THE CALIFOR}.IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

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lncorponted under the laws of C:llfomia

J. C. Dime, Prcs ud Trcu.; J. E. Martin. Vie-PrGs.; W. T. Black, Secrctary Publiehed thr lrt rtrd l5th ol cach tMth at llt-lt-z0 Central Bullding, lQt West Sixth Stre! lan Angebc, Cal., Tclephm VAndke {565 Entercd er Seond-clus matter September 25, 1922, at th€ Post Officc at Lc Angelca, Califmle, under Aci of March 3, 1E79.

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How Lumber Looks

In the week ended December 24. new orders for lumber were 27 per,cent above those booked in the corresponding week of. 1937, according to the National Lumber Manufaiturers Association. Every reporting region but one showed considerable gain over last year.

Reported production was 58 per cent above, and ship- ments were 62 per cent greater than the corresponding week of 1937.

_ -Pg_r1ng the week ended December 24, 82 mills produced 168,789,000 feet of softwoods and hardwoods c-ombined, shipped 178,789,W feet, and booked orders of. l7O,94l,0AO Ieet.

A total of 151 down and operating mills in Washington and Oregon, which reported to the West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended December 24, produced 91,540,374 feet, shirpped 92,587,7@ feet, and new business was 81,652,888 feet. The unfilled order file at these mills stood at 316,090,568 feet.

The same number of mills, reporting for the week ended December 31, produced 56,054,273 feel, shipped 79,354,897 feet, and new business was 78,235,558 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 312762,6D f.eet.

The Western Pine Association for the week ended December 31,111 mills reporting, gave orders as 41,809,00O feet, shipments 49,544,000 feet, and production 8,244,ffiO feet. Orders ,on hand at the end of the week totaled 208.423,000 feet.

The Western Pine iqdustry did not enjoy as large a volume of business in 1938 as in the previoui year. 1937, although the best year for Western Pine since l9D, ended in a decline in demand which carried well into 1938 and it was not until late in the second half of the year that a substantial upturn occurred. Despite this pick-up in demand, 1938 production was about 2l per cent below that of 1937 and shipments were off 12 per cent.

As 1938 came to a close, the prospects for the immediate future were more ,promising than a year ago. Currently there is improvement in the volume of new business being placed and stocks are n.ot excessive.

The California Redwood Association reported production of 13 mills for the week ended December 24 as 6,945.000 feet, shipments 5,190,000 feet, and new business 4,779,000 feet. Week-end orders on hand totaled 26,395.00 feet. These r4ills reported production 24 per cent greater and new business 50 per cent greater than for the same week in 1937.

The Southern Pine Association, 102 mills reporting, for the week ended December 31, gave production as 25,910,000 feet, shipments 23,645,000 feet, and orders 20,532,0n feet. Orders on hand at the end of the rveek totaled 60.330.000 feet.

Lumber cargo receipts at Los Angeles harbor for 1938 totaled 799,615,0n feet, against 800,844,000 feet in 1937.

Lumber cargo receipts at Los Angeles harbor for the week _ended^January 7 totaled 6,972,M feet as compared with 13,386,000 feet the previous week.

Herets how Jornrs are CONCEALED in Sheetrock walls

t. The recessed edge forms a chaonel at ioints-

2. -whichisfilledwith ' a special cement o. Perf- A-Tape-strong, perforated fiber tape -is theo imbedded in the cement, and.f. -morecementisap plied over it, leveled aod sandpapered, completely coocealing the ioint.