Forest Products Industries Show

Decline in Wage Earners

Washington, Jan. 15.-The forest products group of industries (as classified by the Census Bureau) which held fourth place in 1929 in number of wage-earners in the list of fifteen big manufacturing industry groups, dropped to fifth place in l93l and from fifth to seventh place in amount of wages paid, according to an analysis of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association.

The forest products industries show greater decline in number of wage-earners and in wages paid than do any other of the fifteen groups. In 1929, this group reported 876,383 wage-earners; in 1931, 512,21I, a loss of 42 per cent. In 1929, it paid $939,382,973 in wages; in 1931, fi444,757,474, a loss of 53 per cent.

Number of Wage-Earners

The four manufacturing groups which exceeded forest products in number of wage-earners in 1931 were "food and kindred products", "textiles and their products", "machinery" and "iron and steel and their products". These showed loss in number of wage-earners of 14 per cent, 18 per cent, 37 per cent and 32 per,cent, respectively, as compared with t9D.

Of the 15 groups, seven lost from 12 to l8 per cent in number of wage-earners in 1931 as compared with 1929; six from 32 to 37 per cent. Forest products lost 42 per cent; railroad repair shops, 22 per cent. The food, leather, and printing and publishing groups showed smallest losses; forest products, machinery, and transportation equipment, the greatest, as compared with 19D.

Wages Paid

In wages paid, forest products in 1931, reported loss of 53 per cent as compared with 1929; the machinery group, loss of 52 per cent; transportation equipment, loss of 50 per cent. The food, printing, and petroleum and coal groups dropped only 16 to 2O per cent. The other nine groups lost from 26 to 49 per cent from their 1929 records.

In value of products, the forest products group is ninth on the list in 1931 with $1,669,6@,334. This is 54 per cent below similar figure in 1929, when the rank of the group among the fifteen rvas also ninth in this value.

Elected State Asg'n Director

W. F. Hayward, Pacific Manufacturing Calif., has been elected a director of the Lumbermen's Association. He succeeds Hubbard of San Tose.

Co., Santa Clara, California Retail the late A. L.

Buys Aberdeen Plant

Hendricks & Nelson Plywood Co. re,cently purchased the holdings of the Consolidated Plywood Co., Aberdeen, Wash. They are using spruce, fir, alder and cottonwood in the manufacture of box sides, tops, veneer and furniture lumber.

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