U. S. lmports o[ Russian Lumber Ford Co. \(ill Have Large Continue

to Decline Exhibit at San Diego Fair

Washington, D. C., Jan. ZS,-Figures supplied by the U. S. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce indicate that the marked decline in Russian exports of lumber of this country, first recoided in 1931, has continued.

No softwood lumber imports from Russia were reported by the Bureau for the period between January and November, 1934. In Novembet, 1934, however, 10,442,W feet of Russian spruce were imported, while imports recorded for January of the same year were 2,581,000 feet' The seasonal element plays its part, as was demonstrated in 1933 when all of the Russian lumber coming into this country for that year did so in the last four months.

Total softwood exports from Russia to the United States in 1930 were 70,767,000 feet; in 1931 they dropped to 13,831,@O; in 1932 they rose to 31,410,000, falling again in 1933 to 21,924,ffi0.

Small amounts of hardwoods are rePorted from time to time from Russia, probably oak. They amounted to 31,000 feet in November and 16,000 feet in O'ctober, 1934, no other Russian Hardwood imports being shown for that year to date. In 1933 total imports of hardwoods reported as coming from Russia were 120,000 feet.

While himber market conditions in the United States are undoubtedly reflected in the Russian export figures, many lumber industry authorities feel that the decline is in large part due to the continuing effect of the vigorous campaign waged in 1930 and 1931 by the National Lumber Manufacturers Association against what was at that time termed a Russian policy of "dumping" lumber on 'the American market to be sold at almost any pri'ce. The as.sociation viewed the pronounced increase of lumber exports from Russia to the United States in 1930 as a serious threat to the markets for domesti'cally produced softwoods, spruce in parti,cular, and directed its efforts towards preventing further inroads.

Attends Los Angeles Rotary Club Meeting

Chas. C. Adams, Chas. C. Adams Lumber Co., San Bernardino, was a Los Angeles visitor on February 1 where he attended a meeting of the Los Angeles Rotary Club.