How LumberLooks

When one ieads the multitude of glowing reports from rnarious parts of Cdifornia, onthe building activity, the increascd building permits, increased bank clearingE, predic"tions by prominent men on the wonderful business year that we will have. isn't it a real cause for wonder that the one commodity that should be booming, is on the list of slow moving commodities?

One fact that cannot be d'enied is, that the general conditions in different parts of t{re state are better. From one end to the other, reportr come in that things are looking

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up, there is a more general good feeling among merchants in all lines of busineas.

In San Francisco and Oakland the dealers are reported as doing a nice business.

Things are looking better in the Sacrarnento Valley. This page, in the last isrue, contained a misleading staternent regarding the conditions in this section of the state. From the report it could easily have been inferred that the Sacramento Valley had been hit by the foot and mouth dieease, which ir notthe case. We understand that the entire district has been fortunate in remaining free from infection.

At San Diego, and in the Imperial Valley the outlook is fine. San Diego has never let up to any gleat extent, and the dealers in the Imperial are looking for a very good six months ahead of ttrem.

The Loo Angeles territory is still building, the San Joaqui-n dealerr are in a befter frame of mind, poaribly what the lumbermen of the state needs, could be found in a short talk made at a recent Hoo Hoo lrmcheon. A member said that tbe wholesale and retail lumbermen were in the ttdumpsrt' that they were blue, looked and' acted discouraged, and that in his opinion were licked. He ruggests that every one dig up a few more grins, a determination that there is nothing wrong, and that they go out and see a few more people each dayt, preaching good times, and help convince the other fellow that thingr are looking up.

It cannot be said that the dealerc are buying any more freely than of two weeks ago. City dealers and the yardr in the srnaller towns scem to be of the opinion that it is not the right time to place orders.

As far aa we can learn, prices have made no great changes since tfie middle of last month. Posaibly shingler are weaker, there having been quite a large quantity reach the state in the last three weeks. Commone, rough and sized, can be bought at practically the same pricee prevailing during all of April.

A telegraphic report from Oregon states that the mills are not curtailing as had been predicted, that tfie production continued heavy in spite of the poor demand. Writer suggests thatthe pessirnistic attitude on thepart of the mills has been induced by the declining madret conditions in this state.

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