L, t. GARR & CO.

Califiornia Sugar olnd Ponderoo Pine

Scrles Agents For

SACRAMENTO BOX & LUMBER CO. Mills At Woodleaf, Calif.

SACRAMENTO tOS ANGELES

P. O. Box 1282 W. D. Dunning Teletype Sc-13 438 Chamber ol Commerce Bldg.

LUMBERMENS BUILDING PORTLAND,I, OREGON

Shipments By Rcil cnd Ccrrgo

All Species

Telephone Teletype BRocrdwcry 3613 Ptld. 167

Probable First Quart€r 1946 Production--Consumption o[ \(/estern Pine

Portland, Oregon, December 31-An analysis of the current year's manufacture of Idaho White Pine, Ponderosa Pine, Sugar Pine and associated woods, and probable first cluarter 1946 production-consumption was released today by S. V. Fullaway, Jr., Secretary-Manager, Western Pine Association. The statement in full is as follows:

"The high level of war-time production in the Western Pine region was well maintained by the industry during the first quarter of 1945. lfowever, the cumulative effects of tl-re deteriorating manpower situation began to seriously hamper production in the second quarter. At the war's end, manpower and worker efficiency were at the lowest ebb with the result that regional output for the first nine months ol 7945 was off 12 per cent from that in the same 1944 period.

"Performance during the last quarter was the worst since the depression year ol 1934. The regional output of 810 million was 41 per cent below that in the fourth quarter of 194+. Shipments r,vere likewise ofi 40 per cent. The widespread strikes lvere of course a major factor. Partial return to a 40-hour rvork week also contributed to the decline. But a very definite retardent, and one which will apparently be responsible for continued low output in the forseeable future, is the reduction to the vanishing point, in the case of many mills, of the margin bettveen continually advancing costs and rigid price ceilings.

"To summarize the 1945 performance of the Western Pine industry, lumber production of 4967 million was l8l per cent under that of the same 1944 period, shipments of 5063 u'ere down 17 per cent, and stocks at the end of the year were lower on this date than for many years. .It was the poorest showing since 1939.

"For the immediate future, the Western Pine industry is geared to make a substantial contribution to the urgently needed revival of the construction industry. Production, although lower than during the past five years, could be maintained at high levels as compared to pre-war performance. Ilowever, the settlement of labor difficulties and the possibility of reasonable returns will determine t946 performance. Unless OPA shackles are removed, thus permitting real collective bargaining and a fair margin betrveen cost and realization, all available information points to exceedingly low shipments (consumption) of lumber from the Western Pine region during the first quarter of 1946-the prediction being about 800 million feet."

E. L. Bruce Co. Announces Appointments

E. L. Bruce Co., Memphis, Tenn., manufacturers of hardwood flooring and lumber, has announced the appointment of Ben A. Vaughan as sales manager of the flooring division. Ile was district sales manager for the New England states for several years, later serving in the same capacity in Omaha, Neb. In 1942, he was brought back to Memphis to become assistant sales manager of the flooring division, which position he held at the time of his appointment.

Willard B. Ward has returned to the comoanv after serving 30 months as a Lieutenant in the USNR. H" *u, with the Navy Lumber Coordinating Unit, purchasing ship timbers and other hardwood lumber. He will be assistant in the company's Lumber Procurement Division.

Bemodeling Oflice

\Voodhead Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is remodeling its office, and they have also put on an acldition to the office building. Harolcl Brown is manager.

Buys Ivcrnhoe Ycrd

Bell Lumber Company, purchased the yard of E. hoe, Calif.

Mr. Billeci was formerlv ber Co. at Visalia.

Steve Billeci, owner, recently C. Miles Lumber Co. at Ivan-

'ivith the W. R. Spalding Lum-