Here is a slab door you can depend upon.
Dealers sell this door with perfect confidence that it will stand up and give long-lived satisfaction under severe conditions. Built of short cores, each one locked with a tongue-and-groove. Thoroughly glued under pressure with waterproof glue.
California Pine one-piece face that will not check, glued on under heavy hydraulic pressure. Man, it's a real door job!
Put some in your next MIXED CAR from Westwood. They sell on sight.
door
are proud to rnake and !ou will be proud, to sell
"Producets ol White Pine for Over Half a Century"
' J. Walter Kelly, sales manager of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., San Francisco, acted as chairman of the day at the Kiwanis Club luncheon, held at the Fairmount Hotel, San Francisco, on April 28, when "Forest Week" was observed. W. B. Greeley, Washington, D. C., was the speaker of the day. Mr. Gieeley spokl on forest conditions on the Pacific Coast. Mr. Greeley is Chief Forester of the United States Forest Service.
The Crawford Lumber Co., Inc., of which Mt. J. E. Crawford is the head, is putting in a new lumber and building materials yard in the eastern section of Vista and have started construction of sheds and offices.
Al Westfall, who is now associated with Matheny Bros. at I odi, is returning to his old stamping grounds. -Al *as with the oldFuller Lumber Co., Lbdi, fbr several years. The company was bought out by the Mokelumne Lrimber Co., and was recently purchased by Matheny Bros. During the operation of the Mokelumne LumbCr Co., Al wai with the Gustine Lumber Co., at Gustine.
George Bentley, Bentley Lumber Co., Glendale, is back at his desk again following an illness of about five weeks. H_e was operated on for appendicitis and we are glad to advise his many luntbermen friends that he is convalescing nicely.
Inaugurating a new system of distribution throughout the western states, the Pioneer Paper Co., of Los Angeles, has announced that deliveries of rock-surfaced shingles and roofing now are being made on a one-day-service basis to all dealers in the Rocky Mountain and Pacific coast territories.
To carry out this plan of efficient service to dealers, the firm has established several factory distributing centers at strategic points throughout the western states where large stocks of both shingles and roofing are kept on hand to fill orders immediately, according to J. H. Plunkett, general manager of the firm.
Distributing offices located at Seattle, Portland, and Spokane are handling orders for the Pacific Northwest, Mr. Plunkett declared, while San Francisco is caring for the
central coast section, and Denver has been established as headquarters for the Rocky Mountain states. Orders from the Southwest territory are being handled directly from the factory at Los Angeles, he statid.
Under plesent arrangements, complete stocks of all types 9f. composition shingles and roofing manufactured by the Pioneer firm, in a full range of colors, are carried at each distributing point, the executive asserted. Dealers are supplied from these locations at the regular factory price.
This prompt delivery system has been perfected gradually over a long period of time, Mr. Plunkett asserted, the final link in the chain being secured when a new office was established at Spokane this spring to supply the central Washington and British Columbia territory. The new branch is under the management of O. H. Weyman, well known figure in California business circles.
Every man intererted in the wholerale lunib€r market rhould teep hir weather eyc on the lituatio-n every hour^of the day from now on, because ttrere are $lnsr lappening that arl abrolutely bound to have a tremeudous effect on the national hmrber situttion.
Curtailment ir the thing that it doing the work, hugp crntailrnent that should have a mo* bullirh effect on the situa' tion
In the west ttereir a whole lot of vohmtary curtailmeot beins practiced that war beginning to have a ve-ry excellent cfiect -on the weak coftwood lumber market" when over in the couth the tremendous floodr of the Miseirsippi and its tributaries suddenly plunged under water several hundred rawmills, in many carer warhing away the etocks and damaging the mills, and in all cases dircontinuing pPerationr and cauring the bitgest involrmtary curtailment the lumber market has known within a full decade, degrading and dec' troying the lumber rtockc with mud and wate-r, and cauring an imrnediate situation ttat muct be reckoned with.
The hardwood lumber indurtry in the South is crippled ar never before. Nearly two hundred hardwood millr are in the path of the great flood. Some of them will be down for weeks, ot'herc for months. The hardwood market ir boombg rtronger every day ar a reault, and there can be not the dightett doubt but tihat the hardwood situation for the en' tire remainder of thir year will be the rtrongest in the hietory of the South. Elsewhere in thic irrue will be fourd ttre bert factr and figurel so far available concerning the rituation.
In addition to the rurparalleled hardwood situation, there are also tcoreE of Southern Pine mills in the flood arear all of them down. No man can say what the effect on ttem will be, but that all mills in the flood area are cl,ored for many weeks, with plants damaged, lumber warhed away and mud damaged, etc., ir a certeinty.
Already the effect is seen in a rush of orders for Southern har. dwoods and Souttern Pine, and both markets are riring rapidly, witfi new busine$ far in excess of production"
In the Pacific Northwest they have been curtailing to good advantage for some time, and the recent reportr show new businesr considerably in exceu of production.
In California the Pine mills are continuing their rtrong curtailment, the reported production for the first four montts thir year being lOS million feet as compared with 198 million for tte rame period of last year.
With the open seaton dweloping ve4r rapidly in dl partr of the courtry, rpeeding up building, end with a numerout reries of aeriititins storrir degtroiing town'r and wiping out building! by the-hundredr in many partr of thc countr5r' all thingr 6"-io be working togethcr lo boom tle^general lumber-markel Of coune it-wiftake rome time before the repairing of the damage in the Mireirsippi,4ood area-will begio, but there are tcns of thou:andr of brril-dinsr $at--hev-e teln iryarhd awayr dertroyed, or darnaged durhg the floodt ttat murt and will be replaced and repaired.
IT LOOKS TO TIIE WRTTER AS TIIOUGH EVERYTHING IS CONSPIRING TO BRING ABOUT A TRE.. MENDOUS DEMAND FOR LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIALS IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE RE MAINDER OF THIS YEAR.
The California market has ghown very little change in the pact two weekr.
ln the Lor Angeles market there ir a largc vohmre of Fir lumber moving. During the month of April' the cargo receiptr at San Pedro totaled 136r2q) M. feet. Thir lumber har been readily abrorbed as there is lers than tcn million feet of tmsold lumber, which is conridered about the nonml rupply, at San Pedro.
BuiUing perrnits in Los Angeles during tte month of April totaled $10,558,891.
The Los Angeler market har not relponded to any gen' eral increase in pricet, dthough the millr are etanding finn for better pricer. No. 3 comnrons are firm and moving read' ily, with the market on commonr and upperr rmchan-ged.-
- A telegraphic report from San Frrncirco states that the cargo maikel is not quite as rtrong ar two weekr ago due -to utt"old lumber arriving which has had bearilh effect on the market. Lath is bringing $3.25 lor lr/z inch and $3.5O for l'/s inch which was practically the going price two weekr ago.
- The Celifornia White and Sugar Pine market ir rtill strong on all low grader, witfi upperr moving dowly. Curtailm€nt is still in evidence at the millr.
The Redwood market continuee rtrong, the volume ir good and pricec are firrn All marketr are buying molc tumber than last year and orders received at tte millr are far ahead of production. Redwood commonr are scarce and many of the millr arG ov€f-lold on thir item. Upperr are moving better, erpecially siding.
By Jach, Dionne
We hear a lot about Trade Ethics in recent years, both in type and from the platform. It is a subject freguently mulled over.
And the best thought on the subject I have ever encountered I got not long ago from a convention speaker who had that subject to discuss.
He said that we are all governed by law. That the laws which provide for the relationship between man and man are as inviolate and unbreakable as the law which provides for the relationship between two bodies in space-the law of gravity. The ethical laws may not seem to us to be as powerful and dependable and self-enforcing as the law of gravity, but they ARE just the same.
And I liked that thought very much. The Constitution of the United States provides that one man's privileges only terminate where the other man's rights begin. And as it is under this constitution, so it is in business.
It is all the law of the Square Deal. You can measuie it bythat yard stick every time. Trade Ethics mean two things in your business life-to be SQUARE, and to be FAIR.
It isn't enough simply to be square. The proper relationship between man and man goes farther than simply to be legally safe in that contact. You must not only be honorable in your dealings with him, and in your relationships to him, but you must go a little farther, and be FAIR with him. You might be SQUARE in your attitude without being entirely FAIR undermanyconditions. There is simple JUSTICE in being SQUARE. But there is TOLERANCE an:l FELLOWSHIP and STEWARDSHIP in being FAIR also.
You can make a complete and thorough talk on Trade Ethics in just four words, and cover the matter thoroughly, when you say-"Be Square-Be Fair."
And, if you will add tothose-"Be Courteous, Be Considerate, Be Kindly"-you will have spoken the five best Commandments ol Business.
IF i.', dimension, if it's
something in a hurry, if it's quality you want-if it's treated ties, piling or poles-then McCormickts your surest bet.
Twenty-five years have built up this company into a complete unit with its own vast timbersands, its own tidewater mills, and teating plant, its ovm great feet of 75 ves.sels, its ovm docls and discibution yards.
McConnick unloads its ships at Wilmington direcdy onto the cars cohsigned to your yads. No delays. A service that appeals to ptogressive dealers.
l.ct our nearest sales office or sales representative quote you on saaight or mixed cars. Besides cargo facilities, we have a department specializing on rail business.
Exchtsive California dbrtbunrs for Vey*haeuser Fir Flaring and Wahon Yetreq Patpk
SALES OFFICES: San Fruncisco-271 Ma*a Sneet; Darcnport 35il). Los Angeles-1700 lane Mortgage Building; Tinity 5421. Phoanix-C. P. Henry,rep rcsentatire, 423 Head BuiWing. MILIS: St Helens,Orceon; Port Ludlon'and Port Gamblc, Vashinpon. TREATING PLANT: St.Hehns,Orepon. PLANING MILIS: San Diego. DISTRIBUTION YARDS: Wilming6a atd San Di"go.
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CHICAGO, April 28.-Secretary of Commerce Hoover today sent Frank G. Wisner, President of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, the follorving letter relative to the nation-rvide five-year program of research and trade promotion rvork to be inaugurated at the TwentyFifth Annual Meeting'of the Association opening here todav:
Office of the Secretary
Washington April7,1927.
Mr. Frank G. Wisner, President, National Lumber l\Ianufacturers Association, Congress Hotel, Chicago, Illinois
Dear Mr. Wisner:
I greatly regret that other obligations preveut my being presint on the occasion of your annual meeting. The notible accomplishments of the Association in standardization and improved business practices in rvhich the Department has so iottg coopetated, ire a matter of great pride rvith all of our officials.
I understand the Association is norv initiating a five-year program of research and for the promotioh of the proper irseJ of lumber and timber products. Lumber has been, and always will be, a most impbrtant factor in the development of this country, and any Cffort to increase its rrsefulness to the consumer will be a public service of high order.
The entire nation is vitally interested in the continued
liberal use of lumber and other forest products, and the future prosperity of the lumber industry is directly related to it. It has been estimated that, at present, less than 50 per cent of the average tree content is converted into marketable products. Under these conditions it is hardly to be expected that the industry is earning its full need of returns or that reforestation may be carried'out as a large scale, commercial enterprise. It is, therefore, imperative that this percentage of marketable utilization be increased in order to make reforestation commercially feasible and to give greater stability to the industry-
A closer integration of the forest industries so that the non-utilized matlrials of one branch may be advantageously used as rarv material by other branches, is obviously a step in this direction.
Your campaign rvill undoubtedly stimulate interest in research in the uJe of wood, the expansion in use of its waste products and the entire nation rvill be benefitted- by this work. Moreover, it is entirely fitting that every industry should present the value ofits products to the public and seek to expand their use.
The Department will be glad to cooperate with you- in any effort-rvhich has for its object a more complete utilization of our forest resources, and in making forest products more useful to the consumers and more profitable to the lumber and rvood-using industries.
Yours faithfully, (signed) HERBERTHOOVER HH.AGS
-whose youth was passed many years before Columbus consulted Ferdinand and Isabella about "Seeing America First." This Giant Sugar Pine, possibly the largest ever felled at a sawmill operation, was cut at olrTirolumne, Califomia, holdings. lt measured 9 ferl. in diameter-226 feet frorn btrtt to tip;102 feet to first limbrequired 9 cars to transport it to the milljand scaled 33,577 Board F'ea of Pickering Gold Medal Sugar Pine:-an impressive and in, deed inspiring instance emphasizing again that-
.,OURS IS THE STANDARD"California Setcs Officcs: Sranda$4 Califomia 602 First Narioncl Bank Bldg., San Francisco . 615 Ccntral Bldg., Los Angeler
(Th.e follorving excellent answer to the euery-"1tr/hat is the difierence between a trade acceptance and i promissory note from the viewpoint of legality, trade, and cohsumer?" ;was recently published in the Credit Monthly, and has been distributed in bulletin form to its members by the California Retail Lumbermen's Association.)
From the legal standpoint, there is very little difference between the trade acceptance and promissory note; both are negotiahle instruments and subject to practically the same lan'. The trade acceptance is novr', however, a sight draft or a promissory note. A note is drarvn by a person whereas an acceptance is drau'n on a person. The trade acceptance performs a different function {rom a promissory note as a note is generally uscd in borrowing money and in settlement of past due obligations, while a trade acceptance bears on its face evidence that it is drawn bv the seller of merchandise on the purchaser for the puichase price of the goods sold and rvhen accepted constitutes an unconditional promise to pay on a specified date. It isjust as binding on the acceptor as a promissory note.
The trade acceptance should not be employed in any class of transaction except those concerning the purchase and sale of goods, wares and merchandise. It should not be given for borrowed money or past due accounts but should represent current transactions only.
The trade acceptance has the following advantages over an open book account: through a trade acceptance, the credit represented by the account becomes immediately available for additional use by the seller because the trade acceptance being a trvo name paper is acceptable for rediscount withall banks including members of the Federal
Reserve Syqlem. Furthermore, the use of the trade accep- tance establishes at once the correctness of the account as between buyer and seller and reduces the expense of col. lection and lessens the cost of conducting business; and furthermore, in car.rying open accounts, sellers strain their own credit in order to extend credit to buvers for an indefinite time, most of the time without intereit, security or even ahy good evidence of the sale.
Viewing the instrument from the angle of the buyer, we find that those who settle by trade acceptances put themselves into a class of preferred buyers the same as those who discount for cash.This naturally will favorably affect the credit ratings of such buyers w,ith mercantile agehcies. The financial statements of buyers using acceptances will carry more weight because acceptances payable are regarded more favorably than accounts payable. The trade acceptance will have a tendency to discourage buyers from overstockihg and cause them to watch more closely their own collections in order that thev mav be able to meet the acceptance at maturity
A trade acceptance should never be renewed. If for good reasons the debtor is unable to pay the acceptance at maturity, his promissory note with interest should be taken. It would establish a very bad precedent for sellers to renew trade acceptahces. The real benefits to be derived from it comes from the debtors meeting the acceptances as they mature and thereby making it possible for the seller to rediscount the instruments. A trade acceptance given in renewal would not be subject to rediscount with members of the Federal Reserve System inasmuch as they then would fall in the class of promissory notes given for past due obligations.
'Weyerhaeuser Pacific Coast Hemlock
Flooring sells fast and repeats
A BRAND oI soltwood flooring that gets praise lrom .{ L three such difrerent points oI view as that oI the speculative builder, the carpenter and the home-owner makes a first-class specialty lor the lumber dealer.
And iI you have been accustomed to thinking of softwood flooring as a routine item not open to much inprovement, iust take a look at some oI this Weyerhaeuser Pacific Coast HemlockFlooring.
It is improved flooring made on the highest type oI hardwood flooring machines, perlectly finished and so dosely resembling hardwood in appearance that it is mistaken for it by many.
To the man who doesn't know any Hemlock but that lrom the East€rn stat€xr and the Lalce region we say: Pacific Coast Hemlock is an entirely difrerent wood. The coast variety grows to great size. It produces a large amount oI tough, straightgrained,fine, even tsrtured wood.Thiswood is not harsh or splintery. It works readily to a square edge and it wears evenly.
The Weyerhaeuser imprwed methods oI seasoning ren' der it immune to anytendency to warp.
If you are looking for something difrerent as a leader, something beaer that will make satisfied cuetomers-investigate this flooring oow. It is available to dealere everywhere through the Weyer. haeuser Representative.
lVeyaheew Peci8c Cnart Hemlocl Flooring iE 13116' thick by2X'hcc.lt corc both uitt od nrtchiag ud uttJrat cnd utching. Eoth typer arc milled with the hollow back. Thc hichc.a tFrdc ol this llooring ir lnown r "B rnd Bettcr Edge Greia. " For lcs cncriag un or wherc e still lower pricd Oooring is wanted ir it etrc udc ir the gndc oI "C Mi:ed Gnin"
The floring comca in ncat ccurc budhr, crch oe bearlng an rttnctivc labcl in colon which ehm thc mmc, the Weyahaam Brend, the gnde merk ud rbe mdc-nuL Tht! 0oori4 ie menuhcnrnd by .WctabacwTim' bcr Compmy ud ir obrriuble in mired at otdodiret Ircn thc Weychew Milb et Evmtt, Werbington, ud Snoqurloia Felb.'Werhilgtoa, or &on anv oI tbc thc Weyehrrer Diraibutirg Phno et Beltinon' Pottseuth. R. 1., end Miucrotr Tnneler. Sc PauL
Veyerbaeaser Pacific Coast Hemhck Flooring is etorter fedtttre of t be Vey erbae n scr
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The greatest tragedy that ever came to the hardwood industry of the South is the present overfow of the Mississippi River and itstributaries. Wires from the flood district show that more than two hundred hardwood mills are in the food area- What damage has been done thenL car\not yet be estimated. The Southern hardwood production is reduced to less than 40/o of normal. An enormous amount of lumber has been destroyed. What will be shorrrn when the waters recede is problematical, but it is certain that the hardwood industry has a mornentous year ahead.
Hardwood prices have been advancing fapidly, and will probably continue to do so.
The effect on Southern Pine mills has been far less. Many have been closed because of floods, others because of the wiping out of transportation lines, etc.
No man can estimate the losses in the food areas, but it will run into hundreds of millions of dollars. Tens of thousands of buildings have been washed away and destroyed, and it will require an enorrnous amount of building material to even begin the work of replacement of shelter, after the floods recede.
Earl Galbraith became Sales Manager of The Schumacher Wallboard Corporation at Los Angeles, effective May first.
As Manager of Retail Sales for the Hammond Lumber Company in Los Angeles, Mr. Galbraith has for the past four years built himself a secure position in the high esteem of the lumbermen of Southern California, and he takes to his new position a long experience in the merchandising of building materials and in serving the public with such materials, that should be of great value to him and to
his employers. He is a young man of acknowledged worth and fine business ability.
He succeeds Earl Schmidt. For nearly nine years, ever since Schumacher was a small local establishment, Mr. Schmidt has been with that concern, startingas time keeper, and working up to the office of Sales Manager, a position which he has filled for six years with much credit to himself and his employers. Mr. Schmidt has not yet determined on his future connections
Mr. Galbraith in his new oosition serves under Mr. A. R. Moylan, Vice President and-General Manager of The Schumacher Wallboard Corporation.
In 29 magrzines, with r totil circulation of over 2,707,000 the story of Redwood is reaching the public. Inquiries at the rate of 2,000 a month are proofof rwakened interest. Literally scores of Redwood dealers are writing us saying that the prospects we refer to them, Lr e ^cctrally buyingincreasing their busi ness'- turning their stock at a profit.
Of course the story is going over. What other wood is so durable, safe, beautiful? \flhat other tree supplies perfect lumber 60 inches wide? \il7here can you find a wood that works more easily, is as strong for its weight, needs no treatment, takes paint or stain better? Yet with all these features Redwood is not expensive.
Snckkdwood, \7e send you live prospects, and supply home, cottage, and cabin plans, a complete agricultural service, 2-color letter inserts, job andyard signs, and other material on Redwood and its uses.
Send for your copy of the Redwood Sales Manual. It is full of interesting facts about scores of native woods. You need it for reference.
The EastLos Angeles Lumbermen's Club held their first banquet and dance at the Mountain Meadows Country Club, near Pomona, on Friday evening, May 6. This newly organized group of lumbermen includes the yards in the East Los Angeles County District from Baldwin Park to Claremont.
Robert Witter, President, acted as toastmaster. Among the guests who made short talks were Paul Hallingby, President of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association; Chas. C. Curran, vice-president of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association; Fred A. Chapin, president of the San Bernardino Orange Belt Lumbermen's Club; Chas. Chapman, Orange County Lumbermen's Club; J. S. Billheimer, pioneer lumberman of Southern California; Kenneth Smith, Los Angeles; H. E. Park, Los Angeles, and W. Vanderwood. Glendale.
Gerald V. Curran, secretary of the club, lvas in charge oi the arrangements. A vote of thanks was extended to Mr. S. R. Larrabee for his assistance in making the affair a success.
About a hundred lumbermen and their guest were pre-
sent. Among the lumbermen who attended $rere:
I. S. Billheimer, Pasadena; John Basom, Hammond Lumber Co., Redlands; H. Davis, Covina; Paul Hallingby, Hammond Lumber Co., Los Angeles; Walter McDonough, Hammond Lumber Co., Los Angeles; Kenneth Smith, E. K. Wood Lumber Co., Los Angeles; C. Pontius, Hammond Lumber Co., Riverside; S. Gile, Hammond Lumber Co., San Bernardino; H. M. Shattuck, Shattuck Lumber Co., Ontario; Fred A. Chapin, Chapin Lumber Co., San Bernardino; Ralph Fell, Chapin Lumber Co., San Bernardino; W. F. Rugg, Heinecke Lumber Co., Upland; Dee C. Essley, Heinecke Lumber Co., Ontario; Lawrence King, Hammond Lumber Co., Ontario; Earl Vickery, Hammond Lumber Co., Los Angeles; G. Roof, Hoyt-Roof Lumber Co., Ontario; Sherman Hoyt, Hoyt-Roof Lumber Co., Ontario; S. Herrington, Riser Lumber Cq., Glendora; J. D. Rea, Community Lumber Co., Baldwin Park; S. R. Larrabee, Calif. Portland Cement Co., Pomona; C. Jones, Calif. Portland Cement Co., Santa Ana; H. Coops, Viney-Milliken Lumber Co., Baldwin Park; H. E. Park, Los Angeles; W. Evans, Covina; C. C. Condit, Pomona.
Every time you cut a price you make it harder to get a price the next time.
J. E. NORTON of Twin Lal<e4 Santa Cruz write8 mentioning
Kiln-Dried Fir wins the good will of dealers' customers. There's "Satisfac. tion in every foot" of our Old Growth Yellow Frr lumber because it is thor. oughly kiln.dried and dressed after seasoning to Ameri. can Standard si:es. All degrades are taken out at the mill.
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K!rdly.p.od up !hlpocnt on thc Lr!t ca! of ktln drlcd rhcalhtnc ltock thst I oF(lorcd l@ tro ia6k! a8o, 6! I ftrd that our atock! era runnlng ld agatn.
I hrd hopad that 6y ldlt or{cr would I..t E6 ovor tlc lnv6ntory parld, bu! lt lcrna thst klln drl6d !tock l! b6comtn€ Eor6 populs rtth our contractoF!, olpoclally fon llucco Joba sd tho donsnd1.6!b.on h€avy tH. fdl.
Pr€vla! to our carrylnS rhis ktln dilcd ltock ta hd tuardr coEplatht! on thc froo lub€r ed Frttcularly tho .h6atht.A. lhrlillng to .uoh s 6xt.nt th6t lt crEc:i6d thc lhCco, but lat.ly rc havonrt h6d a 6lnglc c6pl,.lnt on thlr- dlfftculty, !o rc plan to c-erry a goodllna cf thl! nstc.lal r! th6 toc.l narkot .oiE! to doand tt, nd thet tt tD. b.6n !.ntroducad 6rd Xlndly .dvllc n6 of th6 lhtpnot of thtr at*k aa roon e! porslb]a.
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Watch these ads and read what others say about this dependable lumber.
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(A. J. "Gus" Russell) Distributors in Califomia ond Arizona
Genetal Ofrces:.
San Francisco, California St. Clair Building
l6 California Street "sudden
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So. California Ofice: Los Angeles, California
397 Pacific Electric Building
Bruce L. Burlingane, Agent Serc.rice"
Kansas City, Missouri
James J. ('Jim") Farley is the person whose face adorns this page. That is, the photo of the face is the illustration herewith.
The face itself may be found early and late every day except Sunday in the office of the Pacific Lumber Company, in San Francisco.
He has been there but a few months, because the place where Jim Farley is really and truly known is wherever lunibermen live, move, and have their being, in the San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys. For seven years he traveled that tertitory, calling on the lumber trade, and selling the products of the mills of The Pacific Lumber Company.
And one of the things thpt made him popular and respected, as well as adrnired and liked in that territory, is the fact that while he worked FOR the Pacific Lumber Company, he traveled in the interests of both his employer and the building trade of that great. valley country, preaching and teaching the doctrine of better buildings and better building service arid materials among the builders of those vatleys.
Jim. Farley k-nows Redwood. Knows it thoroughly, believes init utterly, and es it unfalte-ringly. He is an earnest, studious, thinkin! young man, wh6'likes
-Jrm. rarrey K-nows Kedwood. lLnows tt thoroughty, beheves in it preaches !g y^"tb and in{ulges himself freely i-n that _liking.He neveimade an enemy for the !_o y-"tb in that liking. the Pacific-_Lumber Company nor a critic for Redwood during those seven years h6 traveled the valleys.
This young man was Canadian born. He came from Eastern Canada near New Brunswick, arrivi-ng in California when he was eteven years old. He settled with his people in Humboldt Countv. so he has known the Red*oods intimatelw since howhood- ry";i;'t;'hili"if,t d""''ty. so h_e,.has known ir,i,-ni,ati.'Ja"' i;;i#;y since boyhood. He graduated from the Fortuna High Schoot, attended the Universitv-of Califoriria for High a time, and in l9l7 went to work fo he School, attended University-of for for the Pacific Lumber Comoanv at Scotia. Then Company at a rlme, an(l tn ryll ro worK tor ractnc Lompanv Scotta. 'l-hen gam-e_ th9 war, and he served tlvo years in the army, returning to finii a position, waiting for him in the San Francisco office of the same concern he sta;ted with. in 1920 'he wen-t on the road in the two bi_g valleys s-elling Redwood, and only recently they pulled him in the two big selting Redwood, recently into the home office in San Fiancisco -io assist in the Saies Deoai [eys Francisco to the Depaitment, which he does in many capacities, HJis; m6st-eiiellent specimen of the high type of lumber salesmen that California has .produced-a type that means much to the future of ths industry in this state,
New Head of National Lumber Manufacturers Association Sceks Cooperation of the Wholc Lumber Industry
Upon assuming his new duties as president of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, following his election at the annual meeting of the Association in Chicago last week, Mr. John I-. Kaul, of Birmingham, Ala., has issued the following statement of aims and policies:
"While fully sensible of the honor ahd distinction the National Lumber Manufacturers Association has conferred upon me, I do not minimize the responsibility and the labor that go with this office, especially in view of the example of my immediate predecessor, the more so because it may be truly said we are entering upon a hew period inlumber. It is a time of inevitable readjustment and rearrangement throughout the industry. The momentous decision to undertake a huge and costly national trade extension campaign, extending over five years and involving an expenditure of $5,00O,000, is the solid symbol of the industry's conviction that it faces a trial not paralleled in our past history. Nevertheless, we face it with confidence and assurance of success, convinced that the industry is united, spirited and firm in its commitment to and aggressive drive of 'one for all and all for ohe.' Pulling together,
there is-no glestion- that we shall make our industry more profitable and satisfactory to ourselves and more eifective in its role in the nation's economic fabric.
"In such a c.ritical time, when so much depends upon the oufcome of this adventure in the new coopiration. the greatest care must be taken to avoid all misfakes of 'policy and execution as far as is humanly possible" We niust be sure we are right before rve go ahead. We do know the general direction but we must be exceedingly careful to choose the right road. I hope, therefore, that the meir of the indgstry who have made possible that inspiring enterprise will be patient and forbearing while we-are planning and inaugurating the campaign to which we are now committed and for which we are adequately financed, and above all that they will support us with their best thought and judgment.
"I solicit most earnestly the cordial and energetic cooperation of all groups, factors and interests in our great industry-manufacturers, rvholesalers, retailers and the trade press-and pledge myself to discharge the duties of the president with the singleness of purpose to serve the common good to the utnost of my ability."
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SEATTLE, WASH., April l5.-West Coast hemlock, second in quantity of standing timber among' the four big trees along the West Coast, will be introduced during May to the American public through advertising in 50 publications, according to plans announced by the West Coast Lumber Bureau, this city. Using the same method found so successful a year ago lvith Douglas fir, the Rureau plans with this nation-wide broadside to give the American public the important building facts in connection with this most useful species.
"A year ago only a few foresters knew the name 'Douglas fir.' Today the name is known throughout the world, even by the school children," the Bureau declared. "'We plan to give the same kind of publicity to West Coast hemlock which for many purposes is the superior of any softwood obtainable in America and which for ordinary construction uses, such as home or barn building, is the equal of any wood now sold."
This campaign for West Coast hemlock is designed to give specific and complete information on this species of hemlock which grows only in the forests of the Pacific Northwest. The trade promotion plan includes advertising, literature and field work, all coordinated to get the most satisfactory results. These three branches of the plan will, the Bureau believes, reach retail lumber dealers, architects, engineers, builders, industrial concerns and the lumber consuming public in general.
The national advertising campaign for West Coast hem-
lock will begin with the May issue of home builcling, architectural building, technical and lumber trade jorrrnals, using copy similar to the large advertisement reproduced in this issue. Tied up with this national campaign will be a series of advertisements for the use of retail lumber dealers in their local papers. These are designed to aid retailers to actually merchandise and sell West Coast hemlock. They rvill follow the same general design and plan of those on Douglas fir which the Bureau has been furnishing during the past year.
The advertising will be supplemented by distribution of the second of the Bureau's major series of booklets, "West Coast Hemlock-Its Qualities and lJses." This booklet rvill be well illustrated and written from both a technical and a popular viewpoint. All the information available on West Coast hemlock, its service for general construction, its use for finer wood working, and its value for industrial trade and wood using plants will be included.
The booklet will be distributed in the same way as "Durable Douglas Fir," free of charge to retail dealers and all Iumber users. It will also be furnished in quantities to dealers for distribution to their customers.
Special efforts will also be made by the Bureau's staff of field engineers in cooperdtion rvith the sales representatives of member mills to present the merits and uses of West Coast hemlock. This work will be coordinated with the'other parts of the trade promotion program.
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Mt. J. E. Neighbor, Treasurer of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association, is to be one of the principal speakers of the Annual Convention of the California Building & Loan League, to be held in San Francisco, at the Palace Hotel, May 7-6th,27th and,8th. Mr. Neighbor will have as his topic the GRADECERTIFICATE of The California Retail Lumbermen's Association. which is now in use in 35 cities of California, and rvhich is gaining impetus all the time. Inasmuch as 90 per cent of the homes in California are financed by the Building & Loan Associations of the state, the California Retail Lumbermen's Association feels that the members of the State Building and Loan Association should learn more about the Grade Certificate. The subject was presented to them a year ago at their annual convention at Yosemite, at which time they endorsed the Grade Certificate, and now the educational campaign will be carried forward by Mr. Neighbor. Some of the Building & Loan Companies are at present demanding a grade certificate on all lumber furnished, as a requisite of the loan, and it has worked to the betterment of conditions in those localities, and as a guarantee to the Home Builder who considers the Grade Certificate a valuable document, showing the time the home was built and the material entering into the construction, and some have found this Ce'rtificate a valuable asset to them in cases
of collecting insurance or in the re-sale of the house. Some lumber dealers in California who build homes for sale are framing the Grade Certificate and hanging it in the house on display. This has created confidencJ in the builders of Certified Homes. In conjunction with Mr. Neighbors !al\, JVIr. W. H. Graham, of the Cosmopolitan Mutual Building & Loan Association of Oakland, -who is also an active member in the Plumbers Association of that City, will present his Clearing House Agreement Plan, through which all bills for buildings will be paid, thus eliminiting the danger of the incompletion of the home, and the danger of liens being placed against the same for the nonpayment of labor and materials-insuring to the home owner a completed building with all bills paid. Mr. Neigh- bor and Mr. Graham are very close friends and are both sold on the other plan and it is sure their talks will fit in nicely and be valuable information for the members of the Building & Loan Association.
The California Retail Lumbermen's Association is broadcasting the importance. of the attendance of lumbermen at this convention, so that closer co-operation may be consummated between the Lumber Dealers and Building & Loan Companies throughout California. It is a protection to the Home Builder in California that these two organizations should be closely affiliated and work together for the protection of the home owners.
Mernbers of California Redwood Association
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The Redwood situation is fully entitled to conspicuous comment, just at this time. Why? Note these figures.
Week ending April 2nd Redwood mills reporting to the California Redwood Association produced 88 million feet of lumber, chipped 103 million feet of lumber, and SOLD f18 MILLION FEET; week ending April 9th, Redwood production was 95 million, shipment lll million, and SALES 127 tltll I IQt{; week ending April l6th, Redwood production was 102 million, shipmentr 119 million, and SALES 137 MILLION; week ending April 23rd, Redrrood production rvas 110 million, shipments 129 million, SALES 147 MILLION.
Totalc for those fo'ur weekt were Production 395 million, rhipments 462 million, and SALES 528 MILLION.
There nevcr rvas a better month in the hictory of Redwood, and the manufacturers of that commodity are sure proud of it. They point to the fact that in the face of unfavorable conditions in other roftwoodg, Redwood is going strong, and gefting etronger.
The answer? "Better advertiring, better merchandising, better co-o'peration with retailers, better stabilizing effortr, better general effort to make businerg good.tt At least ro sayr Frcd Holmer, of San Fnncisco in a letter to The Cdifornia Lumber Merchant on the subiect.
Mr. Holmes aaye it is simply the result of the fine work and the intengified co-ondinated effort that the Redwood manufacturers operating under the California Redwood Ascociation have been doing for the past two ycars.
And listen, folks!
SIXTY.FOUR PERCENT OF THE ENTIRE SALES CAME FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA! That should surely make the Redwood manufacturers proud, for tlrree years ago it looked as though other woodg were going to run Redwood plumb out of ite native state. That was becau^s€ the Redwood people had overloolced their home territory in trheir merchandiring efforts. But they got mighty b*y, and California has rerponded splendidly to the creative merchandising efforts. Redwood has come home again.
And now, a auggestion. Lumber folkc have alwayt been their own wont enemiec. Every good market in the hietory of lumber wac smashcd from WITHIN the industry, and not from wjthout. let ur hope that the same ster!nS_ iudg,ment that is bringing about thic good Redwood gituation will see to it that avarice does not destroy it. At a reasonable price, a customer ir a custoner. At an unr.,earonable price, he ceascg to be one. He becomcr r<rme otrlrer fcllowtr customer.
Let ur pray for the wirdom of Redwood.
Mr. D. R. Davis g'ave an excellent talk on "Aviation of the Future" at the Hoo-Ifoo Club luncheon on Thursday, May 5. R. I\{ilholland was the chairman of the day.
President B. W. Byrne presided over the business session. A letter r,vas read frorn Curtis Williams, the well known Los Angeles wholesaler, recommending that the Club appoint a comrnittee to act as a board of arbitration on matters coming up in the lumber business affecting grievances, complaints, credits, etc. He also suggested, a tlade extension campaign and a publicity program for the use of better building rnaterials for homes.
W. B. Wickersham announced that a Concatenation will be held at Ventura on June 11. The rneeting on June 2 u'ill be Ladies Day and Clifi Estes rvas appointed chairman of the meeting.
Fred Golding will act as chairman of regular meeting to be held on May 19.
C. E. Hayes, Memphis, Tenn., and C. Lake City, u'ere visiting guests.
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Lewis r\. Godard, rvell known Bay District lumberman, is now associated with Hobbs-Wall & Co., San Francisco. as manager of their rvholesale rail department.
Mr. Godard has been connected tvith the lumber business in San Francisco for.the past seven years. He forrnerely represented the Hendrickson Lumber Co.. and about a year ago became a member of the firm under the name of the Hendrickson-Godard Lumber Co.
In his nerv position, he will carry on a general wholesale lumber and shingle business and will make his headqrrarters at the company's San Francisco office.
F. Dean Prescott, Fresno. well knon'n San Joaquin ValIey lumberman, was a San Francisco visitor for a iew days around the first of the month. He was accompanied by Mrs. Prescott. They made the trip to see theif daughtei ofi on a six months-tour of Europe. Mr. Prescott ii the president of the San.Joaquin Valliy Lumbermen's Club.
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The following is a letter by Mr. Chas. S. Keith, president of the Central Coal and Coke Co., recently sent to their sares repres""r*nx
For three years there has been a general conclusion in well informed circles that the building program would decline. This fear has been more pronounced this year than in previous years, yet notwithstanding this conclusion, the year 1925 and the year 1926 were each record years as compared with the previous years. The figures received today from F. W. Dodge Corporation, released to the newspapers for April 9th, show construction contracts let in the United States during the month of March of practically $621,000,000.00, which exceeds the total for any other month in the history of the United States, even the previous record-breaking month of August, 1925. March also exceeded the contracts placed in February by 57/o, The first quarter of the year 1977 was 4/o less than the first quarter of last year, but the fact that the total for the first 2 months of the vear was l0/o less than the first 2 months of the previous year, me.ans that 6/o of the decline in the first two months was absorbed by the increase in the month of March, over March of last year, thereby reducing the figure for the first quarter to 4/o below the first quarter of last year.
Contemplated new construction reported in March was practically $1,200,000,000.@, or an increase of. 16/o over March, 1926, and it was the record amount of contemplated work reported in the history of the United States. The Dodge Corporation says, "The record total of contemplated work indicates an up-turn in construction demand."
The estimates for construction for the year t927, as compiled from the average estimates made by the Building Age, F. W. Dodge Corporation, and S. W. Straus Company, show an average of. $5,767,0N,000.00 f.or 1927, as compared with their statements of $6,000,000,000.00 made in 1925 for the year 1926. The average of the estimates for the three years, 1924, 1925 and, 1926, was $5,632,000,000.00, as against ihe acutal average performance for a year for the period of $6,219,000,000.00, or an actual volume over estimates of 10.43%, ranging from 2.49/o over in L924, to 17.5/o over in 1926.
It is fair to assume from the foregoing figures and from the present outlook for building demand, as shown by lhe last report by the Dodge Corporation, that the building volume for the year 1927 will approximate, if it will not be greater tlran, the year 1926. In other wordp, there will be io appreciable, if-any, decline in the building program of the United States for this year. Not to exceed 50/o of.lumber production is consumed in building operations. T!t. rest bf it is consumed by industries and the export trade.
Each week and each month this year has shown an increase in the total railroad carloading over the same weeks and months of last year, indicating that the total volume of commerce in the United States is increasing, and not declining.
Notwithstanding this fact, there are many soft spots in the country in various general lines of business. This is not due to a decrease in the volume of business, but rather because of the greater number of distributors in business, which fact has diluted the volume of business to each one. This is the real cause for complaint. The number of distributors has increased disproportionately with the increased volume of trade. Yet the volume of trade is increasing weekly, monthly and annually against similar previous periods, in all lines of industry.
- Production is not increasing in the lumber industry. Figures from the South for the year 1926 indicate it was the first year since the war in which we had an actual decline
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in Southern Pine production. This decline was approximately 1,765,000,0Cb ft. This resulted in a decline i:n'shipments from the South last year of. 1,L47,0@.@0 ft. and-a liquidatlon of stocks from the mills cut out, of 618,000,000 ft. This situation was felt in an increased volume of lum!9q goying,from the West Coast, amounting to 1,25O000,000 ft. in 1926. The Southern Pine production of the Kansas City companies showed a decline last year of. l4/o, as against 1925, and the estimates for their production ii l9A indicate a decline of. 23/o in 1927 as against 1926. This has been reflected in a reduction in sales of Southern Pine by the Kansas City companies, of %/o since the first of this year as against last year.
The indicated production under normal operating conditions for 1927, in the South, will be 2,000,000,000 f1. less than 1926. This will probably result in a reduction of 1,320,000,000 ft. in shipments, pius the liquidation of stocks that occurred last year of 618,000,000 ft., or about 1,950,000,000 ft. in the South this year. This is the result of known depletion of timber supply of the large mills. It is also the result of the purchase by large mills of cut-over land and wood-lot timber, as well as isolated tracts of timber, located so that it can be hauled to a railroad siding 20 to @ miles distant from the large mills. This has resultid and is resulting in the curtailment of operations at the small mills, and has in fact caused many of them to cease production.
Weather conditions throughout the South, rains and cyclones, have had a further tendency to retard production, and the reduction in production in the South will probably be greater than that indicated under normal operatlng conditions.
In the'West, because of unusual weather and market conditions, the production for the year 1927 will probably be less than 1926, although the demand for the product should be greater because of the swing of demand flom the South to the West, by reduction in shipments from the South. One must replace the other.
Stocks of lumber throughout the United States, while we may assume they are normal under present conditions of quick transportation, are at the lowest ebb they have ever been in the history of the building trade. There has been a swing from stocks on hand in distributors' yards to stocks on hand at the mills. The Southern Pine Association figures indicate there is no substantial increase in stock on hand at the mills in the South today since the lst of January, 1927. The West has never iarried any substaitial stocks, and more than 5O/o of the stocks in the 'West are in the hands of a very limited number of companies, and the stocks on hand at the present time in the West are more than 50/o sold. The figures of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association show thatfor the frrst 12 weeks of this year, shipments of softwood lumber were ll4/o of the cut, indicating a corresponding reduction in stocks of all softwood lumber.
Agricultural conditions, so far as can be foretold at this season of the year, were never better from the point of view of production. In the absence of drouth this iummer, we should have marvelous crops, with good returns to the farmers. Money is easy. There is no difficulty in financing any sound proposition and there are ample funds to provide for the Nation's commerce.
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The Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Golf Tournament brought out a large number of Southern California lumbermen at the Ojai Country Club on Saturday, May 7. The day was excellent for golfing, and the Ojai cou,rse which is considered one of the fines,t courses in the country, made an ideal setting for the tournament.
An excellent dinner lvas served in the club house at 7:ffi P. M. Following the dinner, "Cappie" Slade, chairman of the golf committee, introduced Roy Stanton who announced the winhers of the various prizes.
Walter Riley was awarded the Joe Chapman Trophy for making the lowest net score. Mr. Riley won the permanent possession of the trophy as he won the same prize at the last tournament on Jaly 16, 1926. The low gross score went to George Lockwood and he was awarded the Jack Dionne Cup. Lockwood will have possession of the trophy until the next tournament. The cup will become the property of the players who shall win it twice.
The retailers were declared the winners of the RetailersWholesalers contest. Fred Golding, captain of the Wholesalers, claimed that the artistic setting and environment of the Ojai Valley was too much for the wholesalers and as a result they were off their game. .2
"Cappie" Slade was awarded the E. K. Wood Trophy for winning the First Flight. The runner-up was Frances Boyd who was awarded C. M. Kellogg trophy. Lloyd Jones won the "Second Flight" prize and was awarded the Hipolito Company trophy. The runner-up in the Second Flight was Fred Golding who was awarded the Long-Bell trophy. Earl Downev was awarded the Chas. R. McCormick tro-
phy for winning first in the Third Flight. Percy Yost wirs the runner-up in the Third Flight and was awarded the Coos Bay trophy. The Fourth Flight was won by C. H. Suiter who received the Hart-Wood trophy. Frank Connolly was tle runner-up in the Fourth Flight and was awarded the Hammond Lumber Co. trophv. -
_ Jitn Greenelsch of San Luis Obispo was awarded the Roy Stanton trophy.
The following participated in the tournament:-
Clint Laughlin, Jack Thomas, J. M. Landrum, S. Smith, J. M. Tyrell, "Cappie" Slade, R. E. Seward, Ed. Houghton, Gus lfoover, Ed. Cullnan, Harvey Bowles, Cliff Berggtrom, Fred Golding, Pick Maule, Bill Hamilton, George Melville, D. McCallum, Roy Stanton, Henry Pries, Henry Swafford, Chas. Kellogg, George E. Gable, Walter Riley, Harry Riley, Kenneth Smith, Roy H. Meyers, W. F. Marmion, R. H. Loveday, J. A.,Greenelsch, A. E. Fickling, Harry A. Graham, Frank Connolly, Francis Boyd, Ed. Betts, W. Vanderwood, C. H. Suiter, A. P. Yost, Leo Rosenberg, Earl Downey, Paul Hill, Ed. Loftus, George Lockwood, Ed. Steinfield, Lloyd Jones, Bob Hull and Ed. Martin.
There was about sixty present at the banquet in the evening; several lumbermen who were unable to take part in the tournament dropped in to enjoy the festivities of the evening.
The committee in charge of the tournament included: "Cappie" Slade, Chairman; Fred Golding; Roy Stanton;. Arrangements, Charles Bonestel and Walter Riley; Handicaps and Starting, Jack Thomas, Paul Hill and Ralph Imhoff ; Prizes, Roy Stanton and Bob Taenzer; Publicity, Ed. Martin; Secretary-Treasurer, Clint Laughlin.
Harry Stockird, known to Valley lumbermen as the former host of the Hotelg "Freeno" and "Californian," is now at the San Francisco "Plaza"-which he invites you to make your "etamping ground."
Make your appointments here . . . drop in for a friendly emoke. uae the comfortable lobby as a clubl You'll find the hotel conveniently close to shows and shopa and you'll relish the Eavory menus turned out under the direction of the noted Joe Diert
Rates $2.00 to $5.50
Iile plan to make this Fifth Birthday Number the finest example of journalistic enterprise ever attempted in California.
Iile will tell the world in no uncertain terms of the lumber greatness of California, of her mighty forests, her mills, her yards, her lumber product, manufactories, and of her splendid lumber citizenship.
lVe solicit the assistance of any person interested in the welfare of this great industry in this state in making this a lumber year book that will be treasured always.
Announcement is just made of the purchase by the Simonds Saw and Steel Company of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, of the plants and business of the Abrasive Company of Philadelphia, Pa. The Abrasive Company is one of the leading companies in the grinding wheel manufacturing field, making "Borolon" wheels for grinding steel and metals of high tensile strength, and also "Electron" wheels for grinding cast iron, brass, bronze, and metals of low tensile strength. They also manufacture abrasive cloths and papers.
The Simonds Company, established in 1832, is one of the oldest and largest manufacturers of Saws, Files and Machine Knives, owning and operating their own steel
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of last year and with less production to satisfy this demand, there is no real reason why we should not get increased values for our product. We may not be able to secure such increases today, but we will surely get them before the year has elapsed. The United States can not and does not absorb lumber production as produced. It absorbs it seasonably. Under normal conditions, not to exceed 8O/o of production is consumed in January, February and March, but in April, May, June and July, there is absorbed I25/o of. production. In the balance of the year, there is a close stability between production and consumption.
The present price situation is due largely to an attempt to force production on distributors in seasons when they can not move it. The retail lumber merchant is like retailers in any other line-it is bad business for him to buy speculatively. He has a certain amount of capital in his business, and the greater the turnover, the greater his profit for the year. Under present conditions, he can practically secure his requirements in from 5 days to 3 weeks, and he should not and does not place his orders three or four months in advance of his requirements, but his stocks are now carried in proportion to transportation conditions. He can take onno substantial business without re-ordering. Consequently his orders are in smaller amounts and more frequent. This situation has been the same in the steel industrv. The unfilled order files of the United States Steel Corp5ration indicate exactly the same situation. Notwithstanding the fact that its order files are comparatively low, its volume of business is at a peak.
The readjustment from the past situation to present conditions has brought about a misunderstanding of conditions by the lumber industry. We cannot do what we formerly
mill, in which, in addition to making steel for their own products, they make sheet and bar steel for the commercial market.
The Abrasive Company has a complete organization of branches and sales outlets and will continue to sell their wheels through the same channels as in the past.
The products of both the Simonds Saw and Steel Company and the Abrasive Company are used almost entirely in the industrial woodworking and metal working field and this close association of the two companies should not only prove mutually beneficial to them but also acceptable and useful to the consumers of both the Simonds Company's products and the Abrasive Company's wheels.
did, to-wit, sell against production.. We must sell against stocks, but the present price situation generally is due to the fact that this economic condition does not exist and is not understood. The percentage of stocks on hand sold, while not as great in the South as formerly, is still substantial. In the West we have the same situation, which would indicate that the whole trade from the consumer back to the producer is working closer to production than ever before in the history of the industry. This situation is a healthy condition. Any slight bulge in demand for the product is bound to result in increased values, but, after all, the whole situation is largely up to the salesman.
Unless the salesman has confidence in the economic situation; unless he is sold on his product; unless he has the courage to ask the price for the product which he is selling, the result that should be obtained will not be secured. This applies with greater force to manag€ment than to salesmen. If the management insists on selling at periods of seasonable overproduction, the salesman has no option to do otherwise. The situation in the last two years has only been because of failure of managers and salesmen to understand conditions, and the lack of courage to demand proper values.
Whether the management has the courage to stock its product and cease urging the sales department to move the prodtict during periods of .seasonal underconsumption; whether the management or the sales department has confidence in the economic situation and the courage to demand the value for the product, conditions of supply and demand should and probably will result in better values for lumber in a short time. This is our own conclusion, and we intend to take advantage of the situation and shape our production and sales policies accordingly.
Some good lumber friend who is on the Iookout for things that boost the lumber game, s€ntthig editorid desk the otrher day a small catalogue dishibuted by the makers of office safes, part of which is a mogt excellent adver. tisement f,or wood.
Mind lou, this is an advertisement for fireproof steel safes to protect office valuables against fire, and part of the description of the safes reads as followc:
"Wo'od at all temperatures below its ignition point is a far better insulator of heat than steel Steel transmits heat almost instantly, wherear wood can be e>rposed to a high tempenturc on
^ Ro!"I L. Reedy, sales manager of the Wheeler-Osgood Co. of Tacoma, spent a few days in San Francisco ar6und the first of the month conferring with L. J. Woodson, their Northern California representative. Before returning to the Northwest, he, planned on spending several dayi in Los Angeles and -othLr Southern Cilifornia points. He was accompanied by Mrs. Reedy.
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one side and remain cornparatively cool on the otrher side for a long tima
"We will furniEh "Y and E' Dty Insutated Safes equippcd with either steel or wood filiog sections, BUT WE URGE THE USE OF WOOD SECTIONS BECAUSE OF THE SUPERIOR
a goqd_ !oog!, isn't it. ^A,nd yet, ofi hand, y-otr would lqndly consider thatwood filing sec: tionswould be considered the safest and-most valuable for the inside of a fireproof safe, would you? Just goes to show th-at tfrere are properties of wood that are unthought of even by wood boosters.
- C, D, Shufelt, for many years connected with the lumber business in Salt Lake City, has sold his lumber yard to the Merrill-Robinson interesis and plans to locate'in Los Angeles. Mr. Schufelt was snark of the Salt Lake Hoo- HooDistrict, and at a recent concatenation he made a record when 67 reinstatements were made. Ife was a guest at the last meeting of the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club]
Lumbermen's Service Association have just recently created a wonderful assortment of new home plans for their Lumber Dealer Friends to secure and apply in creating business, and there isn't any question but that these plans, if shown, and their attractiveness and conveniences explained to prospective builders, would be productive of great results. Selling building materials through the medium of practical building suggestions is the modern way of securing non-competitive business. If you haven't determined just how easy it is to secure business under this plan, try it.
Tte Hoo-Hoo Club of Central California at its last meeting at Modesto on April 25 voted to hold their next meetitg "t the Calaveras Big Trees on Saturday evening, May 21.
The plan is for everybody to be at the Big Trees for lunch on Saturday. Saturday afternoon can be well occupied in fishing or in making the climb to snow-line which is only seven or eight miles above.the Big Trees. On Saturday evening rvill be the concatenation and a big camp fire around which rvill be enjoyed stories and songs with plenty of music and fun. The-riturn trip home 'trill be -"d" olt Sunday.
The Calaveras Big Trees are only seventy-five miles from Stockton and the roads are in good condiiion and the run can be made very easily in three hours. Invitations are being sent out to other Hoo-Hoo Clubs and to HooHoo in general.
A large attendance is expected at the meeting.
The Moulding Supply Company, Alhambra, California, -Vtf. W.. F. _Higman, manager, are building trvo new dry kilns of the Moore type. By having adequaie drying facili- tres. thrs company plans to extend its trade in the Alhambra and South Pasadena districts.
_ Mr._ J. H. Jeffery, assistant general manager of the Coos Bay T.umber Co., Marshfield, Oregon, wai a recent San Francisco visitor. After spending a few days at the compar.ly's- o$c-es- and also at their distributing yard at Bay Point he left for Los Angeles and other pointj in Southern California. He will retuin to Marshfieldabout Mav l5th.
Since their organization, the six Associated Lumber Mutuals have returned to their policyholders in dividends a grand total of $34,915,845-rep- resenting a saving of approximately 40/s in insurance costs. At the same time they have given -and are now giving the most complete se:rvice and protection the lumberman has gyey lrn6$rndesigned for and distinctly fitted to the needs of the lumber industry.
l.Vrite9ny of our conpanies for fult inlornntiott obout both the frotectbn and the saaing rcpresentcd by our policies.
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TIIE INDUSTRI,AL
J. M. Rockwell, of Houston, Texas, is the best known and most genial character in the retail lumber business in Texas, and possesses a wonderful sense of humor. He has a favorite nigger story, which runs as follows:
A hard working colored farmer had his fortunes very rapidly changed by the discovery of oil on the land adjoining his, and he was besieged by those who would buy or lease his land.
The representative of one of the big oil companies got to him, and offered him forty thousand dollars for leasing privilege on his land, explaining to him that they did not want to buy or take his land, that they simply wanted to drill on it, and when they finished he would have his land back, etc.
But there was just one thought in the old darkey's mind, the forty ttousand. When the price was stated, he ask'ed: "IIas you got dis money wid you?" The oil man said no, of course, he didn't have it, but it would be quickly forth' coming if the title, etc., proved correct. This didn't seem
to please the darkey, and he told the oil man he must take time to think it over.
Immediately another man, representing a much smaller and less responsible firm got to him, and offered him thirty thousand dollars under the same terms. Again came the question: "Has you got dis money wid you?"
This oil man saw the point in the question, and he said: "No, I haven't got the money in my pocket, but you get in rny car and I'll drive you to town and get it for you right now." Which the old man did, and came back with the cash.
A white neighbor who heard of the transaction rushed over to remonstrate with the darkey, telling him what a fool he had been to take tte thirty and turn down the forty t*rousand, assuring him that the first offer was just as much cash as the second, and he berated the old fellow very strongly.
"Yassuh, Ah reckon Ah am a fool, Kunnelr" said the old nigger ruefully, "but you know Ah allus been pore an Ah figgered dat a bird in de hand is de noblest work ob God."
Chas. S. I-amb will take over the management of the Sunset Lumber Company, of Oakland, on May 15th. Mr. Lamb has been connected with the retail lumber business in Oakland for the past 28 years. In 1899 he became associated with the old Puget Sound Lumber Company, which was succeeded by the Sunset Lumber Company about five years later. He remained with the Sunset Lumber Company ior nine years and when he resigned was assistant manager and sales manager. In 1913 hewent with the Tilden tumber Company, of Berkeley, as vice-president and manager, which position he filled for twelve years. For the
past two years he has made his headquarters at the general offices of the Tilden Lumber & Mill Company, at their Oakland yard.
Mr. Lamb is very well known to the lumber industry of California and has always taken an active interest in all matters pertaining to the lumber business. He has served in varioris capacities in Hoo-Hoo and is a former president of Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39. He fathered the idea which brought forth the Hoo-Hoo code of ethics, which was adooted bitne Order in 1920' He is a Rotarian and has served as president of the Berkeley Rotary Club.
The California Mill, San Francisco, is claimed to be the oldest-planing mill in California. They commenced opera- tions in 1865 at the corner of Howard and Spear Stieets, under the ownership of Adams, Blinn & Taylor. ln 1879 the mill was taken over by Beane & Parrishi and operated !y thgp until 1900, when they were succeeded by F. H. Martell, the present owner.
In 1880 Beane & Parrish moved the mill to a location on Spear Street between Mission and Market. In 1900 Mr. Martell moved the mill a block south on Spear between Mission and Howard Streets, and in 1906 the mill was established inits present location.
The present owner, Mr. F. H. Martell started working at the mill in 1882 with Beane & Parrish. The oldest em-ployee at the mill is Mr. Murray McKinnie, who began
working for the California Mill in 1866 as a wood carver, and is still connected with the company. There are twelve men employed by Mr. Martell who have been continuously associated with the mill from 35 to 45 years.
^The plant has been visited by fire threi times. First in 188O, again in 1906 at the time-of San Francisco's big fire, and was partially destroyed in 1922.
The California Mill has recentlv taken over the Dean Reversible Window Company and is now manufacturing this equipment. They have ilso installed some of the laiest type woodworking machinery, consisting of a YatesAmerican No. 213 continuous feed high speeil electric glue j-ointer, No. C 55 Yates-American motor, hooked up with a frequency changer runnihg the heads at 60ffi R.P.M., and a'Yates-American No. 1111 motor driven matcher.
The Sacramento Valley Lumbermen's Club held their regular monthly meeting and luncheon Saturday, April 30th, in the Hotel Senator at Sacramento.
W. A. Walden, president of the club, presided. C. D. LeMaster, secretary of the club, had arranged for a talk to be given on Mexico by Dr. C. N. Thomas who was formerly colonizing and industrial agent for the Southern Pacific Lines in Mexico. For some reason, however, Dr. Thomas was unable to attend.
President Walden called on Fred Holmes of the Holmes Eureka Lumber Co., and Geo. Weir of the Coos Bav Lumber Co., both of whom gave very interesting talks. -
J. E. Neighbor, president of Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39, was a guest at the luncheon and made a few remarks.
Among those present were:
J. lt. Montgomery, Silver Falls Timber Co., Stockton
Qhas. L. Shepa.rd, Friend & Tcrry Lumber Co., Sacrarnento. lValter N. Baker, Friend & Terry Lumber Co., Sactamento.
C. A. Mirurd, Critter MiU & Lumber Cutt6 Lumber Co., Sacrameirto.
E. A. Weltig, Old Dominion Mill & Lumber Co., Sacra Weltig, Sacramento. {rq4 H_olgps, Holmes Eureka Lumber Co, San Francioco.
C. D. LeMaster, Sacramento.
J. E. Neishbor, Neighbor Lumber Co, Oaklaod.
W. A. Walden, Home Builders Lunrbcr Co., Cridlcy. i
I. E. Brinl The Diamond Match Co., Chico.
H. M. Isenhower, Ifolmes Eureka Lumbsr Co., Sacramento.
H. C.__89*y_, Booth Kelly -Lurnbcr Co, Sacrarncnto.
Geo. Weir, Coos Bay Lumber Co., San Franrcrsco.
Q. !. Miller, Knox Lumber Co., Sacramento
G. R. Bleecker, Eagle Lumber Co., San Francisco. i
J F. Holmes, Woodland Lumber Co, Woodland.
W. F. Knox, Superior Lumber Cro., Sacrameoto.
W. H. Woodq 'The California Lumber Merchant'', San Francisco.
On Sunday, April 24, a very enjoyable picnic party assembled consisting of the employees of both the MiCormick_Steamship and McCormick Lumber Companies of San Francisco.
Leaving the foot of Howard Street the party of. 24O individuals journeyed by one of Crowley's large passenger launches up the Bay to Paradise Cove. Danclng and ri'usical entertainment prevailed on board the boat, which were continued on the excellent dancing floor at the picnic grounds. Sports varied from sack, wheelbarrow, ihree!e_gged, flat and relay races, including many other sports. Music was furnished by a five piece orcheslra.
At midday a very excellent meal was served under the Shade of the old oaks which sheltered the picnic benches and provided a much needed shade as the day was exceedingly warm.
One of the feature events of the afternoon was a ball game between the girls of the Lumber Department and the Steamship Department. The girls of the-Lumber Depart, ment won by a score of l0 to 3.
Leaving at 5:30 P.M., San Francisco was reached, at 7 o'clock and the outing was unanimously voted a great success.
DWOOD EADQUART'ERS
E. J. Brockmann, San Francisco, Pacific Coast mana-ger of thl Lumbermen's Reciprocal Association, was a Los Angeles visitor around thi first of the month where he con"ferred with officials of their Los Angeles office. Mr' Brockmann stated that he had just returned from a three weeks trip calling on the California White andlugar Pine mills. Owin! to soft roads and the deep snow-in the timber, he said thit logging operations in the pine distr-ict rvould be started about six weeks later than usual thls spring.
Members of the Imperial and Yuma Valley Lumbermen's Club held a business-session at the Barbara Worth Hotel, El Centro, on April 19.A large number of the lumbermen from the varioui parts of the lerritory- attended the meeti"!. Ctt"t. E. Sones of El Centro, preiident of the association, presided at the meeting.
Frederic S. Palmer, after an absence of nearly two years rvhen he was operating a pine millin Mexico, has returned to San Francis^co and"has opened wholesalb lumber offices in the Monadnock Building-. Chauncey Stibich, who has Leen associated withMr' Pilmer for the past several years and was also his assistant manager in Mexico, returne.d with Mr. Palmer and u'ill be coinected with him in his S"r, f't"tt"i.co office. Mr. Palmer has been connected with the California White and Sugar Pine industr-y for many vears as a wholesale distribrator, and prior to his departure ior Mexico. maintained offices in San Francisco'
To secure equipment for a municipal.-playground at McCloud, the Mceloud Hoo-Hoo Club will stage several events during the summer months to raise funds to cornplete the pliyground. The board of directors recently proposed tire i6llowing plans which were -adopted by -the ilu6; gta*mar school contest, picnic, carnival, automobile trip aid dance. Ed. Belanger will act as chairman of the gri--rr school contest; Witliam Po1to, chairmaq of .the [icnic committee; J. M. Langdon, chairman of the Carnival committee; Clifi Kornchan, chairman of the ,auto trip committee, and C. W. Galley, chairmair of the dance commfttee.
The Hammond Lumber Company, Samoa, California, has just placed order with the Moore Dry Kiln Company, of North Portland, for construction of fourteen additional dry kilns. These new kilns are of an improved design Inteinal Fan Kiln, which has recently been tested out on Redwood drying at Samoa with excellent results.
The Pacific Lumber Company, Scotia, California, has also placed an order with the Moore Company for the remodeling of nineteen of their dry kiln rooms into the new design. of Internal Fan Kiln, similar to kiln recently tried out at Samoa.
C. W. Pinkerton, Whittier Lumber Co., and former president of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association, addressed the Orange County Building & Lo.a-n Association on May 9. His-subject was Grade Certificate of Lumber.
4 cats l3/16t2% face Clear Maplc Flooring;
3 crrrs 19/1622% face No. I Maple Flooring;
2 cers l3/16x2% face Factory Maple Floor' ing;
7 cats l3/16x2% face Clear Birch Flooring;
2 carc l3/l6r2Y+ face No. I Eirch Flooring;
2 carc l3/l6r.2Yt tacc Factory Birch Flooring;
I car lr/l6xlvz face Clear Maple Flooring; I car lJ/l6r'l% face No. I Maple Flooring; lOO,OoO feet-lr6 and wider Sel. ec Btr. Kiln Dricd Birch; algo a nice rtock of t/H/4 and E/4 Birch.
Wcstern Rcprercntativc
JEROME C. GRIPPER
714 V8 lfth St.
929l
Austin L. Blaeft
Austin L. Black, for the past three years advertising manager of the California White & Sugar Pine Association, has resigned to join the Honig-Cooper Co., one of the large advertising agencies on the Pacific Coast. While connected with the association, Mr. Black initiated many new phases on lumber publicity and advertising, among these were "Cal" Pine-Guardian of the Grades. a book which contains a concise explanation of the grading rules for California Pines, as rvell as illustrations of the grades.
In his nerv position, Mr. Black rvill specialize in lumber advertising and will be in charge of the new lumber department recently inaugurated by the Honig-Cooper Co.
Mrs. Helen C. Ganahl, wife of Eugene F. Ganahl, president of the Ganahl Lumber Co., died unexpectedly at her home on May 4. Mrs. Ganahl was a native of Omaha, but had resided in Los Angeles nearly all her life. Mrs. Ganahl is surviVed by her husband; three children, Eugenia, Lawrence and Glenn; a sister, Mrs. Joseph Glenn; and a brother, Larvrence Weir, the later trvo of whom are from Omaha.
Funeral services rvere held on Saturdav. Mav 7.
T H E recent Mississippi floods have r wrought havoc among the Hardwood mills of the South. With a great number of sawmills shut down and with 8o/6 of Crurn timber lands undet water, as well :ul a considerable amount of Oak andother Hardwoods, the market has become demoralized, with shortage of stocks in evidence and a corresponding steady advance in prices.
Hammond Flardwoods and Hardwood Flooring stocks are not depleted even in face of these conditions. Foreseei.g an abnormd market, a$y anatrgements were made to maintain these stocks on a normd level regardless of cost. Your orders for Flardwoods, eitfier rough or manufactured, can be filled promptly and completely, now as heretofore.
Out of perhaps the most constructive Annual Convention ever held by the National-American Wholesale Lumber Association, the following 'high-lights' from a North'Coaster's viewpoint at least, seemed to stand out most prominently.
1. After several years of many and varied sorts of lumber distribution experiments, most of which had been cos-tly and ineffective, th-re is now a decided swing back to that time-tested and well charted channel-Manufacturers to Wholesaler to Retailer-or Retailer to Wholesaler to Manufacturer. Concrete evidence of this trend was devoted in the Convention by the frank statements (and following discussions) of sales executives fromfour large western lumber manufacturers as to their firms' reasons for deciding to distribute their output thru wholesalers. These stateirents might well be carefully considered by those mills who still coniinue to experiment with other distribution channels, resulting in actually putting their own stock in competition with itself in many cases.
Z.-The year 1926 proved that the manufacturer, wholesaler or retailer who can not adjust himself to meet the swiftly changing conditions in the industry-cannot co-operate wholehlartedly with the other branches and keep up with the parade without 'cutting s61ns15'-i5 rapidly passins out of the picture. With the 1926 figures all before us, itis difficult to detetmine just which branch of the industry fared the worst--or best. From the experiences related, however, it is plain to see that all branches would have bene-
fitted greatly from closer cooperation with each other.
3. One reason why many wholesalers have not prospered in recent years is because they have given too much attention to securing a large VOLUME of business, and not enough attention to PROFITS. Members can be_nefit by giving careful consideration to the studies of the Cost Accounting Committee on the subject of what it costs to conduct a wholesale lumber business under present conditions. It is now pretty generally conceded that a large volume of business handled at little or no profit is not only poor business for the distributor but does great harm to the general lumber market.
4. A great deal of benefit is expected to result from the frank discussions at Atlantic City and New York between officials of the Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau and Intercoastal Shippers in regard to methods and responsibility in connection-with the inspection and handling of Atlantic Coast shipments of West Coast lumber. It is to be sincerely hoped that with the much valuable evidelce placed befoie the P. L. I. B. ofificials showing the necessity of providing eastern buyers with some sort of protection agails_t contingencies which continually arise in connection with P. L. I. B. inspected intercoastal shipments, that proper steps will be ta-ken to insure the correctness a1{ integrity of iuch inspection certificates. Intercoastal Shippers are still of the opinion that proper results in this direction depend on the provision by the P. L. I. B. of adequate reinspection facilities on the Atlantic Coast the same as are provided in California markets.
"I have been in the f,oor arrfacing busiue$ for ceveral yean od frd that 'Everlastingt f,ooring can be canded much easier and guic&ec and leaves a better sudacer" he writec.
This is due to scientiGc kiln drying and a s:rsteo of ontin uous testing to .rllsure pedect matching, side and end.
Nichols & Cox Lunber Co., Grand Rapi&, Mich. Qata of fnc wd wt*ing
Fifteen years ago when I 6rst began talking to the lumber dealer about selling and promot- ing "built-in" woodwork features with their house bills, there waa a very small relection of such things that the dealer could actually secure; attything more he had to build, or have built.
In trhoge days the built-in ironing board-a crude oDFruaa iust appe*i.g; there were crude breakfast benches and tables; a very eimple ironing board; and bathroom cabinets were appearing.
Today there are absolutely scores of useful practical, attractive, and interesting built-in things which the lumber dealer can buy and sell, and byro doittg furnish innumerable conveniences and improvements to prospective builders. It would require a catalogue to enumerate the built-ina that are available nowadays. AII lumber merchants are conv€r8art with them. And they ane Eo wonderfully improved.
The modern horne of today, even though it be a very modestone, has built-in furniture that the lunrber dealer sells lN EVERY ROOM IN THE HOUSE from the kitchen to the attic. There is no part or parcel of homebuilding
easier to demonetrate and rell, than thece builtins. Th"y are so wonderfully pnc{icrl, and make places of'great joy out of what ured to be warted nooks, empty closets, blantr sorrlert, bare walls, etc.
And there ie good profit in thern" You dontt have to ghave your price to death to sell them, as you often have to do with plain buitding materials. The buyer may lraggle over competitive prices for dimension, but the cloret conveniences, hangers, drawers, shoeholdero, etc.,he buys without a question as to price; and so onthroughoutthe houre.
The lumber dealer who irn't thoroughly equipped to seII his trade everything availabh in the line of built-ins, is overlooking one of hir best oppotunities. E"qry old homecan uEe them. Every too-small home can be made larger by their installation which rayes room. Every housewife is in the market for some of them dl the time if you will just rhow them to her.
Studybuilt-ins, promote built-ins, sell builtins!
It's good business, h"lpo your trade, and brings good profit.
Portlend, Oregon
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vour Fir 6nish lumber bv placing
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Manufacturerr of Vcrtical
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Hoquiam, Warh.
Manufacturcn of "Grryt
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The sole aristocracy of today is the aristocracy of wealth; the sole aristocracy of tomorrow rvill be the eternal, divine, beneficent aristocracy of intellect and virtue-at its highest, gBnius; but that, like everything that descends from God, itill rise among the people, and labor for the people.
-Mazzini.
Can you guess, children dear, What the Treasure Ship brings, As she sails into harbor today?
Is it diamonds, or rubies, or jervels
Or rings-
Is it something more precious
Than all of these things
Teaching his sweetheart to swim:
"Don't be afraid, dear, I won't let you go under. Take it easier, dear, you work too hard. No, of course f don't mind you grabbing me around the ireck when. yot! g_et strangied. Gee, but you look great in that one-pie99 b{hing suit. That's right, now, you're catching on. No, I'm not a bit tired. You're light as afeather. Did you say you had a cramp in your foot? Hold it up here and let me rub it. Is that better, dear? Now, let's try again. 411a: girl ! Just a few more lessons and you'll be able to outswim me. Sure,'we'll come again tomorrow night."
Teaching his wife to swim:
"Say, I didn't come out here for you to hang on to. Yeh, I know f promised to support you, but don't remind me of it now. - I want to enjoy myself. Get your feet ofi the bottom. No, your h6ad won't go under. It's not heqv-y enough. For goodness sake, stay under water. That suit's a mift too small for you. I know it's last year's suit, but I didn't rcalize you had gotten so fat. What in thunder didyou strangle for? I didn't push you under. !,jus-t turnad you loose. Come on, now, start over again. Work your feet. I know they're big, but maybe.you can manage tem.. If you'd work your feet half as hard as you do your tongue you'd be a champion. No, I'm not -fussing at you. What gave you that idea? What's that? A cramp in your foot? Oh, Hell, let's go home."
Saw.
J. E. "Ted" Higgins, Jr., manager of the J. E. Higgins Lumber Co.. San Francisco, entertained the hardwood dealers of Vancouver, B. C., Seattle and Portland, on April 21 rvhen they were his guests at a luncheon at the Bohemian Club, San Francisco. Follorving the luncheon, they leftfor Del Monte to attend the annual convention of the Pacific Coast Hardwood Association.
Can you guess what the Treasure Ship brings?
Is it gold that will makeMiser's riches seem small ?
(Who would exchange happiness for it all?)
"'Tis not THAT the good Treasure Ship brings ! No, 'tis a dream ship I'm writing about; Welcome the captain-Oh ! rve'll gladly shout !
For the Dream Ship has brought us the best gift of all, A NEW HOME for Mother and Dad and us all!
M. Brown.-Elenor
HE FED 'EM
Father-"Did you feed the chickens last night?"
Willie-"Exactly."
Father-"Corn?"
Willie-"No, Scotch."
The best way for a young man who is without friends or influence to begin is: first, to get a position; second, to keep his mouth shut;third, observe; fourth, be faithful; fifth, make his employer think he would be lost in a fog rvithout him; sixth, be polite.
--Russell Sage.HE KNEW
Caller-"I want to see the boss."
Office Girl-"Sorry, but he's in conference."
Caller-"Let me in. I know some funnv ones too."
The Chas. K. Spaulding Logging Company are starting thei.r Nervberg mill after a shut-down of nearly fifteen months. They have recently built a large paper mill at Newberg to run in connection with their mill. They also have a paper mill at Salem.
James L. Hall, San Francisco, represents this company in California.
Well here we are again follcs-have been having a fine time usingthe new Net Book. Here's hoping it is a net book in fact as well as name. There ig one thing 66y6i1-i1 isa much simpler and more complete book thantheoldedition and we hope it stays. The originators certainly deserve much credit for their efiorts and we suggest that they be awarded the Sash & Door Dealers' Medal of Cooperation.
Speaking of Co-operation folks here is a real chance to make the use of the Net Book a co-operative effort. SouthernCalifornia certainly stepped out in the front with this book and it ghould have its state-wide effeet. Mic believes that everybody bhould lend an honest effort to make the book go over. The trouble with most of us is that we spend too muchtime wondering what theotherfellow is doing and not enough time tending to our own business. Let's watch ourselves and make this book a real thing-all of which goes to remind us that:
Every day there are enough people preaching to revolutionize the whole world but there are a lot of them losing their effect because they do irot carry out their own teachings. This leads us to believe that if we were to do right, talk aticiut the things we have done right and forget what the other fellow did wrong, it would be easier for us all to do right.
A..W...(i'Andy"; Donovan is the next gentleman we are going to get personal wttn. anc teil tacts aDout.
grin on his mug, who has for many years sold, and 1 Redwood in Southern California. And ,he's at it vet. preached the Gospel of He was born in San Francisco on an unnamed date, and the first we hear of him in the lumber business wa-s aJter he had graduated from High School and got a jo-b at the mill of c. A. Hooper &-company atl.heir Mendocino dounty mill, an-d stiried early learning about Redwood from a pist master of the business. -
Ife was seventeen years old then. Next we discover him with the Spring Valley Lumber company, at San Francisco, as salesman and collector. He drove a h6rse ani buggy, and the boys nicknamed him "The Scout." Then he decided to get more education, and he went to Colorado and entered c-olorado college, at colorado Springs, where he studied Forestry, and took the degree of Forest Engineer, and did some work in the Field service- of the u. S. Fo-rest Service.
IIe came back to San Francisco and went to cruising timber, and when the war came on he joined the Tenth Forestry Engineers and went to France. He started as S:_cond. Lieutenant, _was promot€d to First, and then to captain. In France he wis officer in.charge of the construction at the Army_Engineering School at Langres, France. When he got back he went to work for ihe Union Lirmber Companv. and staved with them sev€n Jears, his last position being that of Sales Manager of the-Los Anglles omce. .tsle lett tnem last year.
He is now Southern California representative of Hobbs-Wall & Comoanv- antl is putting the sSme _old ('kick" behind his effort that has m"rk.d tiir-*iy-lfrio"eh the world ever since he arrived.
In Southern California where he has worked for eight years with the lumber trade, you hear nothing but good things about Andy Donovan.- He is cordial, rrlenat:r,-ruri oi pep.and go.,.plays.th-e game straight as well-as strong, and considers itis -anl,'fri;;A; his big earthly capital. ET{GINEERS
If you have not tried the Planer Saw -*1s1 nsYY smoothcutting saw for wood11rsd3g1s - you are missing an opportunity.
This saw cuts almost as smoothly as a planer knife, rips and cross-cuts equally well on hard or soft wood and stands fast hand feed.
Specify the Planer Saw when you want better service.
SIMONDS SAW AND STEEL CO.
{16 E. Third St"
z2o-ng Firat St., Loe Angeler San Francisco, Calif.
Address delivered by D. J. Cahill, President Western Hardwood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, before the Pacific Coast Hardwood Association at Del Monte
The growing menace of insect damage to wood in the tre-e,- in the 1og, in sawnlumber and in articles made from wood,.is receiviltg the eainest attention of entomologists in the forestry divisions of the departments of agriculture in our various states, our national government and our insular possessions.'
Not only are wood and tree life the objects of insect attack, but insect depredations extend also to vegetables, fruits, nuts, cereals, clothing, furs, leather, upholstery, carpets, books, papers, cured meats, live animals, and in fact almost everything that goes to provide us with sustenance and comforts. It is claimed that but for the constant war waged on in6ect pests not only vegetable, but animal life would be seriously threatened, and that man must. in order to maintain his supremacy, continue and intensify his efforts toward their extermination.
The species in which we, as hardwood dealers, are mostly interested because of the constant danger of their presence in our 'lumber stocks, are the Lyctus beetles, commonly known as the powder post beetles.
The United States Department of Agriculture, in Farmers Bulletin No.778, describes four species of the Lyctus beetles: Lyctus planicollis. which is found in the South Atlantic and Gulf states to A,rizona, Nevada and California, and is distinguished from the others because of its pitchy black color while the other three are rusty redbrown: Lyctus linearis, supposed to have been introduced into this country from Europe; the velvety Lyctus, known as Lyctus parallelopipedus, found in the middle and south central states; and the Western Lyctus, a native of California and known as Lyctus cavicollis. All however, are similar in appearance, ranging from onetwelfth to one-fifth inch in length, and are slender, flattened and elongate.
Other names given to specimens submitted to the Departments of Entomology of the University of California and Stanford University, are Lyctus striatus, Lyctus brunneus, and Lyctus impressus.
The attack of the beetle is extremely insidious and damage to infested lumber and panels is often so great €s to make them wholly useless for commercial purposes, before the presence of the pest is detected.
There are four periods in the life history of the beetle: the egg, the larva, the pupa and the adult beetle, The egg is deposited in the sapwood soon after the adult beetle emerges from the wood, being inserted into the pores of the wood by means of a long, slender flexible ovipositor. Within ten days the eggs are hatched, and in from six to ten days thereafter, the larva commences to burrow into the wood, proceeding in a general direction parallel with the grain. As the larva proceeds, it continues to grow until it reaches its full size, becoming a yellowish-white grub with three pairs of legs and with the tip of the body curved under toward the head. It then excavates a cell at the end of its burrow, and enters the pupa stage, from which it emerges later as a fully devetoped winged beetle.
The larva works in the sapwood exclusively, but when the adult beetle is readv to emerge, he will bore through either. the heart or sapwood. When this emergence takes place. the presence of the beetle is evidenced by little piles of pulverized wood fibre on the surfaces of the boards. The tarva at times al3o ejects this fine powder through a very small hole, but most of its work is under the surface and not visible. This makes it more difficult to detect the depredations of the pest until the harm is done.
These various species of powder post beetles, in emerging from the wood, leave a hole about one-sixteenth inch in diameter. which in itself does not indicate any considerable damage, but when the surfuce of the wood is removed, it will be found that the interior is a mass of pulverized wood fibre, packed into burrows through which the larvae have eaten their way, leaving only a thin outer shell, and walts between the burrows, holding the outer shell in place.
The active tife of the adult beetle ranges from February until September, during which time the adults come out and mate. Soon
thereafter the female deposits her eggs, and the process com,menc€s all over again. Destruction proceeds from a time shortly aJter the egg is hatihed, until late in the season, when the larva reaches maturity. When the beetle has emerged, the damage is already done' although if the first generation has not completely destroyed the wood, subsequent generations will follow until the destruction ts comptete.
Control work is most effective in the winter months, when the insect is in the pupa stage, as destruction then eftectually disposts of him, while if -it -is attempted in the Spring or Summer after the adults have emerged, they will not be reached,. and will reinfest the wood as well as attack other wood.
In the case of articles of infested wood which have been varnished or painted. and the pores closed, thus preventing depositing of the eggs, the-female will re-enter a hole made upon emergence' and there deposit her eggs,
Only seasoned sapwood is attacked by the powder post beetle. because the chemical changes in the process of seasoning render the nutritive substance irl the wood, such as sugar and starch, especially suitable as food for the insect in the larval stage. Wood seasoned less than eight or ten months will not be attacked and the danger is greater as the seasoning continues.
It is therefore evident that new lumber arriving in the yard should never be piled on top of old'lumber because of the possible presence of beetles in the old stock and the danger of spreading to ihe new. Hickory, Ash and Oak are particularly liable to damage, although Walnut. Maple, Elm, Cherry, Locust, Poplar, Sycamore, Eucalyptus, Philippine Mahogany and other woods are subject to attack.
In addition to the Lvctus beetles however. there is another and very much larger beetli, Polycaon stouti. ciosely related to the powder post b-eetle, which works in a similar manner, but makes a much larger burrow, and upon emerging frgm the wood. leaves a hole about three-sixteenths inch in diameter. This beetle leaves his burrow packed with a filling nearly as hard as the surrounding wood, and moves through the wood in almost a straight line, parallel with the grain. His 6urrow is perfectly round. He emerges in the Spring and reinfests the wood.
Another large beetle is the banded ash borer, Neoclytus capraea' which attacks the log after the tree is felled. but will continue to work in the lumber after the log is sawn. This beetle is very destructive, but is not likely to reinfest the tumber. His burrow is flattened. which distinguishes his work from that of the large powder post beetle. He will attack Oak and Hickory also, and works both in sapwood and heartwood.
Many remedies are suggested for the control of these pests, but in the case of lumber, the practical and economical method is to subiect the material to treatment in a dry kiln under temperatures sufficient to destroy the beetles, the larvae and the eggs.
Extensive experiments made with Ash and Oak lumber by the Bureau of Entomology of the United States Department of Agriculture in the latter part of 1923 and, the early part of 1924, and described in a bulletin prep,ared by T. E. Snyder, Entomologist, and R. A. St. George, Assistant Entomologist, show that temperatures of 130 degrees F. and upr-ard, with a high humidity, maintained for l/z hours and longer, are fatal to powder post beetles. if all parts of the wood have at the beginning of the exposure to these temDeratures,. been brought to the minimum temperature of 130 degrees F. In a dry heat or low humidity, 180 degrees was found necessary to produce fatal results.
It will therefore be seen that in order to insure destruction of these pests, it is necessary that the wood be heated through and tbrough to a temperature of 130 degrees F. or over, and maintained at such temperature lor lft hours or more. Of course the time required to raise the temperature in all parts of the wood to a uniform
degree varies according to the thickness. In inch lumber, it can be done comparatively. quickly, while in lumber two to four inches or thicker, it may require twenty-four to forty-eight hours or more; and manifestely, an adequate htrmidity must be maintained at all times in order to prevent damage by checking, case hardening or hollow-horning, and to insure destruction of the beetles at this temperature.
Kiln drying will not prevent infestation or reinfestation of lumber, and care should be taken that treated lumber is not placed in storage near lumber that may be infested.
The ground under lumber piles, and floors of bins, should be kept free from refuse. The insect will not live on the ground, and will die when taken from the wood. The use of hardwood sapwood pi.ling stickers should be avoided. Stocks should be kept moving, and the oldest disposed of first. Infested material, however, should not be delivered to a customer without his full knowledge of its condition, as the destruction will continue, even after the wood is used in a'piece of furniture, a cabinet, or as interior finiih, and should it be placed where strength is required, as in an automobile or truck hody, for instance, it may be the cause of an accident, resulting in serious property danage or personal injury. A furrier would be promptly condemned who knowingly sold a moth-infested fur coat.
New stocks should be watched carefully, and if evidence of infestation are present, the material should be immediately treated to prevent spreading of the pest to other stocks.
Steaming under pressure seems to produce such changes in the wood that it is no longer suitable for the powder post beetles. Tests conducted with Ash boards steamed 10 and 20 hours, respectively, at 28 pounds pressure and for 17 hours at 45 pounds pressure, rendered the wood immune from attack, but this me-thod is necessarity expensive and difficult because of the absence in lumber yards of adequate facilities, and it may also weaken or otherwise damage the wood.
Submergence of. sapwood hardwood in *'ater for a period of four months or longer changes the food value in the cells and makes the v/ood unsuitable for the operations of the beetle, but this also is impracticable.
Two coats of boiled linseed oil, or immersion in vats of hot linseed oil or hot creosote will also render the wood immune from attack, but if the larvae are already w'orking in the wood, the penetration may not be sufficient to destroy them. This treatment of course is not suitable for lumber to be used for finish, and can only be applied to woods used in construction, ll'here stain is not objectionable.
In addition to lumber, beetle infestation is found in a great variety of articles manufactured from Oak, Ash, and Hickory, prin-
cipally, such as vehicle stock, implement handles, interior trim, flooring, furniture, cabinets, rustic work, etc.
In a B€ikeley home, buitt something over one year, and finished in quartered Oak, the maid complained of continuous trouble with dust on the panel projection, notwithstanding daily dustings. The Entomologist of the University of California was consulted, who found, upon examination, that the panels were infested with the powder post beetle.
In a Pasadena home, a room some 25'x40' panelled to the ceiting in Quartered Oak, shows extensive damage from beetle attack.
- A large quantity of antique furniture shipped fiom Europe- fqr a new California home was found, when insirected; to bc so daniagdd by powder post beetles, that many of the pieces collapsed, and had to be destroyed.
It is difficult to control this form of infestation, as fumigation cannot always reach the larvae in the wood, or penetrate througfr to the back sides of the panels, from which the beetles may €merge into the spaces between the,studs, where they mate and reinfeit the wood.
A rec€nt experiment in fumigation illustrates the difficulty in reaching the larvae in the burrows packed with powdered wood fibre. Samples of infested Ash and of Philippine Mahogany were treated in a 28" vacuum, with carbon bisulphide gas in the proportion of 40 lbs. liquid to 1000 cubic feet of air space, at a temperature uon 4u lDs. lrquld IWU cuDrc leet ot temperarure of 65 degrees F. After two hours, larvae of the powder post beetle in the Philippine Mahogany were found alive and active, and latvae of 65 of the landed ash borer in the Ash, although in a torpid condition, promptly revived upon being placed in a warm temperature.
Because of the difficulty of forcing fumigating gas into the packed burrows to feach the larvae. the treatment of infested plywood presents a serious problem. Fumigation will quickly kill the adult beetle, which has emerged, or is about to emerge, but the larva, which does the damage, is protected. in his burrbw, and not easily reached. Further experiments are now being made, and no doubt an effective treatment will be developed. It is not practicable to treat plyryood with heat, as e temperdture of 180 degrees F. which is necessary in a dry heat to destroy the eggs and the larvae, will crystalize the glue, and while 130 degrees temperature with a high humidity will effectively dispose of the beetles, this excessive moisture will loosen the veneers.
While the powder post beetles constitute, without question, the greatest danger to hardwood stocks, other destruqtive beel$s tare occasionally found. There is the Cedar borer (Hylotrupes ligneus) (Continued on Page 47)
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Thirty-five perspiring retailers, located in California, Arizona, and Nevada, entered the Lumber Questionnaire Contest recently announced by A. J. "Gus" Russell, of the Santa Fe Lumber Company, and submitted their answers to the 56 perplexing guestions expounded.
Jack Dionne, publisher of The California Lumber Merchant, was the judge. The questions and correct answers were both submitted to the Judge by Mr. Russell, and the award was made on the basis of those answers.
W. K. "Billy" Kendrick, of Fresno, Sales Manager for Thb Valley Lumber Company, answered the grcatest number of questions correctly, and is awarded the prize of $50 cash, offered by Mr. Russell.
-One lady entered the contest, Miss Mae Spurger, of Swift & Company, Oakland, and she turned in a vei creditable paPer.
Mr. Russell wishes to give honorable mention in regard to the contest to Mr. Judd Greenman, General Superinlen- dent for the Central Coal & Coke Company, Veronia, Oregon, who ably.assisted him in the preparation of both the questions and answers.
fn order that everyone may take a look at the 56 hard questions asked, and of the correct answers to same, they are printed herewith. Understand, these answers are not those giveh by Mr. Kendrick, but are the correct ansurers submitted toMr. Dionne with the questions.
The questions and answers follow:
l-Ques. What is "yard" lumber?
Ans. Lumber that is less than 6" in thickness and is intended for general building purposes.
(Authority) "Revised Practice Recommendations, No. 16, U. S. Department of Commerce," Page l.
Z-Ques. How did "Douglas Fir" obtain its name?
Ans. Named after Davis Douglas, a Scotch botanist who explored British Columbia, then called New Caledonia. in 1825-183O.
(Authority) "The Practical Lumberman," by Bernard Brereton.
3-Ques. How close grained must Douglas Fir really be to comply with the usual or accepted appellation of "close grained stock"?
Ans. Douglas Fir selected for "close. grain" shall average on either one end or the other not less than six nor more than trventy annual rings per inch measured over a radial line representative of the average growth.
(Authority) "Revised Practice Recommendations No. 16, U. S. Dept. of Commerce," Page 14.
4--Ques. Is Red Oak a hard or soft wood?
Ans. Hard.
S-Ques. Is Cottonrvood a hard or soft wood?
Ans. U. S. Government classifies cottonwood as a hard wood due to its species of growth and not on account of the texture of the wood.
6-Ques. What is botanical name for Douglas Fir? For West Coast Hemlock?
Ans. Pseudotsuga taxifolia. Tsuga Leterophylla.
(Authority) "Revised Practice Recommendations No. 16, U. S. Dept. of Commerce," Page 26.
7-Ques. How many Lrf" Lath are usually figured to the square yard of plaster and what is the quantity of lath nails required therefor?
Ans. 16 l,ath usually figured to the yard. .11 lbs. of lath nails.
(Authority) "The Practical Lumberman," by Bernard Brereton.
8-Ques. How many board feet in one cord of Douglas Fir cord wood ?
Ans. 517 board feet (Scribners Dec. "C" scale.)
(Authority) "The Practical Lumberman," by Bernard Brereton.
9-Ques. What is.the board measurement of a sawn tapered timber l2xl2 at butt, 6x6 at top and 4O ft. long?
Ans. 280 ft. B. M.
(Authority) "The Practical Lumberman," by Bernard Brereton.
lO-Ques. What is the method of ascertaining the answer to Question 9?
Ans. Square both ends separately, multiply the top side by the butt side, add entire sum together, multiply by the length and divide by 36-thus
l2xl2: 144
6x6 : 36
6xl2: 72
252x40: 1fi)80
10080 -+. 36 : ?30
(Authority) "The Practical Lumberman," by Bernard Brereton.
1l-Ques. Are Pitch pockets considered more of a defeet in Douglas Fir than in Western Hemlock?
Ans. Yes. 'Western Hemlock contains no pitch.
l2-Ques. What are "sleepers."
Ans. Term used in United Kingdom and some other foreign countries to denote railroad ties.
l3-{ues. What is meant by quarter sarvn lumber?
Ans. Vertical or edge grain stock.
l4-Ques. In what order does California rank as a lumber producing state?
Ans. Fifth, for 1924 (last year for which figures were available).
(Authority) Special Industrial Report No. 3 California Development Asociation, also "Dept. of Commerce Bureau of the Census 1926 Bulletin on Forest Products Manufactures" ranks California and Nevada together in 5th place.
lS-Ques. In what order does California rank as a lumber consuming state ?
Ans. First, for 1924 (last year for which figures are available),.
(Authority) "Special Industrial Report No. 3, Califor- nia Development Association," also "Dept. of Commerce Bureau of the Census 1926 Bulletin on Forest Products Manufactures" ranks California and Nevada together in lst place.
l6-Ques. What does the abbreviation "E. M." indicate?
Ans. End Matched.
(Authority) "Revised Practice Recommendations No. 16, U. S. Dept of Commerce."
l7-Ques. What does the abbreviation "S4S&C. S. 2E" indicate ?
Ans. Surfaced four sides and caulking seam trvo edges.
(Authority) "Revised Practice Recommendations'No. 16, U. S. Dept. of Commefce."
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which works in Tennessee or Aromatic Red Cedar, making an oblong hole approximately one-eighth by three-sixteenths inch. This species attacks the tree after it is cut, but continues to work in the lumber. There is also a small bark beetle which works under the bark of this wood, but is most troublesome in yard stocks.
Those of us who handle White Pine mav find the round headed bark borer (Callidium antennatum) working in the lumber from which the bark has not been completely removed. This beetle attacks the log after it is felled, continues to work in the sapwood, and will reinfest the lumber if there should be barky edges providing a depository for eggs. This is a large beetle, and makes an elongated burrow one-quarter to five-sixteenths inch across.
In Spruce we find the horntails or wood-wasps (Sinex cyaneus). This insect attacks logs in the woods or dead trees. It will continue to work after the log is sawn, but will not reinfest the lumber. It makes a hole some threc-sixteenths inch in diameter.
Numberless other insects cause damage to wood. We see the evidences of their depredations in sound wormy Oak which is mined by a species of weevil (Eupsalis minuta), which works in the living tree but not in the lumber,
Similar damage is done to Ash, Oak and Hickory, and occasionally to Maple, Gum, Birch and other hardwoods, by an ambrosia beetle, (Platypus compositus), which lives on a fungus. that lines its burrow and leaves the walls stained dark. It attacks the log shortly after the tree is felled, and often living trees. This beetle also attacks Mexican and Central American Mahogany logs.
There are several species of beettes which cause the familiar pin-holes found in some Philippine Mahogany. One group attacks the living tree, usually the largd over-matured trees containing rotten or punky hearts. The srnaller sound trees are rarely attacked. The holes made by these beetles may be recognized by a dark stain, caused by a fungus growth lining the burrows.
Another group of beetles attack the log after the tree is felled. They burrow through the bark and sapwood, into ihe heartwood, and leave a small, clean-cut unstained hole. Neither of these groups works in the seasoned lumber.
The Philippine beetle whioh attacks the living tree is by far the most troublesome, being difficult, if not impossible to control. Damage by beetles which attack the log could, according to the Bureau of Forestry of the Philippine Islands, be almost entirely prevented if the logs could be sawn into lumber within three weeks after the trees is felled, the time usuatly elapsing before the beetles commence the attack, and penetrate through the bark. If the bark is removed from the log the destruction commences sooner, as the beetles can then reach the wood at once. Careful observations bv an entomologis.t of the Philippine Bureau of Forestry, at one of- ttre mill operations there, denronstrated that there was no evidence of pin-hole borer activities in lumber in thirty days after seasoning commenced.
It will be noted that in ,the case of powder post beetles, thc eggs are laid in the pores of the wood by the adult female, the larvae, working within the wood, cause the principal damage, atrd the holes on the surface are made by the adult in emerging; while the Philip- pine adult beetle commences his attack on the outside and penetrates into and through the wood.
A curious provision of nature is to be found in certain parasitic and predatory insects which attack the Lyctus beetles as well as other insects, but cannot be depended upon to keep them under con- trol. Certain predominating wasplike parasites and adult Lyctus beetles have been found emerging from infested wood for from four to ten years. After such periods of breeding, both the Lyctus beetles and the parasites are considerably decreased in size.
There are also hyperparasites (parasites of the parasites) and ternary parasites (parasites of the parasites of the parasites).
An effective predatory enemy of the Lyctus beetle is the Clerid beetle. The larvae of the Clerid preys on the Lyctus larvae, and tfre adult Clerid pursues and devours the adult beetle. There are also insects which act as scavengers of the Lyctus beetles.
The parasitic Ichneuman fly posses what has bees termed the "most wonderful drill in the world," a slender ovipositor, in some species as much as four inches long, no larger in diameter than a fine needle and as flexible as a horse-hair. with which it bores into the hardest wood to reach the beetle larva in its burrow. The egg is laid on or under the skin of its victim which is called the host. When laid under the skin, the egg hatches and the young larva feeds upon the body of its host, leaving the vital organs until the last. When the host is about to die, the vital organs are consumed and the parasite larva enters the pupa stage, using the s'hell of the host for a home until it transforms into a fly. This attack is directed particularly against the beetle, larvae, young caterpillars, and similar insects.
An interesting side-light on insect habits is the fact that certain beetles live at times in ant and termite nests, apparently in completc harmony with these insects. In some cases this association seems to be so mutually agreeable that the ants at times regurgitate food which they give to the beetle, and the beetles do the same for hungry ants. The ants feed the larval beetles as carefully as their own, and even clean the young beetles by licking them.
Among the many methods with which nature has equipped insects with means of defense, perhaps the most unique is that of a certain ground beetle, called the Bombordier beetle, which protects itself when pursued by predatory parasites or other enemies, by discharging with an expl'osive sound, a drop of fuid wfiicb tonrs to a visible smokeJike gas on contact with the air, producing an irritating odor which so confuses its pursuer that the beetle has time to escape. The discharge,can be repeated seferal times in quick succeSsron.
In view of their activities in certain localities on the Pacifc (Continued on Page 49)
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l&-Ques. Define rot in lumber.
Rot (decay) in lumber is a disintegration of the wood substance due to action of rvood destroying fungi.
(Authority) "Revised Practice Recommendations No. 16, U. S. Dept. of Commerce," Page 28.
l9-Ques. Define a knot in lumber.
Ans. A knot is a limb or branch imbedded in the tree which has be'en cut through in the process of manufacture.
(Authority ) "Revised Practice Recommendations No. 16, U. S. Dept. of Commerce," page 30.
2O-Ques. Define wane in lumber.
Ans. Wane is bark or the lack of wood or bark from any cause, on the edge or corner of the piece.
(Authority) "Revised Practice Recommendations, No. 16 U. S. Dept. of Commerce."
2l-Ques. Define saw kerf.
Ans. That portion of log or lurnber lost by sawing and thus converted into sawdust.
(Authority) "Revised Practice Recommendations, No. 16 U. S. Dept. of Commerce."
Z2-Ques. What is-"dote" in lumber?
Ans. The equivalent of rot or decay. (See question 18).
(Authority) "Revised Practice Recommendations, No. 16, U. S. Dept of Commerce," page 28.
2}-Ques. What constitutes short length lumber?
Ans. Short length lumber is that which is less than 8 feet long.
(Authority) 'The Marketing of Short' Length Lumber," IJ. S. Dept. of Commerce," Paragraph 1, Page 2.
24-Ques. What was the production of soft wood lumber for the U. S. in 1925 ?
Ans. 38 billion feet.
(Authority) "The Marketing of Short Length Lum. ber, U. S. Dept of Commerce," page 1.
25-Ques. From 1909 to 1924 did consumption of lumber in the U. S. increase or decrease and what percent?
Ans. Decreased. t9.3%.
(Authority) National Lumber Manufacturers Association Trade Extension Com. No.4.
26-Ques. From 19O9 to 1924 did the production and use of lumber substitutes increase or decrease and what percent?
Ans. Increased. 194.4%,.
(Authority) Nat. Lbr. Mfrs. Assoc. Trade Extension Com. No. 4.
Z7-Ques. From 1909 to 1924 did consumption of wooden shingles increase or decrease, and what percent?
Ans. Decreased. 54/o,.
(Authority) Nat. Lbr. Mfrs. r\ssoc. Trade Extension Com. No. 5.
28-Ques. From 1909 to 1924 did consumption of substitute roofing increase or decrease and what percent ?
Ans. Increased. 339%.
(Authority) Nat. Lbr. Mfrs. Assoc. Trade Extension Com. No. 5.
29-Ques. How does concrete construction compare in cost with standard "mill construction ?"
Ans. The "American Lumberman" of. 8-26-16 states Concrete More Expensive. The West Coast Lumber Manufacturers Assn., Seattle, 'Wash., will gladly furnish you with complete information on "mill construction."
30--Ques. What is Philadelphia fencing?
Ans. The term used in Eastern trade for 1x6 run B. C. B. 1 side.
3l-Ques. Approximately what amount in dollars is invested yearly in the erection throughout the U. S. of small houses and farm buildings?
Ans. Every year $2,000,000,000 is invested in small houses and farm buildings in the U. S.
(Authority) "The Marketing of Short Length Lumber," IJ. S. Dept of Commerce, page 4.
32-Ques. What is the estimated percentage of standard stock in a retail yard that must be degraded before it can be sold?
Ans. It has been estimated that 3%t of. the standard stock in a retail yard is degraded before it can be sold.
(Authority) "The Marketing of Short Length'Lumber" IJ. S. Dept. of Commerce, page 9.
33-Ques. In ordinary house construction what are "ribbons ?"
Ans. "Ribbons" are boards framed into the studs to support the floor or ceiling joists.
(Authority) "The Marketing of Short Length Lumber," lI. S. Dept. of Commerce, page 28.
34-Ques. In an ordinary bill of lumber covering materiat for a usual one-story "box type" house 98.45/o of. the structural stock is called for 8 feet and longer. What percentage of the total structural stock has it been determined is actually necessary in lengths 8 feet and up?
Ans. It has been determined that 80,6% of the structural stock is required 8 feet and. ap-19.94/o usable in l-foot to 7-foot lengths.
(Authority) "The Marketing of Short Length Lumber," IJ. S. Dept. of Commerce, page 16.
35-Ques. If 3xl2 No. 2 Clr&Btr Ro Green Fir costs $45,00 f.o.b. car mill taking 28/1c per 100 pounds rate of freight what is delivered 6s5f-u5u1l practice, on the above rate?
Ans. $55.0G-3x12 Common has shipping weight of 3300 pounds, 3x12 Clear 3500 pounds.
(Authority) Current West Coast Douglas Fir Price Lists.
36-Ques. What is the approved type nail for a 4o-year shingle roof ? Approximately how many nails will there be to the pound ? What sizes are most adaptable ?
Ans. Two types recommended by Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, Seattle, Wash. Hot-dipped Galvanized Cut Iron Nails. (Mfrs. W. H. Maze Co., Peru, Ill.) Hot Dipped Steel and Copper Nails. (Amer" Steel & Wire Co.) The first run 320 to 345 nails to the pound. The round nails (Amer. S. & W" Co.) (3d) 400 per pound. Approved sizes Zfd, 3d and 3ld.
(Authority) Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, Seattle, Wash.
37-Ques. If. 4x4 No. 2 Clr BetRo Green is selling at $45.00 f.o.b. car mill how much additional charge would be made if ordered V. G. ?
Ans. No extra charge-the stock is necessarily so manufactured as to comply with usual V. G. specification.
.38-Ques. Iforv many square feet will 1000 18' shingles cover, laid 5f" exposure?
Ans. 141.3 square feet.
(Authority) Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, Seattle, Wash. 39-Ques. In how many standard grades are 18" Cedar Shingles manufactured?
Ans. Four. No. 1 Perfections, No. 2 Perfections, No. 1 Eurekas. No. 2 Eurekas.
(Authority) Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, Seattle, Wash. 4O-Ques. How .many pounds ^of 2r/z-d cut -ir on -type_ nailsare required to lay 100 sq. ft. of.16" shingles 4" exposure? How many pounds of 3ld?
Ans. 27/s" of.2%d, 3% pounds of. 31d,.
(Authority) Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, Seattle, Wash.
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C. Harry White, vice president and general manager of White Brothers, announces that their Oakland yard will open for business on May 15.
The new yard occupies nearly three acres of ground and covers the block bounded by High, Howard and Commerce Streets. The yard is 130x275 feet with the new shed l30x15O feet. The shed is modern in structure with a concrete floor throughout. The yard is just two blocks from tide-water and has a spur track 704 feet long. The offices are very attractive; the downstairs office is finished in quartered oak and the upstairs offices are trimmed in Philippine mahogany. The yard has a capacity of nearly eight million feet of lumber.
The Oakland yard will be under the management of William T. Meyer and Walter J. Herkenham. Both have been connected with the company for many years, have had outside experience as salesmen and are well known to the hardwood trade in Northern California.
White Brothers have operated continuously in San Francisco since 1872. The oflicials of the company are: W. T. White, president; C. Harry White, vice president afid general manager; and Orven Gibson, secretary-treasurer. John A. Howatt, is sales manager of their San Francisco yard.
(Continued from Page 47) Coast at the present time, it seems appropriate to say a word about the termite, or white ant, Reticuliternes flavipes.
There are two kinds of termites, the subterranean and no.nsubterranean, and some 42 species, in the United States.
United States Departm€nt of Agriculture Farmers Bulletin No. 1472 shows the nonsubterranean, or flying termite, to be confined to localities near the seaboard from Norfolk, Va,. to San Francisco, but states that the subterranean termites are found'in nearly atl peits of the United States.
The subterranean termite is the more destructive, entering wood only through the ground, and in da.rk places, If, however, the wood is not in direct contact with the ground, the workers will build shelter tubes on the face of a wall which they cannot penetrate, until they reach the wood, returning continually to the ground to procure moisture. They cannot work without moisture, which they carry with them by means of moist excrernent mixed with earth; they are blind and avoid the light. Their shelter tubes sometimes extend as much as one and a half to two feet.
In building their shelter tubes to reach t,he wood, the blind workers remain on the inside of the tube, while non-workers or soldiers station themselves on the outside, and by striking their jaws together, make a noise intended to ward ofi the'attacks of othei insects, particularly the true ants. The subterranean termite is very destructive, and will penetrate the hardest wood.
The nonsubterranean, sexual adult termites migrate once a year; the adults then lose thcir wings and breed nerv colonies. They will attack living trees, woodwork, and even furniture. The adults which have lost their wings and the young termites, or nymphs, are the destructive forms. They do not require as much moisture as the subterranean species,
Another insect, the Black Hills beetle, (Dendroctonus ponderosa), epidemic from l9l9 to 1925 in the Kiabab National Forest,
Chas. R. McCormick, president of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., San Francisco, is in the east on a business trip. On his way east, he stopped at the company's Portland office for a day and also visited the company's mill operations at St. Helens, Port Gamble and Port Ludlow. While in the Northrvest, he was also a visitor at the company's Seattle office.
Clarence Elsworth, formerly manager of the Emry Lumber & Fuel Co., at Hood River, Oregon, has purchased the yard of L. Anderson & Co. at Martinez, California. The Anderson yard is one of the old retail lumber concerns of the Bay District. Mr. Elsworth will take over the active manag'ement of the yard at once.
Edward Everett Ayer, multi-millionaire Chicago lumberman, capitalist and philanthropist, died on May-3rd in the Pasadenl hospital. 'Mr. Ayer wai well known'in Southern California, berng one of the organizers of the League to Save the Redwoods.
Arizona, and now in certain parts of Colorado, attacks healthy and injured trees of lodge-pole and yellow pines and Englemann Spruce. Tbis beetle bores through the bark and excavates longitudinal channels in the layer betwecn the bark and the sapwood, where the eggs are deposited. The larvae excavates horizontal burrows in the inner bark and on the face of the sapr-ood, eventually completely eucircling the tree, which prevents the downward course of the sap and the tree dies. It will not attack logs or sawn lumber. This beetle is not found in Pacific Coast forests. but therd is a beetle. the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus moniicotae) which attacirs Sugar and White Pine trees. In the Kiabab National Forest, during th- recent epidemic about l2Vo of the totat stand of yellow pine, approximately 120 million board feet of stumpage was destroyed.
That this beetle problem is not a new one, is strikingly illustrated by an incident related in a recent bulletin issued by the Forest Insect Bureau of Stanford University. A giant Sequoia in Sequoia Na- tional Park, California, was struck by lightning at the age of 412 years. A wood-boring beetle (Trachykele opulenta) attacked the tree in the lightning scar, and a brood of beetles developed in the wood. Some of the beetles failed to emerge and new growth covered the scar. 1200 years later several specimens were found in the 'scar in a perfect state of preservation and are now in the collection of the California Academy of Sciences. Comparing them with the present generation of the same beetle, no appreciable change in the species is evident after all these years.
In my investigation of this problem, I have received valuable help from Emanuel Fritz, associate professor of forestry of the University of California in Bcrkeley; J. M. Itiller, entornologist and Dr. H. E. Burke, associate entomologist, of Stanford University, but particularly from Dr. Burke, who has patien,tly and painstakingly responded to requests for identification 9f specimens of beetles. and for information and adv.ice regarding their life history and methods of control.
orr that this is a d.ouble purpose rack. Two balves may be placed back to back (see illustration at left, above) for a central "V" type corral rack, or they may be placed end to end (using as many sections as desired) at the side of the hay stack, thus simplifying and saving labor and time in feeding.
Used as above indicated, and in combination with "Portable Fence Panels," (see Bulletin No. 5) temporary corral against the stack may be easily and quickly installed. The two sections forming "V" type rack may be moved either individually or when lashed together.
This rack is designed to aooid waste in that it allows ample space in the manger to encourage stock to stand close and provides a floor to catch all small leaves.
Note should be made that height of manger front (shown on drawing at left above as "2' 1", variable") may be varied
to suit stock which it is to serve and that ends of rack utay be solid, if preferred.
The great utility and economy of this rack are such as to warrant building it of the best material, cutting and fitting the members and giving all a good coat of paint before assembling* Redzaood on the Farw. "If it had no other merits Redwood would deserve a wide use on the farm because of its great ratural resistance to rot and fire. Heart Redwood when placed in contact with thc ground should have an average life of 25 years, whereas some other native woods which could be bought a little cheaper, perhaps, rot out in a few years. The durable qualities of Redwood should be taken advantage of by the Farmer in his choice of wood for such uses where all the conditions promoting decay are present."
*From "THE USE OF LUMBER O-V CALIFORNIA FARMS," by tr{erritt B. Pratt-University of California Bulletin No.'299.
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4l-Ques. Douglas Fir varies in weight according to the month in which timber is felled. What month is it heaviest? What month is it lightest?
Ans. Heaviest, March. Lightest, July.
(Authority) U. S. Forest Service circular 136.
42-Why should Douglas Fir vary in weight as stated in question No. 42?
Ans. "Weight increase is due to absorption of soil moisture by the roots and renewal of life activities within the tree before leaves are out; when leaves are out the pressure of the sap is relieved because some of the sap moves into the leaves and evaporates."
(Authority) "The Kiln Drying of Lumber" by Koehler I & Thelen, (University of Wis.), page 35.
43-Ques. Draw a rough sketch of standard pattern Byt- kit Lath.
Ans. See page 121, Standard Rules West Coast Lumber Mfrs. Assoc. 7-l-26.
44-Ques. Grading rules mention "slight variation" in sawing common rough lumber:
What is "slight variation" in 1" stock?
What is "slight variation" in2" stock ?
What is "slight variation" in 3" stock ?
What is "slight variation" in 8" and up stock?
Ans. l" not more than l-16".
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2" not more than r/F,", 3" not more than 3-16". 8" not more than f".
(Authority) Standard Rules West Coast I-br. Mfrs. Assoc. 7-l-26.
45-What species of wood represents the largest percentage in the United States ?
Ans. Douglas Fir.
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(Authority) Standard Rules West Coast Lbr. Mfrs. Assoc. 7-l-26.
46-Ques. What is finished size "American Standard" of 2xl2 S4S ? What is finished size "California Standard" ?
Ans, American lftxltft. California lfuxllrl.
(Authority) West Coast Lbr. Mfrs. Rail B List California Edition Revised 4-I-22.
47-Ques. What is the difference in strength and durability between red and yellow Douglas Fir of equivalent dry weight?
Ans. The U. S. Forest Service finds no difference.
(Authority) West Coast Lumbermen's Assn. "Douglas Fir and Southern Pine" prepared by C. J. Hogue of the West Coast Trade Extension Bureau, March 1927.
4&-Ques. What is the approved exposure, side wall construction, for No. I Royal Shingles ? Ans. l0 inches.
(Authority) Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, Seattle, Wash. 49-Ques. How many 5" dimeniion shingles 16', will be required to lay 123 lineal feet on two sides of ridge? Ans. 1000.
(Authority) Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, Seattle, Wash. SG-Ques. If 24" No. I Royal Shingles are laid 10f,, to the weather on side rvallwhat percentage of a thousand will cover a square?
Ans. .fi/o of. a thousand.
(Authority) Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, Seattle, Wash. Sl-Ques. 18" shingles are sold both by the M and by the square; given the price per M what is the price per square on approved roof exposure (51")?
Ans. First deduct 1-l0th and from that result deduct l_sth.
(Authority) Starks Mfg. Co., Seattle, Wash.
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LAUGHLTN, C!' Potrolcun Sccuritlc Bld3., Lo Angcl,arPaul Hallingby, Sales Manager for the Hammond Lumber Company at Los Angeles, has taken over the duties of the office of Retail Sales Manager recently held by Earl Galbraith, and for the present at least no one will be pliced in Mr. Galbraith's chair. The coordination of the sales organization makes this possible, and the well known efficiency of Mr. Hallingby makes it reasonable.
Mr. Hallingby announces that a new man in a new position has 6een added to their retail sales force in the flerson of Mr. IvI. S. Cooper, Mr. Cooper is traveling imong the yards of the company, working with the local managers along the lines of business promotion, seeking to put into more active and practical service their plan and iervice departments. The Lumbermen's Service Association equipment at the Hammond yards is one of the saics rn'eapons with which Mr. Cooper will work. He cante frottr Colorado where he was formerly with the great nrerchandising firm of Halleck & Howard, and is thoroughly.experienced in the rvork of business promotion and modern rrrerchaudising in retail yards.
L S. Bothwell. auditor for Chas. R' IVlcCormick Lumber C6mpany, Port Gamble, Wash., was instantly killed April 29, when he fell ofi a speeder on his way to one of the company's camps.
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52-Ques. 24" shingles, 1" -b-utt thickness, cost $9.00 per square and weigh 222 pounds per square both on square of.7rf" exposure; how-mtrch will they cost per square on llf" exPosure ?
Ans. $5.87 per square of. llf" exposure; the weight has nothing to do with it.
(Authority) Starks Mfg. Co., Seattle, Wash.
53-Ques. What is difference in strength of heartwood and sapwood Douglas Fir?
Ans. No difference in strength-heartwood is more durable.
(Authoritv) West Coast Lumbermen's Assn. "Douglas ' Fir arid Southern Pine." Prepared by C. J. Hogue of the West Coast Trade Extension Bttreau, Merch, 1927.
William D. Thomas, the well knorvn Sacramento rvholesale lumberman, died on Saturday evening, April 30. Mr. Thomas was a resident of Sacramento for more than sixteen years and took a prominent,part in church, fraternal and civic affairs. He is survived bv Mrs. Thomas and two children.
Donald F. White, son of C. Harry White, vice president and general manager of White Brothers, the San Francisco and Oakland hardwood distributors, is fqllowing in the footsteps of his dad and is getting his first experiencl in the hardwood business. He is now connected with the company's Oakland yard. He has been attending the University of California at Los Angeles and is on a leave of absence for a few months. Before starting to work at the Oakland yard, he made a month's trip to the Northwest on the "Hollywood" where he visited the mill and logging operations in the Vancouver, Portland, Columbia River, Powell River, Bellingham, Puget Sound and Grays Harboi Districts. He plans to attend the next summer session at the University of California at Berkeley and in the fall rvill resume his studies again at the Berkeley institution.
The sarvmill of the Sibley-Mills Lumber Co., Columbia City, Oregon, began operation April 25 after being idle for a year. Daily output will be around 100,000 feet.
S,f-Ques. In kiln drying of lumber what is meant by ' "fibre saturation point?"
Ans. "Fibre saturation point" is reached when wood cells are empty of water (or solution) and cell walls still contain normal moisture.
(Authority) Bulletin 1136 U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 55-Ques. What is the lowest moisture content to which lumber in general can be brought through air drying?
Ans. Minimum is l2/o to l5/o.
(Authority) Bulletin 552, V. S. Dept. of Agriculture, footnote, page 7.
56-Ques. Whatis the usual moisture content to which clear Dougl.as Fir can be Kiln Dried without injury to stock, using up-to-date kilns?
Ans. 8%'.
(Authority) Bulletin 552, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, footnote, page 7.
Houston, Texas, May 12.-Two great Southern Pine sawmill plants, both located in Southwestern Louisiana and mills that have always playecl a great part in the lumber industry of the Texas-Southwestern district, cut their last log last week, and have shut down for good.
One of them is a mill of huge equipment and capacity. TheGulf Lumber Company, at Fullerton, La., equipped rvith five band headrigs and a resaw, ranks with the famous
of California
Manufacturers of Douglas Fir and Port fford Cedar Sawmills, Marshfield, Oregon
Distributing Plant - Bay Point
Annual Production 200,000,0fi) Feet
Bogalusa plant as the two greatest Southern Pine mills ever built. The Fullerton mill had a daily single shift capacityof 350,000 feet.
The other mill that closed is that of the Exchange Sawmills Company, of Oakdale, La., a double band mill that produced an average of 150,0@ feet daily.
This means a total capacity of 5@,000 feet daily production of Southern Pine gone, most of which was marketed in Southwestern territorv.
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Young man twenty seven, single, four years retail yard, four years White Pine sawmill. Stenographer and bill clerk, can figure lumber and shooks. Desires ppsition with retail yard or White Pine sawmill. Address Box C lI7. care California Lumber Merchant.
Young man who has spent a few years at one of the large mills in the Northwest. Would like to locate in Southern California, preferably in Los Angeles, with a wholesale or large retail concern. Familiar .with grading, billing and other office routine work. Address Box C-115, care of California Lumber Merchant.
Wanted. A young man who can figure estimates and wait on the counter in a City yard, and who is capable of drawing a fair set of plans when necessary. Only a capable man who is willing to work and improve will be considered. State experience. Address Box C-l18 care California Lumber Merchant.
ENTER THE LUMBER BUSINESS with reliable well rated firm established 1916. You must be capable and energetic. Hard competition. Volume two 'to five thousand monthly. Five to ten thousand cash required. Immediate possession. Owner has other interests. Address Box C-l19, care California Lumber Merchant.
A live young man with lumber office experience that carl type, figure estimates, do billing, answer telephone and wait on counter trade. Good opportunity to learn the lumbet' business and a permanent position and chance for advancement. Assistant to bookkeeper with salary to start $135.00. Boyd Lumber & Mill Co., Santa Barbara.
Experienced lumberman is open for position and would like to locate in Southern California. For many years was associatq! with large Southern Yellow Pine manufacturer and knows eastern trade. For the past several years has been located in the Northwest and is familiar with the California trade requirements. Would consider position with wholesale or large retail lumber concern. Address Box C111. c-o Calif. Lumber Merchant.
Knows all branches of the lumber business. Many years' experience selling softwoods and hardwoods. Knows the Southern Cal-ifornia lumber trade. Would like to make connection with wholesale or retail concern in Los Angeles, or as mill representative in this territory. Address Box C-122 care California Lumber Merchant.
WANTED: By young man, connection with reliable lumber concern, retail or wholesale. Last position as manager. With one concern twelve years. Employed but can come on short notice. Can give excellent references.
Address Box C-121. care of California Lumber Merchant.
Experienced retail lumberman, small town San Joaquin Valley. Competent as assistant manager and Burroughs bookkeeper, with some experience inall building material.
Address Box C-120, care California Lumber Merchant.
Retail lumber yard in fast growing territory near Los Angeles. $15,000 to $20,000 will handle. Address Box C-123, care California Lumber Merchant.
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