The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-16
HARDWOOD MEN TO
REAP ABUNDANT
HARVEST IN 1920
Secretary Of National AsSOCi-
aticn Predicts Greatest Era
Of Demand in History of
Hardwood Industry.

Nineteen twenty will be year Of
tremendous opportunities to the hard
wood lumber industry, according to n
statement made by Frank Fish, Of chi
cago, secretary of the National Hard
wood Lumber association. to The News
Scimtar Tuesday morning Mr.. Fish
Is in Memphis attending the annual
meeting of the American Hardwood
Manufacturers association. which con
vened at the Hotel Chisca Tuesday
morning, lie Is one OF the most con
spicuous figures Of the many leaders
Of the lumber industry In the city this
week for the convention There Is no
possibility Of a recession Of prices Of
hardwood after the first Of the year"
Mr.. Fish stated, AS for duration Of
think the word indefinitely would come
nearer to describing what | believe
about them than any other"
All possible conditions will combine
IN 1920 TO create highly advantageous
situation for the Southern and other
hardwood lumber manufacturers and
| dealers Mr. Fish said THE building
| boom, which began developing immedi-
ately after the signing Of the armistice,
| he said will get under fun Roadway.
| It could not be said that II was fairly
| started this year. II has been seriously
retarded by labor troubles and the DIFF
ficulty OF n mental readjustment to ac-
| cept the epoch of high prices. But
look for 1920 to give US the greatest
building boom the United States has
| ever known.
"There Is not city in the country,
and when I speak OF cities do not
confine myself to the great ones,
where there is not an Unprecedented
accumulation Of building demand, The
| building permits Issued In the various
cities will show tremendous prepare =
tlons TO build, but the permits do not
tell all the story for many persons
have planned to build who have not
asked for permits but have held their
plans In allegiance because OF the high
cost Of materials and labor. These peo-
pie will carry their plans out in 1920,
because they will not be able to wait
any longer,
"Then there Ia the matter OF export
demand. ] have lust como from New
Orleans where l talked with probably
10 Of the large hardwood lumber OK
portets and they tell me that the real
" immense volume of export demanC
has not begun to be apparent yet. Thu
demand from Italy alone, they told me
is Of such proportions as to surpris,
everybody. The automobile body manu-
faoturers and other vehicle fnanufac.
| turers have extraordinary production
programs for 1920 The furniture man
ufacturers are going ahead turning on
the same marvellous amount Of furnl
>
. them"
! M. Fish stated that weather condi
3 tions are such In the northern wood
I OF Wisconsin and Michigan as to caus
large crop" OF birch and fnapl,
1 timber But the bumper crop o
: northern hardwoodr will not have TIL
/ effect of bearing down the prices o
4 southern hardwoods. The demand 70
. hardwoods is too great to permit thl
! to occur.
, There is apparently no possibility o
i escape from virtual famine In south
: ern hardwoods during the sprinI
, months OF 1920, MIR Fish declared.
Mr. Fish expressed himself as yer,
much pleased with the growth of hl
own association durlna the six month
since the annual meeting last June
The net gain has been 81 members
= making grand total Of Liz. Thi
! makes the National Hardwood Lumbe
! association the largest trade organiza
= ton representative OF single industr
. in the United states, which is equiva
lent to the world,
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