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How Lumber Looks

Lumber production during the week ended March 16, 1940, was 5 per cent greater than in the previous week, shipments were 2 per cent greater, new business .4 per cent greater, according to reports to the National Lumber Manufacturers Association from regional associations covering the operations of representative hardwood and softwood mills

During the week ended March 16, 515 mills produced 216,111,000 feet of softwoods and hardwoods combined, shipped 222,365,m feet, and booked orders of 230,988,00O feet. Revised figures for the preceding week, 53O mills reporting, were: production M,I84,W feet, shipments 217,552,W feet, and orders 230,119,000 feet.

Lumber orders reported for the week ended March 16 by 422 softwood mills totaled 2n,278,W feet, shipments were 21 1,181,00O feet, and production was 205,203,00O feet. Reports from 110 hardwood mills for the same week gave new business as 10,710,000 feet, shipments 11,184,000 feet, and production 10,908,000 feet.

The Western Pine Association for the week ended March 16, 109 mills reporting, gave orders as 67,668,00O feet, shipments 67,583,000 feet, and production 58,027,0n feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 242.215.0N feet.

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended

March 16, 135 mills reporting, gave orders as 30,456,000 feet, shipments 32p31,000 feet, and production 33,220,000 feet' Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 75,872,W feet.

Lumber cargo arrivals at Los Angeles Harbor for the week ended March 23 totaled 14,402,000 feet.

Cargo shipments of lumber from the Pacific Northwest into California in February, as reported by the Pacific Lumber Carriers' Association, San Francisco, totaled 66,915,800 feet. Shipments in February, 1939, were 58,000,000 feet.

Deliveries at the various ports were as follows:

Total capacity of ships operating in the coastwise lumber fleet is 73,@0,@0 feet. Further charters may reduce this capacity 5 to 10 million feet in the near future.