OOK HERE, Paul Bunyan," said the Red River management, ttHow can we do away with diagonal grain in California Pine veneers?"
The old inventot of lumbering stalled for time. He had found it easy to start the Mississippi River, dig the Great Lakes and plant the pine trees on the Sierras, but this question had him guessing.
"What's wrong with a little diagonal grain now and then?" he asked. "There has always been some, occasionally, in all plywood. We dontt get much of it and I've never heard anv kicks."
"Diagonal grain,tt the Red River boss explained, ttsometimes sets Lrp stresses that cause plywood and veneered doors to twist out of a true flat plane. We want Red River veneered products to be as near perfect as we can make them. Cantt you make diagonal grain run straight?"
Paul lighted his pipe, which holds three gunnysacks of tobacco. He scratched his head and sunk into deep thought. After a long time he came up with the answer.
ttSurer" he said, ttl can do it.,,
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Vith the banking holiday brought to an end and t{re normal banking business of the country resumed, a spirit of confidence and optimism has spread throughout the natio,tr, and already there are signs of a business upturn. Confidence abroad in American stability is also seen in foreign trading of the dollar at higher prices.
That there is a better feeling in the lumber industry on the Pacific Coast is evidenced from the following interviews we have obtained during the past few days in which lumbermen in California and the Northwest express their views on the lumbersituation:
Guy E. Smith, general sales manager, Chas. R. Mdormick Lumber Co, San Francisco-(The most encouraging feature in the market is the decided improvement in Atlantic Coast business. Buying has been quite heavy in the last week, due to the desire to get under cover before the price advance of March 10. Price of Japanese squares has advanced, and China demand is beffer, although there is no increase in prices yet. Ve look for an improvement in the volume and price of United Kingdom business on account of the equalization of the exchange on Canadian funds."
(Telegram) Situation as we see it, mills individually determined not to manufacture more lumber than can be sold at present prices or better and as price levels raise there is no indication production will be materially increased. It is apparent that experience in this connection has taught a bitter lesson. Mill men are viewing conditions in all markets calmly. There will undoubtedly be an increase in price as {nany mills are refusing to take business on present prices.4. E. Price, Sales Manager, The Clark & Vilson 1"T* Company, Linnton, Ore.
A. J. ttGus" Russell, manzrger, Santa Fe Lumber Co., San Franciscettl consider it remarkable that business has remained as good as it has in spite of the vicissitudes encountered by all lines of business in the last few years. Prices of farm cbmmodities have not decreased as a result of the banking trou' ble, and in fact many have improved. Beans and batley ate up in price and butterfat has held its onqr. In my travels around the country I find that the man in the street is feeling better and more optimistic. More lumber has been sold offshore in the last 10 days than in the last 10 months. Personally, I am more optimistic now about the future than at any. time in the last three years.tt
The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco-r.Vhile dealers generally expressed pessimism at the start of the bank moratorium, they have without exception reported increased activity in their business during that period. One country dealer reported 30 separate sales in one day, all on credit. There seems to be a greater feeling of confidence on the part of the public following the strong action taken by the Federal Government, and we confidently expect an increase in lumber prices as a result of the new Federal goli;f."
George B. Cone, sales manager, Fruit Growers Supply Co. (Lumber Division), San FranciscettOur company sent out the following announcement to the trade under date of March 1. tlmportant Notice: Effective March l, 19t3. This is to advise that we are withdrawing all outstanding quotations and nnconfirmed orders negotiated after February 28. (Signed) Lumber Division, Fruit Growers Supply Co., San Francisco, Califomia.' This means.that until furher notice we are completely out of the market, having decided not to accept the pre. vailing low prices being offered, and feeling confident that following the reopening of the banks throughout the country there will be a marked improvement in lumber prices. Up to today, (March 13) we will have turned down orders f.ot 29 cars of lumber.tt :F :F *
R. F. Pray, sales manager, Red River Lumber Co., San Francisce"[.Jp to date (March 13) we have shipped more lumber this year than for the same period in 1932, and we have kept up our production and shipping throughout the bank moratorium period. Ve are looking ahead to the future with much confidence, and are refusing to take orders at arny price except for immediate shipment, feeling that lumber pricec have reached the bottom and higher n"*i.T indicated for the near future."
(Telegram) Your wire date. Fir lumber in strong pooition, Iogs scarce and logging still retarded account snow. Lumber stocks broken and staple items in very limited supply. Export demand especially tmns Pacific improving and prices have advanced today. Sfith banking crisis behind us the United States will now get down to business and fir lumber will be needed in increasing volume during the coming spring and summer. Present unwholesome price level must be raised that labor may get better wages and more days per week.-Lloyd J. Ventworth, Portland Manager, Douglas Fir Export & Exploita. tion Company, Portland, Ore.
Ven Svenska faller gives an frisher das breaks dats noos!-But as Yogi stare into magic crystal so close to das lTth of March everyt'ing gers green and St. Patrick moves in. Star tvinkle das telegram for you:
QUOTE YOOST LAK ST. PATRICK DROVE DAS SNAKES OUT OF IRELAND SEMICOLON YOOST SO DAS PALCO PEOPLE DRIVE SNAKY COMMA SALEPROOF POSTS OUT OF LOOMBER YARD STOP NOT VUN CULL IN CARLOAD OF PREMIUM POSTS UNQUOTE.
The hearts and hands of the nation are being extended, as this is written, to Southern California in her hour of tragedy.
Out of suffering and travail great things always come, and Southern California is already girding her loins to rebuild her shattered districts bigger and better and more beautiful than they were before. Just as from the prostrate ruins of Santa Barbara arose a city infinitely more beautiful than the one the earthquake struck, so Long Beach and other Southern California towns will rise anew.
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The building material people have promptly rallied to furnish the immediate aid and assistance needed for the preliminary work. How much material and labor will be needed for the renovation and rejuvenation of the stricken areas is as yet problematical, but it wiil be ready and forthcoming.
Coming, as it did, ," arl" *rd.a "n the greatest financ'al crisis of modern times, the trouble that came to Southern California entirely wiped the thought of banks and finances from the consciousness of the people of the West.
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How the two have contrasted ! Without warning, and out of the clearest of California skies, there came the rumble and roar and terror of the quake. Yet, just as amazingly, out of the blackness of the economic situation that necessitated the closing of every bank in America, has come light, and hope, and confidencHven enthusiasmall of which are nation-wide.
rnstead of the n.rrr" "rl i"rl *r.r"dy that might well have been expected to imrnediately follow anything so terrific as the closing of all the banks and the complete stagnation of our financial system, there came a cheerful calm that was surprising to all concerned. It was accepted philosophically. It might be said that a sigh of relief rose from the bosom of this entire nation.
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You could liken it to the situation of a ma.n who had been caught in the rapids above a water-fall; who had struggled and fought and grasped at every rock and root and branch and floating thing that presented itself, trying to stay the power that was sucking him constantly downward. Finally he loses the battle, the last straw is grasped
in vain, the quickening current catches hirn, he gives one last gasp-and over he goes. And, instead of being dashed to pieces he finds himself floating cheerfully toward shore. He feels the same, he looks the same, the sun shines, the world goes on around him, people are grinning at him and he grins back at them. The awful climax he has been fearing has come upon him-and wasn't anything like as terrible as he had feared.
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And friends, we have looked upon a miracle ! For not only was the confidence of the people quickly and almost incredibly restored, but today this entire nation is practically in a position of rejoicing. We have met that fearful inevitable that we have been struggling against and fearing for three and a half years, we have struck bottom, and now we are on the way out. Somehow-for the past six months at least-everyone has known, down deep in his heart, that all our efforts and all our struggles and all our artificial injections, only postponed-could not preventthe inevitable drop that has just come.
Complete restoration of confidence is sweeping this country. A genuine spirit of optimism is everywhere. You can hardly find a man who does not believe that we are going to bounce out of this. There are physical manifestations everywhere. Commodity prices have been rising while the banks and exchanges have been closed. There is a general belief that. when our medium of exchange is normally restored there is going to be an upward trend of values that will cover all territories and all commodities.
I have been interviewing, by telephone and telegraph, many of the best thinking lumbermen in the country. Today men do not particularly care to be quoted in exact prophesying, but note these opinions offered me by some of the best known lumbermen in America.
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Here is one: "I believe it to be the duty of every man to put forth his uttermost efforts to restore confidence, believing as I do that conditions demand and justify the hope of immediate restoration of prosperity in this country.t'
Here is another: "f look for an immediate revival in business followed by rising values in the basic commod-
ities; confidence is slowly returning, and we feel that we have turned the corner."
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I take the liberty of quoting and using the name of Mr. R. A. Long, who had just attended the inauguration of President Roosevelt when he wired me: "I think we have definitely turned the corner and the confidence of the people throughout the nation will from this day rapidly return and within sixty days this situation will be so bright and encouraging as to cause us to all but forget the serious situation of the last few days. This condition of mind should and will help all k^nds of legitimate business."
Personally I feel like "": ;. L"" ,""r, a miracle happen. The dark clouds hung so low when state by state the banks folded up and locked their doors, that it just seemed like the end of the long, hard row that has been tearing the vitals out of all of us through the years-had arrived. But we actually BOUNCED out of it. If I live a million I shall never forget the blinding surprise that has come to me in the amazing reaction to this final financial development. ***
There is a general conviction on the part of everyone, everywhere, that there are good things just ahead of us, that prices are going to climb above cost for the first time
in a long while, that demand will be active, that this is a poor time to book orders at prevailing low prices, etc. I see commodities withdrawing from the market entirely for fear of being caught short in a rise. I see hope and faith all about me. But more than that I see confidence and enthusiasrn and conviction-and those things are better than faith; for the Good Book tells us that .,blind faith availeth nothing."
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Personally I am heartened and strengthened by every intelligent contact f have made in the past several days. We are all selling one another enthusiasm. The door to opportunity seems to be swinging wide. The future of business seems to be dating from right now. -.
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If it ever occurred to me to doubt that this IS the greatest and soundest nation this world has ever seen, this miracle of reaction has successfully erased , any such feeling.
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It seems to me that'the entire nation is saying: ,,Thank God for the leadership of Franklin Roosevelt; let's go from here !"
And I have more n"".J ", rrtd today than I have had any day since the fall of 1929.
The work of rebuilding and repairing of the property damage in Southern California cities shaken by a series of earthquakes beginning at 5:54 p.m. on Friday evening, March 10, is now definitely under way. The first quake was felt with great intensity. Among the cities and towns reporting sprious damages included Los Angeles, Long Beach, Compton, Watts, Huntington Park, Norwalk, Artesia, Walnut Park, Maywood, Lynwood, Santa Ana, Anaheim, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Seal Beach, Sunset Beach, Nervport, Balboa, Redondo Beach, Inglewood, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan, El Segundo, Torrance, Ifawthorne, Whittier, South Gate and Downey.
An accurate estimate of the property damage in these communities is impossible at this time, but estimates based on the first surveys indicate that the loss will run around $45,000,000. The estimates of the damage for the various cities follow : Los Angeles (downtown buildings) $250'000; (schools) $1,000,000; Long Beach $10,000,000 to $20,000,000; Compton $4,000,000 to $6,00O,000; San Pedro-Wilming-
ton $1,600,000; Huntington Park-Walnut Park $1,000,000; Santa Ana $1,000,000; Huntington Beach $600,000; Norwalk $375,000; Anaheim $300,000; South Gate $600,000; Watts $200,000; Hermosa Beach $10O,000; Bell $200,000; Redondo Beach $10O,000; Seal Beach $260,000; Inglewood $100,000; Laguna Beach $50,000 to $100,000; Gardena $50,000 to $75,000; Newport Beach $25,000 to $35,000; Sunset Beach $25,000; Hawthorne $10,000; Mayr,vood $2,000; Whittier $6,000; Manhattan Beach $1,000; Downey $300.
Complete and careful surveys are being made of all damaged buildings, especially those used for public purposes, and it is reported that over 100 structures lvithin the affected area will have to be razed. It is understood that many of the communities will apply to the Federal Reconstruction Finance Corporation for funds to meet the entire costs of the rebuilding.
The lumber and building material folks are cooperating in every possible way to supply the needs for the rebuilding of the affected areas.
The Western Retail Lumbermen's Association heid its 30th annual convention at the Multnomah Hotel, Portland, Ore., February 23,24 and 25.
W. W. Anderson of Ogden, IJtah, was chosen president, succeediirg Windsor J. Lloyd of Nampa, Idaho' Vicepresidents for the various states were 'chosen as follows : Aizona, W. F. Edens, Cottonwood; California, B. F: Boorman, Oakland; Idaho, Bert Stone, Boise; Montana, Perry Ullman, Big Timber, and H. W. Trask, Missoula; Nevada, Ed Von Tobel, Las Vegas; Oregon, Paul van Petten, Ontario, and C). F. Carson, Ashland; Utah, Hiram Wheelrvright. Ogclen; Washington, Hotner Kendall, Spokane, and John Dower, Tacoma; Wyoming, C. C. Phillippe' Basin.
Directors elected for three-year terms were: Carl Blackstock, Seattle ; John Rogers, Eugene; Charles Cooley, Grants Pass ; R. J. McCaslin, Boise; D. E' Smith, Logan, Utah; F. H. Robinson, Great Falls, 'Mont. ; C. A. Bartleson, Spokane, and W. B. Saunders, Gillette, Wyo.
Salt Lake Citl' rvas chosen for the 1934 convention.
Presiclent Windsor Lloyd, of Nampa, Idaho, opened the convention lvith a short address.
Secretary-treasuref Roy S. Brown, Spokane, Wash', spoke briefly and hancled his report for the year to rnembers in printed form.
B. J. Boorman, Boorman Lumber Co., Oakland, spoke on advertising, and suggested the slogan "Make it Good-
Build with 'Wood", for all bran'ches of the lumber and woodworking industries. This slogan was developed, he said, by the East Bay Lumbermen's Institute, and in his capacity of ,chairman of the Institute's publicity cotnmittee he distributed colored stickers bearing this slogan, and depicting an attractive wood home, to members and told them these are available to all lumbermen.
Walter F. Shaw, inanager, American Forest Products, Inc., Washington, D. C., addressed the meeting on "Can Lumber Meet the Demand for Low Cost Housing?"
J. B. Fitzgerald, of the West Coast Lurnbermen's Asso,ciation, spoke in place of Col. W. B. Greelev on "Ways and Means of Stimulating Repairs and Modernizing".
L. L. Chipman, of the Long-Rell Lumber Sales Corporation, explained the methocl of manufacture aucl the advantages of using Enterlocking Fabricated Building Lun.rber, manufactured b1' his company. The display of this material attracted a lot of attention.
Policies of the home loan bank lvere discussed by Charles H. Stewart, chairtnan of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Portland.
other speakers included Bruce Clark, Elliott Bay N{ill Co., Seattle; E. T. Sturgeon, Morrill & Sturgeon Lurnber Co., Portland; Fred Bohen, president Meredith Publications, Des Moines, Iowa; Gordon Morrison, Harvaiian Cane Products, Ltd., and S. V. Fullaway, secretarr', Western Pine Association. Portland.
For the third consecutive year since l9D the number of recreational permits in the national forests of California show a gain. There were numerous cancellations and relin- ' quishments in 1932 but the annual report on land uses just issued by the California Region of the U. S. Forest Service shows an increase of 198 permits for summer home and 22 others of a recreational nature, a net gain of.220.
There are now 6,821 summer home permits and 543 permits for hotels, resorts, stores and service stations in the natiorial forests of the State, a total of 7,364 compared with 6,254 in 1929. The annual rental for all these uses amounts to $150,000 a year, one-quarter of which is returned to the counties in which they are located for road and school pufposes.
Lee Keswick, recently with Weyerhaeuser Sales Co., left San Francisco March 9 for Portland to take charge of the Portland office of W. R. Chamberlin & Co. Mr. Keswick is no stranger in Portland as he formerly represented this company there for a period of seven years.
Albert J. "Al" Nolan, Western sales manager of The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, left his headquarters March 10 to spend three weeks in Los Angeles and Southern California.
Local lumbermen complimented the California Redwood Association on their exhibit at the Orange Show held in San Bernardino February 16 to 26. The exhibit included a large Redwood log section, section of a mountain cabin, models of Redwood tanks and towers, and samples of various types of finish and Redwood shingles and shakes.
O. D. Adams, of Ventura, Calif., se,cretary-manager of the Building Material Dealers' Club of Ventura County, died suddenly Sunday evening, March 12, following a heart attack. He was 41 years of age.
Mr. Adams was widely known in lumber circles in Southern California where he was connected with the industry for many years. He'was associated with the Hammond Lumber Company for about twenty-five years being connected with their yards at Pomona, Orange, Brawley and later as manager of their Pasadena yard for several years. For the past two years he has been secretary-manager of the Ventura Club.
He is survived by his wife and three children. Funeral services were held at Ventura, Tuesday afternoon, March 14. Burial was in Ivy Lawn, Ventura, Calif.
Philip Gosslin, who for several years has been associated with the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., is now with the Smith Lumber Co., Oakland, as salesman.
As an example of timely advertising backed by a practical and intelligent sales plan. the effor-ts nolv being macle by the Pioneer Paper Companv, of I-os Angeles, to help its dealer customers pick up sorne profit-making business, are entitled to more than simply cousideration on the part of the business-starved lumber dealers ; they are entitled to rvhole-souled cooperation.
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In a period lvhen everyone bemoans the lack of business in the building industry, and rvhen house bills and other large orders are fearfully scarce and almost impossible to secure on a profit-making basis rvhen they DO apPear' every business man and merchant should lend his closest attention when u'orth-'ivhile people lvho have something REAL to sell and have devised s'ays and means that WILL bring ir-r brtsiness. bring them a message'
Every lumber clealer ," a"rrr.."ra knor,vs that the Pioneer Paper Company is alive, progressive, alert, courageous, and on the job every hottr of fhg lvssk-NOT doclging the business obstacles that arise on every hand, llut endeavoring intelligently to surmottnt them, ancl do business in spite of adverse conditions. That is the attitude that wins, and is the attitude that commancls respect. If we all quit, just because bttsiness is slolv, rvhat is to llecome of us ?
You've got to g.," tr.l ;t;., gang a lot of creclit. The worse business gets, the harder they work; the slon'er automatic business becomes,'the harder they try to solve the problems that have arisen; the greater the difficulties that appear, the more intelligent and forceful are their efforts to surmount them. And, since they sell their goods through the retail lumber dealer, and make their plans for creating and securing business in spite of conditions an<l circumstances, certainly they deserve the admiration and the cooperation of these people through whom and 'ivith whom business mttst come if it is to be had.
Pioneer is saying t. thJ rt-O"t clealers of California today in just as clarion tones as they r,vere saying it five years ago when everyrvhere there rvas prosperity-"Business CAN be had if you go after it right." And they back it up 'rvith an intelligent merchandising plan, and ask the dealers to grab the weapons that have been forgecl to meet ancl beat depressecl conditions, and get some bttsitress anyway.
They say "There rs u.,li"Jr. lo l" t.,"a and profit to be made TODAY in our line if you rvill study ottr plan ancl
go out after it." They say there is business to be had and profit to be made off of their cold Emulsion. No doubt on earth about it. Floors, roofs, r,valls, tanks, flumes, reservoirs, odds-and-ends of buildings that leak or sag or need repairs offer this opportunity. Economical, practical, effective materials offer themselves as a source of immediate profit. Run-dou'n buildings are everyrvhere. They WON'T buy nerv buildings. They WILL buy repairs if they are shorvn horv.
l'here is business to be had and profit to be made in rlany other of the various lines that Pioneer sells. There is money to be made right now in well merchandised roofs. Asphalt shingles have improved as much in character, quality, workmanship, appearance, etc., in the last ten years as have automobiles. They have kept pace with the times. They have kept up with the march of progress. They have studied, not only horv their materials can best be made, but horv they can l>est be sold. There is an intelligent sales thought behind every shingle they produce. They know that the only rvay they can make money selling asphalt shingles is for their DEALERS to make money on them; and for the buyer and user to find satisfaction and happiness in their use. They have built their lrusiness in that way.
They have out a squar" 0,", O.nrnd their efforts, their rnerchandise, and their merchandising. They have been tried and not found rvanting. Their integrity is urlquestioned. Their intelligence has been proven. And so norv, rvhen business is in the depths of the doldrums-so far as sitting still and getting it is concerned-this concern ancl the man-power and brain-power behind it says to its clealer friends throughout California-"YolJ CAN MAKE MONEY RIGHT NOW SELLING PIONEER GOODS IF YOU WILL GET OUT AND HIT THE BALL AND FOLLO\\r OUR SALES PLAN"-thev mean exactlv THAT.
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When a man I found intelligent, and dependable, and trustworthy, says to me that a certain thing is true, I believe him. I therefore believe that a lot of California lumber clealers can quit worrying and do some hustling and u,orking along the lines that Pioneer suggests, and make themselves some money-right today.
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Surely the man who declared that "The best defense is a vigorous offense" was the patron saint of the Pioneer organization, judging by their acts. And that advice goes rvell for the lumber dealers also.
"It malt be the of sunlight given ops champion ski
climate or perhaps the 'B. & Btr.' grade to people rvho live in Auburn that develriders", says Wendall T. Robie, assistant
Weed, Calif.. has informed Mr. Robie that there has been considerable interest in skiing in his section and when the bunch up his way get more proficient, they plan to challenge the Auburn Lumber Company employees. Mr' White says that their boys will have to have considerable practice before they can make a good shorving as they have a habit of falling over and barking their shins and heads when riding the "bedslats.'l
manager of the Auburn Lumber Company, Auburn, Calif.
Roy Nlikkelsen, national ,champion of the United States; Andrerv Blodjer, California cross country champion, and Rolf Wigaard, a near champion, are regular members of the Auburn Lumber Company organization. Atrd during the summer months, they use the services of Halvor Mikkelsen, the national champion's brother, the California all-around champion, based on both jumping and long distance ski racing.
Mr. Robie states that their company ski representatives competed in the recent Los Angeles skiing contests and won every championship except one, and that they would have had that one too, had Roy Mikkelsen been present but he was busy the same day back in Salisbury, Conn., winning the championship of the United States.
J. M. White, general manager of the Long-Bell plant at
Max E. Cook, farmstead engineer, The Pacific Lumber Co., San Francisco, was recently elected first vice-chairman of the Pacific Coast section of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers at the 11th annual meeting of this organization held ir-r San Jose.
Rastus was one of the best known members of Darktown society and quite a power with his colored brothers, so his white employer was conslderably interested in knowing how he had voted in the recent election. So he asked him.
"fn de mawnin' of''leckshun day, Cap'n, Ah wuz 'bout decided to vote de Republican ticket. De fack dat dey give me fo' dollahs fo' mah vote sorta made me lean dere way."
"Ah, so you voted Republican, did you?" said the white man.
"Nossuh, nossuh, de fack is Ah didn't. In de aftehnoon de Democrats done guv me two dollahs fo' to vote wid dem, an' Ah done hit."
"But why vote the Democratic ticket if the Republicans gave you twice as much for your vote?" asked the white man, puzzled.
"Becvz, Suh," replied Rastus, ,"de Demercrats wuz de leas' corrupt.t'
Washington, D. C., Feb. 28.-The approval given to the "revolutionary",connectors method of timber construction by the National Wood Utilization Committee of the Department of Commer'ce is echoed at the offices of American Forest Products Industries and National Lumber Manufacturers Association here. Speaking for the new association of the wood industries, Wilson Compton, i{s president, said today that at a recent conference in Chicago of the Executive Committee of American Forest Products Industries, it was the unanimous opinion that connector construction is of exceptional import to the lumber industry. So much is this the ,case that the group has organized a 'corporation to acquire the American patent rights, so that they may be administered for the benefit of forest industries as a whole, and thereby withheld from exclusivecommer,cial exploitation. The heavy construction utilization of timber, thanks to the constructors, may be increased as much bs 65 per cent, Compton said.
John C. McCabe of the A. F. Mahoney Company, San Francisco, has been elected chairman of the Pacific Coastwise Lumber Conference succeeding Arthur B. Cahill, president of Sudden & Christenson.
W. R. Chamberlin of R. W. Chamberlin & Co. is the new vice chairman.
John H. Rosseter continues as secretary-manager, with Robert C Parker as his assistant.
W. F. "Bi11" O'Keefe, manager of the Watertite Installation Company, announces that he has moved his headquarters from Stockton to San Francisco, where he has established an exhibit of Watertite windows in the Building Material & Machinery Exhibit Building, 557 Market Street. Mr. O'Keeffe has landed several jobs since locating in San Francisco and feels encouraged about the future possibilities for his specialty.
Floyd Elliott, who for the past 10 years has been with the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., San Francisco, as salesman, is now associated with W. R. Chamberlin & Co., San Francisco, and is calling on the trade in the San Francisco Bay district and Peninsula territory.
Before starting on his new work Mr. Elliott made a 10day tour of the Washington and Oregon mills for which W. R. Chamberlin & Co. are California sales agents.
The executive committee of the Central Valley Lumbermen's Club met in Stockton February 2l and elected the following officers: President, Chas. G. Bird, Stockton Lumber Co., Stockton; vice-president, 'Warren S. Tillson, Modesto Lumber Co., Modesto; treasurer, W. O. Mashek, United Lumber Yards, Modesto; secretary, Charles S. Tripler. Delegated to State Council,'Chas. G. Bird and Warren Tillson.'
Many of the products you sell are seasonal. But there isntt a month in the year when you can't go out and develop business on Flintkote Asphalt Emulsion.
Many Flintkote Dealers are getting business right now by concentrating efforts on this "open seasont' product. They are letting employees take care of routine business and going out into the field themselves in search of business. They are selling Flintkote Asphalt Emulsion for waterproofing jobs-tanks, fumes, reservoirs, basement walls. They are selling it for roof coating jobs on homes, office buildings, manufacturing plants . . . for mastic foor jobs in stores, warehouses, industrial plants.
Youtll admit these are days when owners are trying to cut costs on needed repairs. And when you can show them how to do it with Flintkote Asphalt Emulsion-it isn't difrcult to get the order. No other product you handle has such a wide range of uses-and it pays you a good profit on every sale.
Vhy not make a check of these sales possibilities in your own territory? Ask us for a list of prospective types of users in your area. Vrite today while the subject is fresh in your mind.
And thatts a fact! Every day, more Pioneer Dealers are finding out how important a merchandising feature Red Seal Openers really are! They are learning this modern improvement in wrapping roll roofing is the reason customers are coming back to them when they buy more roofing.
No roofer who has used this new feature out on the job has ever been known to return to the old cut-and-hack method. Red Seal Openers save him time, and they save damaging the material beneath the wrapper . . . two definite advantages!
The more roofers you tell this story to-the mofe youtll have for permanent customers. Red Seal Openers cost you nothing, but they're INVALUABLE in building roll roofing business!
Feature them in your windows and on your counter!
Nfore than 1500 people have visited the model wooden sectional factory built house recently erected by the pacific Manufacturing Co. in Santa Clara. The house is situated on Poplar Street, between Park Avenue and Bascon.re Avenue, and is the first of the Eldorado Factory Built Homes to be erected.
"When this company conceived the idea of producing a sectional factory built house, more than six months were
are finished in knotty white pine. The two bedroorns are I2xl2 and 9x12. The walls are finished with plywood wallboard giving a very handsome paneled efiect. Both bedroolns have large closets.
Separate shower can be furnished in the bathroom if required. White enameled fir plywood will be used for the bathroom walls. Bathroom is furnished with high grade chromium plated fixtures. The kitchen is the kind
spent in working on the plans before the demonstration house was built, and before proceeding with the erection of the house the plans were submitted to a number of prominent architects, some of whom pronounced it architecturally perfect," said William F. Hayward, treasurer of the company, to a representative of this paper. "One leading Los Angeles architect who worked two years on plans for a sectional house saw this house the other day and freely admitted his work was wasted, as the house is far ahead of his own ideas for such a structure."
The model house is of the early California or Monterey type, one story,28 by 36 feet, and is of all wood construction. P-M. special vertical Redwood siding is used on the exterior rvalls, which are insulated with Canec. Red Cedar shingles are used on the roof. All floors are double, with 13/16 inch oak flooring throughout above the sub floors. The living room is l6x?f, and the dinette is 6x10. These
to delight the heart of the housewife, with modern built-in fixtures, Philippine mahogany drainboard, and a built-in breakfast table and ironing board combined, with cupboard space in the rear. Copper screens are used on the windows. The kitchen also contains a cooler. The back porch or laundry has a laundry tub and a roomy closet.
"This house can be built complete in 30 days, ready for. occupancy, and the retail price is $2500 f.o.b. cars Santa Clara," said Mr. Hayward. "Other types will range lower and higher. The type of construction is so flexible that many types can be constructed, using various floor plans and various elevations. There is nothing cheap about the construction of this house. All sections are put together with splines, top, bottom and sides. All roof structural framing is of truss formation and therefore very substantial. All kiln dried lumber is used throughout
"It is our intention to sell this sectional house through
the lumber clealer, and if the dealer wishes to working drarvings rvill handle the construction be furnishecl himself.
Such fires as this cost money-money that in most cases might be saved. Even though every claim is fairly adjusted and promptly paid under adequate insurance, there's a net econornic loss in which you and we and everybody shares. By consistent effort to prevent every preventable 6re, we have reduced losses and earned substantial cost-reducing dividends for our policy-holders.
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"Our idea is to make this an all wood house, and where possible shingles or shakes will be used for the roof. Ceilings will be7/16 inch plywood. This construction is earthquake proof. The Pacific Manufacturing Co. has been in business over 50 years, and our reputation is behind this sectional house one hundred per cent," concluded Mr. Hayward.
The company is also working on an idea for sectional cabins and garages.
The second of the Eldoraclo Factory Built Homes to be erected will be built by Mr. Hayward for himself. This will be a Colonial stvle house with three bedrooms.
The annual meeting of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Institute will be held at the St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, La., on March 16 and 17. A reduction of the hardwood steamship rates from southern ports to California will be discussed at the meeting and the Institute will ask that the rate be reduced to 25 cents a hundred pounds.
The friend of the real estate man dropped in for advice.
"You know that corner with the brick building on it, corner Main and Eighteenth Street, John? Well, I want your advice as to what I can do with it."
"IIow much paper is there against it?" asked the real estate man.
"Not a dime," said the other. "It is entirely clear." "Taxes?"
"AIl paid up."
"Goodness !" exclaimed the real estate man. .,That IS a serious situation. Now, if someone had a mortgage on it, or if there urere a lot of taxes piled up against it, you could just make someone take it off your hands. But as it is, I reilly don't know how to advise you.,'
The husband was rushing around looking for his hat, when his wife asked hih what he wanted it for.
"That fellow Smith, across the street, just phoned and asked if I would lend him a corkscrew", replied the husband.
"Well, why should you deliver it? Let him come and get it, or send it over to him by the maid", said his wife.
A look of deep sorrow and dejection spread over his countenance.
"My dear", said he, "that remark of yours sums up in its entirety the weakness of woman's reason. It is because of such reasoning as that that women cannot lead armies, control nations, be President, or take any outstanding part in the affairs of the world."
Do your stuff-an' let 'em beller
Do your best-an' let 'em rap
If you win they'll holler "lucky"
If you lose they'll holler """p".
Let'em help or let 'em hinder
You should worry-do your stuff !
You're the guy you have to live with
Be yourself, an' treat 'em rough.
There are many croakers upon the edges of lakes and creeks, where they sit, croaking and croakingi but they are only frogs, after all. And so it is along life's shores, but the croaking men are only frogs of rnen-John Wanamaker.
Of Heaven or Hell I have no power to sing, f cannot ease the burden of your fears, Or make quick-coming death a little thing, Or bring again thc pleasure of past years, Nor for my words shall ye forget your tears, Or hope again for aught that I can say, The idle singer of an empty day.
But, rather when aweary of your mirth, From full hearts still unsatisfied ye sigh, And, feeling kindly unto all the earth, Grudge every minute as it passes by Made the more mindful that the sweet days dieRemember me a little then I pray, The idle singer of an empty day.
The heavy trouble, the bewildering care That weighs us down who live and earn our breacl These idle verses have no power to bear: So let me sing of names remembered, Because they, living not, can ne'er be dead,. Or long time take their memory quite away From us poor singers of an empty day.
Dreamer of dreams, born out of my due time, Why should I strive to set the crooked straight? Let it suffice me that rny murmuring rhyme Beats with live wings against the ivory gate. Telling a tale not too importunate
To those who in the sleepy region stay, Lulled by the singer of an empty day.
-By William Morris.A great corporation with a million capital, elected a new president. The one disideratum in this momentous decision was character-character draws big business. Business goes where they possess character. Character is not reputation-for it is an asset, it has real value. Character is the personification of all that is true and substantial. It takes a lifetime to build a great character, but when built it is as eternal as the heavens.
A thought is an idea in transit.-Pythagoras.
Annottncement of the follorving changes in the sales department at their home office in San Francisco is made by the Chas. R. IlIcCormick Lumber Company: Guy E. Smith, general sales manager, has moved his headquarters from Seattle to San Francisco.
Jas. E. "Jimmy" Atkinson has been appointed district sales nranager, handling all yard business and bttsiness rvith w'holesalers in Northern California'
An industrial sales department has been created for the handling of specialties, creosoted lumber and piling, poles, untreated piling, etc. This department is in charge of J. Walter Kelly.
George R. Kendrick is norv coverittg the San Francisco Bay district territory in addition to his former territory, the Peninsula and Coast Counties.
There has been r-ro change in the Valley territories. E. G. Davis continues to cover the Sacramento Valley, Napa, Sonoma and Marin Cottnties, and Jerry Stutz continues to make his headquarters in Stockton, r,vorking the San Joaquin Valley.
Mills furnishing the 5,500,000 feet of structural for the rvidening of the Yolo Causeway report u'ork is progressing well ahead of schedule, and ber deliveries are practically completed.
Redrvood that the that lum-
If you can see what some folks call "depression", As nothing but a spin of fortune's wheel; If you can keep -your poise and self-possession, No matter what you think or how you feel;
If you can view a stupid situation
All cluttered up with "ifs" and "ands" and "buts" And take it at its proper valuation
A challenge to your common sense and guts;
If you can rise above the mess and muddle
If you can glimpse a ra:,nbow through the clouds
When Doubt and Dread and Fear are in a huddle And hope is being measured for a shroud;
If you can keep a saving sense of humor
For stories that are slightly inexact;
If you can disregard Report and Rumor, And not accept a statement as a fact;
If you can spread the gospel of successes, If you can stir the spirit that instills
The latent life in lathes and looms and presses And lift the stream above a thousand mills;
If, briefly, you can spend an extra dollar, If you can pry the sacred roll aPart
And buy another shirt, or shoe, or collar
And act as if it didn't break your heart;
If you have faith in those with whom you labor, And trust in those with whom you make a trade; If you believe in friend and next-door neighbor And heed examples pioneers have made;
If you expect the sun to rise tomorrow,
If you are sure that somewhere skies are blueWake up and pack away the futile sorrow' For better days are largely UP TO YOU !
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Booth-Kelly Douglas Fir, the Agsociation grade and trade mark certify to your customers the quality of the stock you handle. Buildere quit 'guessing about what they're buying, and buy where they know what they're getting.
Members of the Riverside and San Bernardino Counties chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers were interested spectators of the California Redwood Association's motion picture film showing the complete production of Redwood and its use in certain engineering projects' rvhen the film was shown at their meeting in Riverside, March 14.
General Saler Office: Eugene, Ore.
Mills: Wendling, Ore., Springfield' Ore.
CALTFORNIA REPRESENTATTVES
Northern California Hill & Morton, lnc' Denniron St. Wharf Oakland
Southcrn Californie E. J. Stantor & Son zf50 E. 3ttb st., Lor Angclcr
The fourth annual meeting of the Coast Counties Lunrbermen's Club rvas held at the F'ranciscan Hotel. Salinas. Calif., Saturday evening, March 4, 1933. George N. Ley. Santa Cruz Luntber Co., Santa Cruz, lvas re-electecl president. Arthur Hayn ard. Homer T. Hayrvarcl Lumber Co., Salinas, .rvas re-elected vice presiclent and J. H. Kirk, Southern Pacific Nlilling Co., San Luis Obispo. was re-electecl treasurer. M. D. Bishop rvas re-elected secretary-manager.
W. H. Enlo,rv presented President Le1' rvith an Elk's tooth charm on rvhich his initials were engraved and a sheep skin lined leather coat on behalf of the Club. In appreciation for the four years of service rendered the Club by President Ler', Mr. Enlow read the follou'ing poem:
Four years have come and gone
Four years have slipped awal
Four years of toiling on
Four years have made you gra)..
You have conquered our oppression
You har-e .guidecl a straight course ' You have €fiven us ambition
You have fought with all your force.
We have been, at times, contrary We have feigned that we knerv best We have kept you in a quanclary
We have caused you great Llnrest.
After all, n,e've learned our lesson
After all, rve've found the rvay
After all, rve've made confession
After all. rve thank you, Presiclent Lc-r-.
Frank O'Connor, president of the California Wholesale Lumbermen's Association, San Francisco; Col. S. O. Johnson, Holmes Eureka Lumber Co., San Francisco: Frecl Holmes, Ifohnes Eureka Lumber Co., San Francisco: NI.
L. Euphrat, Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francisco; Jerrv Bonnington, Wendling-Natl-ran Lumber Co., San Francisico; Ai Hansen, S. H. Chase Lumber Co., San Jose; Tom Hubbard, Hubbard-Carmichael Bros., San Jose; Ed. Larson, secretary of the San Jose Lumbermen's Club, San Jose; George Cornrvall, The Timberman, Portland, Ore.;
H. A. Lake, president of the California Retail Lumbermen's ,Association, Garclen Grove, and D. C. Essley, manager of jthe California Retail Lurnberrnen's Association, Oakland, irvere guests of the Club ancl each addressed the meeting. j Col. Johnson, who was rvith the Twentieth Engineers. 'Forestry Division, during the Worlcl War, showed three ireels of standard size moving pictures of the Tenth ancl iTn,entieth Engineers' logging ancl sarvmill operations in lFrance, which were greatly enjoyed. A unique feature of Ithe entertainment rvas the guessing contest, rvhich incluclerl .the favorite saying, favorite sport, hoblt\', etc., of several
of the guests present; these rvere read by Dee rvas up to the crorvd to guess to rvhom they
The annual banquet preceded the business good gathering rvas in attendance, 75 being
Essley and applied. session, ancl present.
Washington, February 28.-According to reports received here from the Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau, Ilritish Columbia's lumber exports have been greatly benefitted by the British preferential tariff.
In 1932 water-borne shipments of lumber from British Colurnbia to countries foreign to the Unitecl States totallecl 367,2O7,Ufi feet. These shipments 1yg16 only 8 per cent less than corresponding shipments in the active business year ,of 1929. In the same period, that is from 1929 to L932, foreign lumber shipments from the neighboring states of Washington and Oregon declined 67 per cent. British Columbia lumber shipments to Australia were three times as much by volume in 1932, one and one-half times to the United Kingdom and one and one-fourth times to China, as they were in 1929. On the other hand shipments of lumber from Washington and Oregon to the United Kingdorn in 1932 were only 15 per cent of what they were in l9D; to Australia only 5 per cent; to China 39 per cent. However, British Columbia lost a little more on its export tracle to Japan than dicl the neighboring states of Washington and Oregon, the clecline being respectively 69 and 5l per cent.
But if the British tariff, following an immemorial period of free tracle, rvas beneficial to British Columbia, the U. S. tevenue tariff of $3.00 a thousand feet was highly detrirnental to B. C. exports to the United States. Those exports in 1932 were onlv 20 per cent of rvhat they were in 1929. The portion of these shipments going to the Atlantic Coast in 1932 was 14 per cent of what they were in 1929. But 1932 shipments from Washington and Oregon to American ports were 42 per cent of the 1929 volume, while thosc to the Atlantic Coast alone were 45 per cent and the California ports 36 per cent. Comparing the efiects of the British preferential and the American revenue tariffs, it is found that British Columbia had a net export loss of 44 per cent from 7929 to 1932, u'hile Washington and C)regon suffered a loss of 61 per 6s6f-455urning that.reductions ir.r both regions were clue to the net curtailing efiects of the tariff changes.
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Following a long illness, Mrs. Anna M. Eymann, wife of the late H. A. Eymann, rvho established the Eymann Lumber Co. at Upland, Calif., passed away Thursday, February 23, at the Alta Loma sanatarium where she had been some time ago for spe,cial treatment.
She was born at Franklin, Ia., April 3, 1853, and was rrrarried to Mr. Eymann on January 6, 1876. They resided at Donnellson, Ia., until July, 1886, when they moved to Moundridge, Kansas, and from there to Reedley, Calif', where they lived about a year, then moving to Upland, Calif., where Mr. Eymann operated his lumber business with his two sons, E. G. Eymann and C. C. Eymann, who continued the business after their father passed away on January 1, 1911. Mrs. Eymann made her home at Uplands.
She is survived by six daughters, Mrs' Emma Ruth, Mrs. Paul Schwalter, and Miss Gertrude Eymann of Upland; Mrs. W. R. Goerz, of Los Angeles; Mrs. L. L. Harms and Mrs. H. A. Ledig, of Alta Loma; two sons, E' G. Eymann of Huntington Park and C. C. Eymann of North Hollywoocl; a sister-in-1aw, Mrs. Clara Ruth of Reedley, and a brother-in-law, F. C. Thomas of Upland. Fourteen grand children and a number of nieces and nephews also survive her.
Funeral services were conducted in the Mennonite Church of Upland on Saturday, February 25. Interment was in Bellevue cemeterY, Ontario.
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"The California Lurnber Merchant" was recently the recipient of a letter from S. J. Maakestad of Sacramento, Valley lumberman, which came through on the first airplane to stop at that point for mail in the North and South run between San Diego and Seattle. "Mac's" letter, written in his characteristic style for which he is famous, follows:
Sacramento. Calif., Februarv 27th. 1933.
Mr. J. E. Martin, California Lumber Mer'chant, Central Bldg., L. A.
My deer Sir:-Today op here in Sacramento de first Airship is goin to stop here for male on de North and South run betveen Seattle and SanDiego and I figgerd maybe you vuld like to git a letter in your offis dat has vun of dem new Cachets (dat sure is a slik 10c vurd) on it, so I am sending you vun. I aint reely got mush time to write any long letter but vuld like to hear from you yust ven dis letter comes to your offis so dat sum time ven I got tu male a chek for de C. L. M. in a of a hurry I vil kno yust how long it takes.
Yumpin yimminy its purty near noon and I got to git me sum lunsh and a cremo for to smoke and go out to de airport and see de big celebrashun ven de new male plane cums in to pick op de male. I spose in de '49 days der vas yust as mush excitement ven everbody vent to see de first pony express come in to Sacramento vit a littel sack of male. Yours for qvick airmale, Mac.
A. S. Murphy, president of The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, and W. M. Nelson, comptroller of the company, returned recently from an Eastern trip in the course of which they visited Chicago, Detroit and New York.
F. J. O'Connor, San Fran'cisco, president and general manager of the California Wholesale Lumber Association, was a visitor at the Association's Los Angeles office around the first of the month where he spent a few days on Association business.
LOS ANGELES
W. R. Chamberlin. W. R. Chamberlin & Co., San Francisco, was a recent Los Angeles visitor where he conferred with Jack Rea, the company's Southern California representative.
E. E. YODER VISITS S. F.
E. E. Yoder, resident manager of The Pacific Company at Scotia, recently spent a few days at pany's main office in San Francisco.
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Bill Button, Milpitas Lumber Co., Milpitas, month's visit to his old home in Kentucky.
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Redwood or White Pine connection for Ohio territory requiring full and exclusive time. Have been exclusive Cypress salesman in Ohio many years for large Cypress manufacturer. For obvious reasons would prefer change from Cypress to Redwood or White Pine. Address Box C-469, The California Lumber Merchant.
Several years' experience as manager of large metropolitan yard in California. Large acquaintance with the retail yards. Can show results. Now available for opening. Address Box C-471, care The California Lumber Merchant.
Washington, February 25.-By careful selection of floor plans and designing, and installation of suitable household equipment, the small house can provide many of the desirable features of a larger dwelling and at the same time be erected at very modest cost. The accompanying house plans, developed by American Forest Products Industries to meet the requirements of deflated income and new price levels, call for construction along customary lines, except that a departure from the standard type of wall framing makes it possible to install vertical boarding on the interior instead of plaster. This three-room modern house with standard household equipment included, will cost from $1800 to $2500 to build, not counting, of course, the price of the lot.
The house is 20 feet wide by 30 feet deep and can be built on a comparatively narrow lot. By running a gable across the front of the house, the roof lines and side elevations are broken up and offer a more pleasing effect than is obtained with the single gable roof. The sloping roof at the front with the narrow overhang at the cornice hint of the Colonial type of architecture.
The floor plan consists of a living room l3f feet square at the front of the house, with storage space and bath at the right. The dinette and kitchen are to the left toward the rear of the house and a bedroom lOl teet by 12 feet is at the right rear. The living room may be utilized as a spare bedroom with a disappearing bed. When the bed is in use the bath is accessible from the living room through the bed-storag'e space. Otherwise the bath may be entered only through the bedroom.
An excavated basement under the rear of the house accommodates the heater, fuel storage, laundry trays and provides space for limited storage and a work bench. The
9 years' experience in the mill-wholesale and retail trade. Thorough knowledge of cost accounting and salei promotion. Knowledge of the German and French language. Some capital available for se,cure investment. A-l references. Desirous of position with reliable concern. Address Box C-472, care California Lumber Merchant.
attic space may also be used for storage of articles. It is accessible through a trap door in the ceiling at the head of the basement stairs.
The unique feature of the wall construction is the 2-inch by 2-inch studs spaced 16 inches on centers with 2-inch by 2-inch horizantal strips space d 2 f.eet apart, to which the vertical interior finish boards are nailed. This construction with exterior diagonal sheeting provides ample strength for the loads to be carried.
The house can be heated to advantage either by a ,,pipeless" warm air furnace with short air ducts or by a hot water system. Insulating properties of the walls are slight- ly better than for the standard frame and plastered type. The 2l inches of loose insulation over the wood finish ceiling cuts down the heat transfer to about one-fifth of what it would be through a lath and plastered ceiling. This effective type of insulation should make practical the installation of an automatic heating system with either gas or oil.
Wall construction and simplified cornice details are shown on the plans as well as elevations, foundation and floor plans and wall construction details. Plans may be obtained at cost, $1 a set, from American Forest Products Industries, Inc., 1337 Connecticut Ave., Washington D. C.
J. H. Bloedel, Seattle, president of the Bloedel Donovan Lumber Mills, is still laid up as a result of a recent automobile accident on the Pacific highway near Marysville, Wash., when his machine skidded due to ice on the road.
R. A. Wernick, well known Coos Bay lumberman, has taken over the West Coast Lumber Co. plant at Coquille, Ore., which he is operating under his own name. The mill has a daily capacity of 80 M feet.
Progressive Lumber Co., Livermore, has discontinued business, and the stock has been taken over by the Independent Lumber Co.
Hayward Mill & Lumber Co., Hayward, has recently built a new shed.
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EVIDENCE IS PILING UP FROM MANY QUARTERS THAT THE TURN HAS COME AND WILL BE REFLECTED IMMEDIATELY IN ALL MA.RKETS AS SOON AS AN ADEQUATE EXCHANGE MEDIUM IS AGAIN AV^A,ILABLE. THE B^A,NK "HOLIDAY'' IS BIDDING FAIR TO TURN INTO A REAL OCCASION FOR CELEBRATING. WE ARE MARKING TIME NOW-BUT FULL STEAM AHEAD WILL BE THE NEXT ORDER. "GOD REIGNS'" AND THE GOVERNMENT AT WASHING. TON STILL LIVES.
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