How Lumber Looks

The lumber market in alt sectio,ns of Califomia shows very little change and the demand continues light. Some imPrgvemelt, however, has becn repoced in the demand for industrial items. According to riports from the Non{rwest logging operations have bein further curtailed due to recent snows. Cargo arrivals at San Pedro for t{re week ended Febtuary 6 totaled 4r22tr0/J0 feet, which is very low, and included fout cargoes of Fir carying 4rO31rO00 feei and one cargo of Re{woo4 with l92r000 feet. -unsold stocks on the public docks at San Pedro arnounted to 7r427rOOO feet on February lO the preyious week 8rO47,OO feet was reported. 65 lumbir vessels in the California rade were laid up on February 4, as compared with 66 the previous week, and one vessel, -the Missoula, is operating off-shore.

_ Douglas Fit-324 mills teporting to t{re Vest Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended January 30 opemted at 23.1 per cent of capacity, as compared to 2l..O per cent of capligy for the previous week and iO.O per cent for the same week last year. During the week ended January 27r 2O7 of these plants were relrorted as down and 1.2l as opetating. Those operating reported production as 45.7 per cent of their group capacity.

Current new business reported by 217 identical mills for the scme week was 36.6/s over production and totaled 816501000 feet more than the footage roceived the previous week. This is the foutteenth successive week that ord-ers have been in excess of production, the longest continuous pedod in at least ten years in which orders were reported in greatet volume than production. The present better relatio,nship between orders and ptoduction is due to the current low producion and an in. crease each week since January 1 in the volume of new busitess. Shipments for the week were 20.8 per cent over produc- tion. Unfilled ordets increased Er500r0o0 feeg new- export business was 550r0fi) feet more, and new domestic cargo orders were $(X)0rOOO feet over the previous week. New rail business remained approximately the same. Inventories as reported by 145 mills were decreased 1lrO00rOO0 feet during the week, and are 15.5 per cent less than at this time last year.

Productiono ordets and shipments of these 217 mrilla fot the week ended Jantrary 30 were rcported to t{re Association as follows: production 5819711960 feet: shipments 71r232rr34 feet; orders 8015641473 f,et.

Details of orders and shipments at these mills are as follows:

Orderc-Rail 22,3051569 feet; Domestic Cargo 3413221477 f.eet; Export 16,860,351 feet; Local 7rO76rO76 fe*. Shipments-Rail 2Or55Or24O feet; Domestic Cargo 2Er68t,54O feet; Export 14,924A78*f,eet; Local 7,O76O76 f.eet.* * ,r !r

Vith production remaining at current low levels lumber orders for the week ended January 30, reached the best relation- ship to cut attained in recent history of the industry, excecding it by approximately 66 pet cent, according to repotts lla ceived by the National Lumber Mar$facturers'Association from 67O leading hardwood and softwood mills. Production of t{rece mills was 9612O5rOOO f.e*. Shipments also exceeded production by about 50 per cent. The previous woeL 693 mills teported otders 50 per cent above and shipmentcl46 per cent above a cut of 10O543,0@ feee tF{.*!f*rFt{.

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended January 3O, repotted new business from 107 mills as 24r59lr00/D fa (previous week 24,l50rofi) feet at t2O millc); shipments 2l'6091000 feet (previous week 24r9#rOOO feet) production 15r 906'000 feet (previous week 20r344rO0O f.eet). Ordem were 55 per cent above production and 14 per cent above shipments. Shipments were 36 per cent above production.

The Vestern Pine Asgociation reported new busines from 119 mills as 33,991,000 feet (previous week 12,2491000 feet at 122 mills); shipments 33,654,000 feet (previous week 32rE6Er00O feet); production 10,921,000 feet (previous week Ll,326rOOO feet). Orders wete 2lL pef, cent above producion and one per cent above shipmentc. Shipments were 208 per cent above production.

Reports f,tolnn 22O hardwood mills for the came wee& givc new busines aa t7rll4r000 feet, ot 76 pet cent above production. Shipments totaled t5r455r000 feet, or 59 per cent above production. Production was 91746r@O feet

Ray Anderson Visits California

Ray Anderson, General Furniture Company, Seattle, Wash., was a recent visitor at the offices of the California Panel & Veneer Co., Los Angeles, their Southern California representatives. Accompanied by Harry llanson, of the California Panel & Veneer Co., they called on the trade. Mr. Anderson also spent a few days in San Francisco, where he attended the Furniture Show.

AL NOLAN ON 30-DAY TRrP

{ Al Nolan, Western Sales Manager of The Pacific Lumber Co., San Francisco, left February 2 for a month's trip to Southern California and Arizona. After conferring with Gus Hoover in Los Angeles Mr. Nolan will spend some time calling on the trade with E. W. Gould, salesman in the Los Angeles territory and with D. E. Holcomb, salesman in the San Diego territory. He will then leave for Arizona, where he will call on the trade with Francis Pool, representative at Phoenix pf the E. K. Wood Lumber Co., Arizona sales representatives of The Pacific Lumber Co.

I NSALITE QUALITY PRODUCTS

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