disappointment in regard loacliviiy is offset by firm prices and sanguine expecta- tions of a heavy spring demand. Prices at wholesale points are not yet in line with the prices at the mills, but are being steadily brought to that point. Our Al- bany list this week shows an advance of two dollars in 3-inch uppers
. Canadian forest industries 1902-1904. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. II. Canada Lumberman Weekly Edition Februaiy [f, 1903 UNITED STATES. Another week of very satisfactory con- dition in the lumber trade has gone by. Any disappointment in regard loacliviiy is offset by firm prices and sanguine expecta- tions of a heavy spring demand. Prices at wholesale points are not yet in line with the prices at the mills, but are being steadily brought to that point. Our Al- bany list this week shows an advance of two dollars in 3-inch uppers and of one dollar in inch common, barn and box stock. Buffalo dealers are about to advance prices on new stock. Reports from that centre tell of a scarcity of box and Norway pine. Dealers have bought quite heavily in the Lake Superior district, especially of box and other low grades, as they believe that there will be an unusally good season and probably higher relative prices in these grades. The retail dealers of Cleveland have adopted a new list, it having been discovered that the quantity of inch No. 3 common boards in 6, 8, 10 and 12 inch was much less than was thought to have been in stock before the inventory was taken on January 1. In Chicago sentiment regard- ing the coming season remains good, the prospects for building operations being of the best. Retail dealers are buying freely at present prices, which they fear will be advanced in the near future. The scarcity of slock is the one draw- back to a larger movement of hardwood lumber. The demand is excellent and prices are gradually hardening. Some Michigan mills are asking $22 for log run basswood. Oak and birch will also be higher than last year. Mill prices for the three grades of maple are $20, $14 and $8. GREAT BRITAIN. The British market is exhibiting a little more life. Shippers and importers are getting closer together in their ideas as to prices, and some contracts have been closed. The movement of slock on
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