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We invite lumber decrlers to tqke crdvcotage ol our well cBsortd stoclcs ol

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SUGAN PINE

REDWOOD

MOT'LDINGS

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FIR DIMET'.TSION & flMBERS quota from one producer to another, upon securing the proper signatures and acceptance of the quota, as indicated by the form.

The following features are of particular interest in the amended Order:

(1) Under Schedule B products (formerly termed "merchant products"), the quota of nails and three other items has been raised to 1(X} per cent of 19,10 shipments, as compared with a previous quota of 7O per cent. The quota of. galvanized sheet and strip has been raised from 50 per cent to 70 per cent.

(2) A warehouse is permitted to base its quarterly quota for any Schedule B product (nails, etc.) in one of two ways:

(A) The warehouse may assume that his quota of the various items is to be based on the purchases made in the corresponding calendar quarter of. I94O.

Example A

194O purchases of nails 1st qtr.- None

Znd qtr.- 50O tons

3rd qtr.- 500 tons

4th qtr.- 200 tons

Total 1200 tons

1942 deliveries would be on same basis for each quarter.

(B) The warehouse may elect, by written notice to his supplier on or before February l, 1942, to have delivered to him in each quarter of the year,25 percent of the total purchases made in 19CI.

Example B

194O purchases of nails lst qtr.- None

2nd qtr.- 500 tons

3rd qtr.- 500 tons

4th qtr.- 200 tons

Total 1200 tons

In 1942, warehouse may elect to secure its quota on following basis:

194O purchases of nails .. .1200 tons 25 per cent of 1200 tons .. 300 tons

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1942 deliveries lst qtr.- 300 tons

2nd qtr.- 300 tons

3rd qtr.- 300 tons

4th qtr.- 300 tons

Total 1200 tons

These amendments are effective as of January l, 1942.

A Courteous Chinaman Explains \(/hv Advertise That You Have a Subttitute He is Late Getting Shakes For Many Critical Materials

W. B. Jefferson, owner of The Greater City Lumber Company, a retail lumber yard in San Francisco, sends us the original of a letter he recently got, that seems well worth printing. It seems that some time ago he sold an order of Shakes to a Chinaman, who made a substantial payment in cash on them, and was supposed to come and pick them up. Several months passed and the buyer did not appear, so Mr. Jefferson wrote him a letter urging him to come and get them out of the rvay, and followed it up with another letter of the same sort. Right quickly he got back this little gem, written in long hand:

The Greater City Lumber Co.

San Francisco

Dear Sirs

Your letters of December 5 last and Jan. 5 instant requesting about shakes when i going take haul. I regret to say owing recent month the weather rainy very often not so good to start build house in consideration with measure that rather temporary borrow your yard for this shakes stored until rainy season over then i come to take home use. An second letter received here the day urgent me to take the shakes, however. I will find room put them and send truck up to haul within this or next week. Thanks for the storage of shakes you being allowance.

Yours Truly, Loo Fong.

Washington, January 10-The retail lumber merchant who will take advantage of the favorable breaks in the current re-allocation of America's basic material resources may find many opportuniiies to convert his trade and hold up volume.

The building material merchant generally is in a more favorable position than retail outlets which deal exclusively in materials covered by priorities. Forest products and many other basic building materials are not now and are not likely to be restricted. Dealers should advertise this fact.

Almost anything can be made out of wood. By proclaiming this fact loudly and often, the dealer may be responsible for converting many users of restricted metals to wood and thus find new customers. He should advertise the fact that he sells a non-critical material. Some alert dealers are already doing it. H. J. Butler & Bro., Inc., New York City, for instance, says in newspaper copy:

"'We are prepared to manufacture to your special requirements any items that can be made of lumber as a substitute for metals. Call for our representative to discuss your specific needs."

Spending Winter In Los Angeles

Ed Shultz, general manager of Stephenson-Browne Lumber Co., Chickasha, Oklahoma, and Mrs. Shultz, are spending the winter in Los Angeles.