A Tribute to R. A. Long

Washington, March 20.-The late R. A. Long, who will go into history as one of the delegates of the lumber industry to the Hall of Fame of American industry, was always active in Association aftairs. He was at one time President of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, and it is fitting that the Manager of that Association, Wilson Compton, should utter the following appreciation of Mr. Long:

The passing of Robert Alexander Long, master lumb*erman, is far more than a family, community and industry loss. It is a national loss. The first thought that came to my mind when I heard of Mr. Long's death was of the alert man to whom I had talked in his daughter's home in Washington three weeks ago, when I invited him to speak with General Johnson at the closing meeting of the great N.R.A. Conference of Industry Code Authorities on March 7, on the Lumber Industry in National Recovery. It would have been a great public climax to a great public career. But his wise doitors advised him to decline, which he did with sincere and obvious reluctance.

The great pioneers of the .19th century are mostly gathered to their fathers. The conditions which bred these men are no more. The mold has been broken. Mr. Long sought business success, to be sure; but not in whatsoever way it might be attained. His was success in the right way-it would not be too much to say the noble way. He made a fortune but none of it was taken away from someone else.

There are only a fgw venerable men now left in America of the R. A. Long pattern. The type of great American for which Mr. Long always stood to his thoughtful friends is this: The American individualistic business pioneerthe civilization builder-courageous, firm and aggressive, but at the same time kind, tolerant, just and generous. Mr. Long was a Christian gentleman in creed, profession and practice.

We are in a new muck-raking age. It exceeds in venom and virulence the period of calumny which smeared America 30 years ago. It is fashionable to denounce and vilify any man who has gained fame and fortune. It has come to be implied that a man of wealth must be, from the social viewpoint, an evil influence. Mr. Long has been for years a valiant refutation of this detestable by-product of an unhappily prolonged depression. He made a huge fortune, directed economically the lives of thousands and tens of thousands of people, and influenced the lives of millions. But in all his relations he was constructive, improving, ameliorative, uplifting and inspiring. His business life exemplified the golden rule. His success was at no other man's expense. There will be no sinister rejoicing over the departure of this great lumberman and great American. Real sorrow and a personal sense of loss will be felt by all who knew him and many who only knew of him. His death is a national bereavement. His great enterprise will go on, it is to be hoped, in the spirit and with the purpose for which he founded it.

Public Hearing Fair T;ade Practice Increase in National Forest Rules April 3 Timber Cut Predicted

Washington, D. C., March 19.-The proposed changes in Schedule B, rules of Fair Trade Practice, of the Lumber and Timber Products Code, which had been considered by the Lumber Code Authority at the October and February meetings here, have been revised in accordance with the Authority's instructions and submitted to the NRA.

The Adrninistration has set April 3 next as the date of a public hearing to be held in Washington on these changes.

Golf Play to Follow Reveille

A big feature of the second annual Reveille to be held April 20 at the Oakland Hotel, Oakland, will be the golf tournament to be held the following day, Saturday, April 21, at the Oak Knoll Golf Course. Tickets for the golf tournament are at bargain rates, $1.75, which includes green fees and luncheon.

G. F. "Jerry" Bonnington, Wendling-Nathan Co., 110 Market Street, San Francisco, is chairman of the golf committee. Last-year's tournament brought out 48 contenders, and it is expgeted the entry will be larger this year. There is a long list of prizes.

Indicating a recovery of the pine lumbering industry in California the U. S. Forest Service believes that the cut of Government timber on the national forests of this state will show a one hundred per cent increase over 1933. This estimate is based on application by sawmill owners for sales of stumpage and on reports from lumber companies who have existing timber sale contracts. The cut of national forests timber in California in 1933 was the smallest since 1914, the total receipts from the sale of national forest stumpage in the fiscal year 1933 being $120,913, compared with $1,191,285 in 1930.

Get Out Your M.p

The many valuable properties of Redwood are recognized all over the world, and from time to time shipments of this' wood go to little known places and countries, and to places with names that sound odd to American ears.

A recent shipment of Redwood by Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co., San Francisco, shipped through the Redwood Export Co., went to "Samband Islenzkra Samvinnufjelaga" (Iceland Cooperative Societies), to Hull England, from where it will be re-shipped to Akureyri, Eyja Fjord'