THE CALIFOR\IIA LUMBERMERCHANT JackDionne,fublishu

Incorporated undcr thc lam of Californla J. C. Dionne, Pret. ud Trru.; Phil B. Hart, Vice-Prcr.; J. E. Martin, Secy. Publirhed tbe lrt and lSth of ech month at lc-e FAY BLDG., LOS ANGELES, C.AL. TELEPHONE VAndiLe /(t s EDt.red u Scond-cl*r matter ScptcEbet 8, 192, at tAc Potoffice at Lor Angele, Californla, under Act of March 3, lt?9

Subrcriptioa Pricc, $2.110 pcr Ycrr Siaglc Copicr,25 centr cach. LOS ANGELES, CAL., APRIL 15, 1924

How Lumber Looks

To give a clear idea of what tfie fir mills have done in the lart thirty days, here is a table showing the total of production, ralec and shipments for four weeks. These figurer being taken from the weekly reports from the officer of the West Coast Lumbermens .A,ssociation.

Week ending March 12.

Production, 10513861319 feet; Sales, 9112o51366 feet ; ShipmentE, 9913531222.

WeGk ending March 19.

Production, 10011341670 feet; Sales, 1181272r344 feet; Shipmcnts 113,61$,{4 fs61.

Weck ending March 26.

ProdGtion, 100,6771516 feet; Sales, 94rl 14,355 feet; Shipmentr, 98,8O31263 feet.

Week ending April 2.

Production, 97 1815,572 feet; Sales, 8917661194 feet; Shipments, 10611721572 fet.

From thoce figures it would not appear that these mills hed encotmtered any great change or reaction in their buriners, at leart up to the firet of April.

Since that time, of eourse, rqports have arrived of a general ctrtailment at the mills, dl of which fu bound to have a good effect on this rnarket, if they stick to it.

It is eary to report the market conditions, but would be a man dzed job to suggect tfie sure remedy. Up and down the rtate things are mighty quiet, not only with the fiellow who ic celling car and cargo to the dealers, but the dealen thernrelves are not having their usuel volume.

Around fte Bay District the dealers seem to be a littde more optomistic oyer the outlook than in other parts. The

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Advcrtiring Reter on rlpplicatioa

San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys have been hit by the foot and mouth disease, and this same thing has affected business to a great entent in Los Angelec county. The quarantine on the movement of trucb ftom one county to another, andthe embargo on the movement of produce has caused a slump in all lines of businecs. From reports in the last few days, the authorities expect to bave this menace stamped out in a very few days, and be able to lift all quarantines.

Bay District Continues To Show Much Building Activity

During the month of March the building permits for San Francisco were $4,652,933.00. This was an increase of 4 per cent over the same period in 1923 and an increase of 43 per cent over the building permits during February, 1922. Thc building permits for Oakland during the month of March were $2,896,416.00, which was an incrcase of 12 pet cent over the same period in 1923 and an increase of 50 per cent over the February, 1922, building permits.

Stocks are much lower at the yards and the quantity of rnsold lumber on ttre docks is lesr than it was thirty days ago. This is one point to keep in mind.

The permits in Loe Angeles are holding up. To the night of the loth, permits for $5,6561723.00 worth of new buildings had been issued. This would indicate an. othei fifteen milliondollar month. Receipts at the [.os Angeles harbor, to the night of the ?th totalled 28 million feet, indicating a month of just a little over a hundred milli,on.

California Pine Association Makes Change in Its Grading Rules

At a recent meeting of the board of directors of the California White and Sugar Pine Manufactur'ers Association, and important change in the Association grading rules was voted. This change' consists in a re-alignment of the grades now used and the addition of a new grade. The present grade of No. 1 and 2 Clear; which is shown in the grading rule books under the grades of yard lumber, was removed from this classification and placed under thegrades of factory lumber. The added grade is the yard grade of B Select and Better.

The necessity for this change u'as dictated by two important considerations. In the first place, a comparison of the Association grades for finishing and common lumber with the proposed basic grading rules for yard lumbe,: prepared by the Forest Products Laboratory of the Forest Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, indicates that the present grade of I and 2 Clear is quit,e a bit out of line with the proposed basic grade of B. In fact, this comparison shows the grade of 1 and 2 Clear to be about 50/o better than the proposed basic grade of B, and at the same time, out of line with corresponding grades of other Associations to about the same extent. Removing the grade of I and 2 Clear from the yard classification permits the adoption of a grade of B Select and Better, which will line up the California Pine Association grad'es niuch more closely in the scheme of national standardization. The other reason is that the bulk of the lumber shipped today' under the grade of No. I and 2 Clear is cut up and remanu. {actured before nse. In other words, this grade has always

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