Where Do We Go From No Change Will be Made in Here ? Boulder Dam Procedure

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Think rvhat it would mean if we could go to the users of boxes oI every kind and character and say here is a wood box we can deliver to you at a cost no greater than the so-called substitute box and yet has all the good qualities inherent to wood. Think what it would mean if we were in position to go to the oil industry and say here is a fabricated wood derrick that is all ready for erection, all that is necessary for you to do is to bolt it together, It is impervious to decay, it will not burn and has all the advantages of any substitute material in the way of salvage and readiness of assembly. Think what it would mean if we could go to the architect with a sash and door or frame that would meet the popular demand and the changing style. Do you think we would be finding the difficulty in marketing a reasonable volume of product at a satisfactory price if we were able to go to the trade with the statements I have made and be able to back them up by performance? For an answer you may draw your own conclusion.

In the foregoing I have only touched on a few of the fundamentals as our research would carry us much further and into broader fields than I have suggested. It would take us into the complete fabrication of our product for the individual and industrial use. It would tdke us into the proper preparation of our product for the specific use of which it was intended. It would take us into the field of proper selection of that particular part of our product that was best suited for the particular use to which it was to be put. Research would take ug far in the engineering field. It would take us into the realms of chemistry. It would take us into the field of better refinement, greater utilization and greater respect for the material in which we deal. Research should not be confined to the art of pro_ ducing and manufacturing lumber but should likewise embrace within its field research in salesmanship; research in distribution; research in.ways and means for developing outlets for our product and main_ t3ini.n-S. them-after the-y -are devel,oped. Research i"oula pio"" i" ", the taltacy of many of the practices which we now blindfu follow in our ignorance of the product that we manufacture. A r-ather otain statement but one of which I am not afraid will be challenged. '

In a short talk I made at the Loggers' Convention about a vear ago I said we had learned the art of mass production afier a f;sti,"; but that we had. not yet learned the art of mass thinking. Wa;;;; and strll are an industry of individual thinkers and in this, as in other respects-, a_re v€ry much out of step with the trend of the times. The trend of the times is toward mass. thinking, a building up "i t"rg"i and stronger units. Thrs we see rs gorng on or, "il .ia"Joi-"i-"'"a yet as an .industry we _cling to our indlvidualism regirdless of reiults. It co-ordrnatron of effort and research is the way by which other industries have met and- solved problems that kept-thjm from sicur- ing satisfactory results from thelr efforts, why wbuld it ""t-t. .a"ir- able for us to follow in their footsteps? So iri closing let me sav that the.way_to make research_ possibli in the lumber-i;e;;try-;;'ih; Pacific coast is to lav aside our individuarism and r.i'g lr"ui iii. creatlon ot sever or eight large operating and sales unit-s so that a unrncatton ot .ettort_ mrght be had. Let us lay aside our individual preJuolces and work tor a common cause. Let us co_ordinate our forces -thereby_ making research possible and in the end secure for our industry the recognition it so justly deserves.

Do You Know That

Ve are exclusive selling agents in Northetn California for the HUMBOLDT REDVOOD COMPANY

Eureka, Calif.

Manufacturers of Redwood products

Structural Timbers Lumber piling

Kiln Dried Ructic Ceiling giding Shingles Shakes po6ts

Washington, February 3.-Secretary of the Interior Wilbur has refused to alter the procedure for submitting bids for lumber for the Boulder (Hoover) Dam. In a letler to Wilson Compton, Secretary and Manager of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association in reply to a letter from the latter opposing representations b-y- non-association members that the procedure should be ,changed, Mr. WilDUf Says:

"As you state, the invitations for bids for lumber for Iloover dam recently issued bv the Bureau of Reclamation have been drawn in strict compliance with the procedure indicated by the Chief Coordinator under authority of the Director of the Budget. No'change in this procedure is contemplated at present, and, inasmuch as the present practice has resulted in satisfactory deliveries, it is believedthat there is no present occasion to avail ourselves of your sug- gestion to utilize official Association inspection at destination."

The designated procedure stipulates that bids must either provide (a) that each piece of lumber delivered is to be marked with a manufacturers'association grade, mitl identification and the guaranteeing Tree Mark, or trade mark, of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association; or (b) be accompanied by a certificate of inspection by the manufacturers' association whose rules are applicable to the lumber offered; or (c) be subject to an inspection by an inspector to be assigned by the Bureau of Reclamation.

In the case of tie bids in different alternatives the bidder who chooses to bid under "a" will have the preference over a bidder following "b", and a "b" bid will have the preference over a "c" bid.

Confirmation of advertised procedure is stated by the National Lumber Manufacturers Association to be in line with the general governmental policy of supporting grades and grading practices for American Standard Lumber approvred by the Department of Commerce and adopted by the Federal Specifications Board and the Office of the Chief Coordinator of the United States.

Charles N. Huggins

Charles Nathaniel Huggins, vice president and general manager of Cobbs & Mitchell Co., Portland, Ore., died on January 30 after an illness of about a month.

Mr. Huggins was born in Knoxville, IIl., 64 years ago, and came to Portland in 1889. He is survived bv his rvidow, Mrs. Edith C. Huggins, three sons and a daughter.

SHAIY BEBTBAil LUilBEN GO.

Manutacturers of Soft Texture Old Growth

Califonnta White Pine

Dry Kilnr Planing Mill Bor Shook and Moulding Factorier

Daily Capacity 35ll,lxf0 Ft.

Klamath Falls Oregon