Census Figures Show Sharp Increase in Employmeht, \(/ages and Value of Products in Lumber Industry

Washington, Dec. 23.-Showing sharp increases in employment, wages and value of products, the lumber industry for 1937 employed 27% 'more wage earners, paid So/ot more in wages, and increased the value of its products 54lo in comparison with 1935 figures, according to preliminary reports compiled from returns of the recent Biennial Census of Manufactures, released by the Bureau of the Census of the Department of Commerce.

In the establishments reporting to the Census, the number of wage earners employed rose from 255,730 in 1935 to 323,928 in 1937. Wages paid increased frqm $183,074,245 in 1935 to $275O33,84 f.or 1937. The value of products increased for the same period from $551,614,W to $848,481,316.

Figures on total lumber production show for 1937 a total ol 25,997 million board feet, compared with 2+,355 million feet in 1936, a gain of 6.7%. Production in 1930 was 26,051 million feet. Production in 1938, as now indicated, may be approximately 20,50O million feet, about 5 per cent above 1935.

Production by principal species in 1937 shows, as in the years 1936 and 1935, Washington, Oregon and California are leading states in total lumber production, followed by Louisiana and Mississippi. Louisiana leads in hardwood outptrt in 1937, followed by Mississippi, Michigan and Tennessee. After the three Pacific Coast states, Alabama and Texas are leading softwood producing states.

Species of softwoods showing the largest vo,lume of production in 1937 were Southern (Yellow) Pine 7,692 million board feet; Douglas Fir 6,555 million board feet; Ponderosa Pine 3,308 million board feet, and White Pine 1,012 million board feet. These four species have been leaders, in the order named, for several years.

Among the hardwoods, oak was the principal species with a production of 1,582 million board feet, ,followed by Red Gum and Maple. This was also the order in hardrvood production in other recent years.

The following table shows the lumber production by species for the years 1937,1936 and 1935 as compiled by the U. S. Bureau of the Census. The report covers a wider range than in former years, the 1937 figures being compiled from records of 13,651 mills as compared with 12,703 mills in 1936 and 11,365 mills in 1935.

Southern (Yellow) Pine.

Pine

With Hammond Lumber Company

Ray Canady is now with the wholesale lumber department of Hammond Lumber Company, Los Angeles, as outside salesman. Ray was formerly with the Coos Bay Lumber Co.

Chris Totten Publishes a Grand Year Book For Arizona Association

Chris Totten, secretary of the Arizona Retail Lumber & Builders Supply Association, Inc., occasionally gets out something in the way of original literature, and when he does it is always unusually fine. His year b'ook, issued just be,fore Christrnas, is the best thing he has ever issued, so far as we have seen. It is titled "The Old and the New" for 1938-9. The cover is thin wood. On the front cover there is a drawing by Chris himself of a pine tree scene. Inside tlrere are 24 multigraphed pages, filled with interesting things, cartoons, poems splendidly selected (one of them by Jack Dionne, see?), editorials, building boosts, stories, memorials, all very well done, indeed. It is a clever attractive little album, good enough to take home and have the folks all read, for there is food there for everyone.

EAST BAY CLUB'S CHRISTMAS PARTY

More than 100 lumbermen were in attendance at the big Christmas party of East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club, held at the Athens Athletic Club, Oakland, on Friday evening, December 16.

President Shirley C. Forsey presided, and Hal Martin was master of ceremonies. The entertainment program was excellent and everybody seemed to have an enjoyable time. Pro'fessor Woodbridge led the gathering in community singing.

R. A. "Dick" Hiscox was lucky enough to win the drawing for a pair of tickets on the So-yard line for the EastWest football game.