Lists

Retail yards stocking Redwood are "following-up" lists giving names and addresses ofall new "pro,spects" developecllhru national advertising, and nearly 50 per celt of sirch yards have already secured new Redwood business from ihese lists, according to R. F. Hammatt, Manager of the Cali{ornia Redwood Association.

"To be exact," said Hammatt, in commenting on results to a questionnaire recentl/ serri to more than 3,000 retail yard-s stocking Redr'vood, "48 per cent of the signed replies- tell us thatlhe yards 'have secured actual business from these prospects,' and all but five of the yards so reporting stateaennitety that some of it has been'Redwood business. Of the 52 per cent who, according to their replies, have not secured new business from our lists, practically every one asks us to continue sending these lists and agrees to follow up all prospects lor 1927," he adds.

'Fo. sel'en months in 1926, according to the records of the California Redwood Association, 15,987 people answerecl the Association's national advertising campaign; each person was referred by name to lris local Redwood dealer and all Redwood dealers were furrnished with the name and address of every prospect originating within their own cities.

In spite of the fact that method of procedure, as adopteil, involves a large amount of correspondence, that method will be continued during L927, Mt' Hammatt states.

BUYS INTEREST IN LAWNDALE LUMBER CO.

IVIr. Lee R. Hill, from North Dakota, has purchased a half interest in the Lawndale Lumber Company.

Ben T. Cook, founder of the business, remains rvith the company.

Everything In Hardwoods

Ourbattery of modern kilns, operated under the direction of an eTPerie'nced kiln engineer, a-ssures our trade oi i complete stoch of correctly seasond hardwoodb to meet the climatic conditionE of Southern California.

West Coast Bureau Reports Good Work Done Last Year And Announces Increased Expenditure For 1927

Plans of the West Coast Lumber Trade Extension Bureau to increase their expenditure for advertising and field work during 1927 were announced at'the annual meeting of the Bureau held at Seattle, January 28. Members indicated their satisfaction with the first year's work of the organization by re-electing the Board oi Trustees.

- Johlt D. lennqnt, president of the Bureau and vice-presi- dent Long-Bell Lumber Co., was in the chair, and in the course of his remarks expressed his great satisfaction with what had been accomplished by the Bureau in its first ;rear's operation. A larger proportionate amount would be spent this year on field work, he said, and the present field force would be increased to l0 bv the end of thl vear. Mr. Tennant said that the name of burable Douglas Fir, as a superior softwood, had been established in most of the lumber markets of the world by the efforts of the Bureau. In concluding he paid a tribute to,the fine work done by the three heads of departments of the Bureau, C. I. Hogue, in charge of field work; J. B. Fitzgerald, publicity, and C. D. Moore, finance.

C. J. Hogue reviewed the work of his department, and outlined plans for the coming year, which include exhibits at 16 lumbermen's conventions. He reported that more than 300 retail dealers had used the advertising copy prepared by the Bureau, and that 17,000 copies of their newspap.er, "Big Trees", were being distributed to retailers.

Others who spoke were C. H. Watzek, Crossett-Western Lumber Co.; Ralph Burnside, Willapa Lumber Co.; Frost Snyder, Clear Fir Lumber Co.; E. B. Wight, Walton Lumber Co., and R. W. Vinnedge.

The Board o{ Trustees is as follows : John, D. Tennant, Long-Bell Lumber Co.; George S. Lorig, Weyerhaeuser Timber Co.; R, W. Vinnedge, North Bend Timber Co.; B"lpfr H. Burnside, Willapa Lumber Co.; C. D. Johnson, Pacific Spruce Corporation; Everett G. Griggs, St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co., and Myron Woodard Silver Falls Timber Co.

A resolution expressing appreciation of the work of Mr. Henry Schott, the Bureau's first managing director, was passed unanimously.

Strike Closes Shingle Mills

Aberdeen, Feb. 4.-Fifteen Grays Harbor shingle mills are closed and 1000 men are idle. as a result of a strike of sawyers and packers here late yesterday. The men walked out following a wage cut of 2 cents per thousand for, sawyers and 3 cents per thousand for packers.

The walkout was general, all mills, with the exception of the E. C. Miller Cedar Mill, being closed. One mill made unsuccessful efforts to resume this morning.

The cut became effective last Tuesday, when the shingle mills resumed after a sixty-day shut-down. Mill operators at the close of operations, early in December, announced thatthecut would be necessitated, to make wages here conform more nearly with those paid in the Puget Sound and other shingle districts.

Operators declare that the majority of the workers want to resume work on the new scale, but that they are being influenced to strike by a minority.

Workers are firm in their refusal to resume work unless the old wage scale is given. The nelv scale would mean a cut of from 6O to 90 cents per day, operators say.

PICKERING TUMBER CO. SAWMILL DOWN

The sawmill of the Pickering Lumber Co. at Standard City has been temporarily cloied down for overhauling. The company's box plant will continue to run full shift. -

Official Lumber Publications

List of Publications relating to the lumber industry, published by the Department of Commerce, 'Washington, D. C. These publications may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C., or from the Bureau's district and cooperative officers except as noted. Those marked "exhausted" may be examined at the Bureau's offices, and are available in many libraries. To supplement these printed bulletins the Lumber Division can supply American firms with mimeographed reports on numerous markets on specific requests.

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Special Agents Series

Lumber Industrl of the Phillippirte Islands (1914). Exhausted).

Japanese Markets for American Lumber (1915); 5 cents.

Rattan supply of the Philippines (1915); 5 cents.

Philippine Markets for American Lumber (1915); 5 cents.

China and Indo-China Markets for American Lumber (1915); 5 cents.

Teak in Siam and Indo-China (1915). (E*hausted).

No. 109. Australasian Markets for American Lumber (1915); 5 cents.

No. I10. By-products of the Lumber Industry (1916). (Exhausted).

No. ll2. Lumber Markets of the East Coast of South America (1916) ; 25 cents.

No. 117. Lumber Markets of the West and North Coasts of South America (1916) ; 25 cents.

No. 182. Lumber Market inItaly and Reconstruction Requirements (1919) ; 25 cents.

No. 195. Swedish Forests, Lumber Industry, and Lumber Export Trade (1921); 75 cents.

No. 201. Lumber Markets of Spain and Portugal (192I); 35 cents.

N.o 207. Forest Resources, Lumber fndustry, and Lumber Export Trade of Finland (192I); 30 cents.

No. 211. Forest Resources, Lumber Industry, and Lumber Export Trade of Norway (1922); 30 cents. Trade Information Bulletin Series (Sale Basis)

No. 353. American Lumber in Switzerland (1925); lO cents.

No. 361. American Lumber in Belgium (1925); 10 cents.

No. 378. Forest Resources of Siberia (1925); 10 cents.

No. 408. Latvian Timber Resources and Trade (1926);

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