Central Valley Club Holds Annual Meeting

All member yards were represented in the attendance at the annual meeting of the Central Valley Lumbermen's Club held at Stockton, on Saturday, February 11.

The club complimented port officials of.the Port of Stockton on the speed with which the unloading and distribution of the lumber cargoes of the steamers Peter Helms and Daisy Gray, first lumber steamers to reach Stockton, was accomplished.

Port Director Colonel B. C. Allin addressed the club on the subject of the Port of Stockton.

Harry A. Lake, of Garden Grove, president of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association, referred in his talk to present conditions in the lumber industry, and expressed the opinion that improvement cannot be looked for until there is an increase in the prices of farm commodities.

Frank J. O'Connor, president of the California Wholesale Lumber Association, San Francisco, spoke on the subject of cooperation between the manufacturer, rvholesaler and dealer.

George Ley, Santa Cruz Lumber Co., Santa Cruz, president of the Coast Counties Lumbermen's Club. talked on organization.

Other speakers inclqded Chas. G..Bird; Geo. M. Cornwall, The Timberman, Portland, and D. C. Essley, manager of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association.

Chas. G. Bird presided. The meeting went on record as being opposed to the repeal of the State contractors' license law.

The executive committee, which will meet in the near future to elect the new officers, was named as follows:

A. J. Russell, San Francisco; Charles G. Bird and Elmer Brnce of Stockton; Lester Elliott, Valley Lumber Co., Lodi; A. R. Martin, Hale & Simons, Sonora; Charles C. Moorehead, I\{oorehead Lumber Co., Escalon; W. O. Mashek, United Lumber Yards, Modesto; Warren S. Tillson; Modesto Lumber Co., Modesto, and John Yancey, Yancey Lumber Co., Newman.

The following attended the meeting:

Frank J. O'Connor, California Wholesale Lumber Assn. .... San Fraucisco

Colonel B. C. Allin, Port Manager...... ...Port of Stockton

W. H. Falconbury, San Joaquin Lumber Co.. Stockton

J. U. Gartin, Stanislaus Lumber Co.... ...Modesto

C. H. Hoft, Newman Lumber Co. .., ......Newman

A. J. Porter, Patterson Lumber Co.

H. M. Schaur, Good Lumber Co.

A. R. Martin, Hales & Symons

A. J. Russell, Santa Fe Lumber Co.

Roy E. Burnett, Tracy Lumber Co.

W. H. Anderson, Brentwood Lumber Co.

A. A. Kelley, Santa Fe Lumber Co.

Tom L. Gardner, Stockton Lumbermen's Institute

A. J. Field, Moorehead Lumber Co. ... ....Escalon

Charles C. Moorehead, Moorehead Lumber Co. .......,..Escalon

John Krause, Buitders'Supply & Lumber Co. ... .....Lodi

Warren S. Tillson, Modesto Lumber Co. ..,..,Modesto

Lester H. Elliott, Valley Lumber Co. . .......Lodi

Robert S. Fuller, Valley Lumber Co. . ........Lodi

J. P. Kelly, United Lumber Yards . Modesto

W. O. Mashek, United Lumber Yards .,..Modesto

A. Banchio, Gustine Lumber Co. ........Gustine

Frank T. Fisher, Fisher Bros. Lumber & Mill Co.......Stockton

O. V. Wilson, Central Lumber Co..... ....Stockton

D. C. Essley, California Retail Lumbermen's Assn. ......Oakland

Ralph P. Duncan, Merced Lumber Co. ..Merced

George M. Cornwall, The Timberman . portland, Ore.

Charles G. Bird, Stockton Lumber Co. ... ..Stockton

Harry A. Lake, President, California Retail Lumbermen's Ass. Garden Grove

George N. Ley, Santa Cruz Lumber Co. ....Santa Cruz

C S. Tripler, Secretary, Central Valley Lumbermen's Club .. Stockton

Figurcs on Production, Orderg and Shipments jot 1932

Seattle, Wash., Feb. 16.-Preliminary figureS on total production, shipments and orders of the entire lumber industry in the United States for the year 1932 were received during the week by the West Coast Lumbermen's Association from Charles S. Keith, general manager of the Central Coal & Coak Company, Kansas City, Missouri.

These preliminary totals follow:

Board Feet Production . 8,328,355,000 Orders 1O,496,265,0n Shipments

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"For all practical purposes these figures are correct,,' Mr. Keith states, "being well within 5 per cent of the actual, as indicated by past experience. They have been developed from carloadings, vessel clearings, and reports of the National Lumber M.anufacturers' Association.,'

Mr. Keith points out that the 1932 production of lumber is lower than any recorded by the Bureau of the Census. The lowest government figure is 12,750,000,000 feet during the year 1869. At that time the United States had approximately 39,000,000 people; now the population is approximately 128,000,000. Yet the 1932 lumber production is estimated to be 65 per cent of that in 1869.

The figures given also reflect, according to the West Coast lumbermen's Association, the important shrinkage in lumber stocks which occurred during 1932,the difierence between shipments and orders representing more than 2,000,000,000 board feet of lumber which was taken out of piles and not replaced during the year by the manufacturers. Stocks of lumber in the Douglas fir region of Washington and Oregon decreased 34 per cent during the two years of 1931 and.1932; the estimated total lumber sold more than was made in 1932 being 355,000,000 board feet, or LZ per cent.