Pertinent Facts About Lumber and Building During 1925

Lumber production for the first ten months of. 1925, mcasured by Association reports, has been 4.2 per cent above the first ten months of 1924, and only 1-5 of one per cent below 1923 production for the same period. This scems to indicate that 1925 production of lumber will run close to 38,000,000,000 feet, and possibly close to 39,000,000,000.

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Lumber has passed through the Panama Canal in recordbreaking volume. Every month of 1925 surpassed the record of any previous month. Water shipments from the Pacific Northwest through the Canal for the first nine months of 1925 were 25 per cent above those of the same period of 1924. Water shipments from the Pacific Northwest to California for the first hine months of 1925 were 8 per cent greater than during the same period of 1924. *rt,t*

Car service in lumber handling has been splendid throughout 1925, and,5 to 8 per cent quicker than during 1924. The only stagnation in railroad service during the past year was in the Florida district. THERE WAS NO CAR SHORTAGE IN THE COUNTRY ANYWHERE DURING 1925 EXCEPT IN FLORIDA.