THE CALIFOR}.IIA *LUMBERMERCHANT

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How Lumber Looks

- P"ugl"l Fir-Lumber production during the week ending December 28 indicated a quite g"tt"rJ holday shutdown, being approximately ottu-half Jf *h"t it was-during !!r9 nrecedin_g week, accoiding to reports received bv thl West Coast Lumberrnen's AssJciatio., frortt 224 mille itr U" P"_"gtt" fir_region of Oregon, Warhington and British Columbia. While orders also dropped thlv exceeded pro{uction during the week by approiimately iO,OOO,O0O ieet, ot 12.4O per cent.

Production at West Coast mills has declined steadily d_uring the past four weeks, while new businese has heli "tg"I eyea-elcept during ihe last reported week, during which the Christmas holid'ay occurred.-The relationship be-tween production and orders, which for some time has-been unfavorable to the industry, is gradually improving. This betterrnent is believed to iefeci the realization of ?alers, moet of whom have lower stocks than they have carried i1 vels, that the present is probably the mosi advantageous time for ttem to rtock up to meet the requirements of spring building.

Production, orders and shipments at thes€ 224 milts for the week ending December 28 were reported to t{re Association as follows: Production, 85,SZg;Bg3 feet; Orders, 96,189,203 feet; Shipments, 105,285,532 feet. -Detail oi orders and rhipments as reported were as follows: OrdersRail, 43,556,357 feet; Domestic Cargo, 35,O92,935 feet; Export, 10,384,177 feet; Local, Z,l5O,7i4 feet Shipments

-RaiI, qq,q32,190 feet; Domestic Cargo, 39,905,9O1 feet; Export, 2213961702 feet; Local, 7,15O;Zi4 feet.

The California market showed improvement during the part two weekc and the demand was far ahead of thJ December businers. The amount of unrold lumber at San P.{" totaled 13,373,OOO feet on Januar5r 8, which is praclically the same as reported two weeks ago. 51 boatl are laid _up "o4 2 are operating ofi-shore. thiJ being the largest number of vessels ofr the coastal nm for the nart vear. What boats are operating are having a difficult time llcating cargo at the mills. O-iog to recent storrnr in the Northwert, it ia reported that there has been an emergency shutdown of many mills in the Puget Sound district. -

The total Douglas fir cargo arrivals at Los.Angeles Harbor for tfie twelve months of 1929 totaled 1r050r41g,OOO feet. Fir cargo arrivals into San Francisco Bay for 1929 totaled 589,755,Ofi) feet.

Loc Angeles building permitr for 1929 amounted to $9310161160. Building activity in Loc Angeles, as measured by the value of permits iuued was 8.5 pei cent leas than in 1928. Grouped according to tte principal clarses of building, increaser occurred in the value of permitr issued for indwhial, annulement, church and educational buildingr, and decreases occurred in the value of permits for apartment-houses and other buildings for dwelling purpores. The San Francirco building permits for 1929 totaled $33r682,O25. aisaa*

The California Redwood and California White and Suger Pine demand continues fair and t'he market is expected to show considerable activity during February and M.rgh to meet the spring building demande. There are no particular changes in prices. Redwood cargo arrivale into San Francicco Bay for 1929 totaled 2441763100O feet, while the Redwood cargo anivalr at Los Angeler Harbor amounted to 67,790,000 feet.

With holiday chutdowng in eftect at rnany mills, orders for lumber during Christmas week were 1O per cent in excess of production at 779 leading hardwood and softwood millc, acoording to telegraphic repoits to the National Lumber Manufacturers Aesociation. Total production at these mills was l8lrll4rO0O feet, refecting tte annual mill repair and inventory period, as against a total production reported by 822 mills the week before of 326r281,(XX) feet and orders amormting to 89 per cent of that production.

The current relationrhip of shipments and orders to production for the 52 weeks of 1929, baeed on reports of the regional asrociations to tlre National Lumber Manufacturers Arcociation, is as follows:

West Coast Lumbermen's Arsociation-p16{uqtion, 9r015,519 M feet; Shipments, 81826,97 M feet; Orderr, 8,890,5OO M feet.

California Redwood [s6sia1iq1-ploduction, 4Ol,4O7 M feet; Shipments, 3861181 M feet; Orders, 397'il2 M feet.

California White & Sugar Pine Associatian (51 weekr) -Prod'uction, 114211602 M feet; Shipmenti, 113121746 M feet; Orders, 113081459 M feet.

Western Pine AcEociati66-p1s{qs1ior4 212931777 M feet; Shipments, 211871517 M feet; Ordere, 2rO7Or322 M feet.

Southern Pine Association-Productionr. 314131168 M feet; Shipments, 313971700 M feet; Orden;313771484 M. feet.

Totd Softwoods (311864 Mill Reports)-Production, 17,691,174 M feet; Shipmentr, 171274,91(J M feet; Orderr, 17,106,666 M feet.

Total Hardwoodr ( 12'710 Mill Reportr)-Production, 2,676,861 M feet; Shipments, 2,456161fJ M fea; Orderr, 2,4261898 M feet.