Softwood lmports During First IDENTIFYING Quarter of 1932 the Lurnber Merchqnt

According to figures supplied by the Section of Customs Statistics of the Deoartment of Commerce to the Lumber Division, softwood imports by species and countries during the first three months of. 1932 were as follows:

Softwood sawed boards, planks, deals and sawed tirnber, dutiable; in board feet, from Canada: fir,24,158,00O; hemlock, L,474,000; spruce, 18,012,000; pine, 7,990,00O; from Germany, of spruce, 751,000; from Mexico, ol pine, 2O7,000; from Russia, of spruce, 2,2D,0ffi1, from Poland, of spruce, 69,00O; from Yugoslavia, of spruce, 4O,000; from Sweden, of spruce, 42,0W, and from Nicaragua, of. pine, 32,000. There were no transactions in larch under this class. Total imports of this class from Canada were 51,634,000 board feet. Total imports of this class from Canada in January were 11,102,000 feet; in February, I7,787,ffiO feet; and in March, 22,745,ffi f.eet.

Softwood boards, planks and deals in the rough or planed and dressed on one side, free of duty, in board feet, from Canada : fir,9,7O4W; hemlock, 393,000; spruce, 23,779,W, and pine, I0,47I,00O; from l\{exico, of fir, 47,W feet. There were no transactions in larch under this class. Total imports of this class from Canada were 44,347,m board feet. Total imports of this class from Canada in January were 15,982,000 feet; in February, 12,427,W feet, and in March, 15,938,000.

Other kinds of softwood sawed boards, planks, deals and sawed timber, free of duty, in board feet, from Canada, 3,956,000; from Trinidad, 3,000 feet. Total imports of this class from Canada in January were 1,227,00O feet; in February, 1,334,000 and in March, 1,395,000 feet.

Total imports of softwood sarvn and dressed lumber and timber from Canada for the first three months of. 1932 werc 99,937,W board feet as compared with 164,057,00O feet in the same period of 1931, 'r,r'hile for March, 1932, they amounted to ,{O,078,000 feet compared with 7I,723,0ffi leet in March. 1931.

Sells Redwood Lawn Furniture

Reynier Lumber Company, 112 Market Street, San Francisco, is selling a number of articles of outdoor furniture manufactured from all-heart California Redwood by the Humboldt Redwood Company, of Eureka, Ca'lifornia, and finds the lumber dealers are interested in handling sidelines that can be easily sold and that show a good margin of profit.

The articles included in the line are a garden and porch chair, table, ottoman and settee. All of these are packed in sturdy cartons. All pieces are cut to size, ready to assemble, and ,complete directions for assembling are enclosed in the carton. 'The chair is gracefully designed, is light and strong, easy to move and has a magazine rack.

Reynier Lumber Company is also selling a line of split and sawn Redwood shingles, which are 24 inches long, with a /a-inch butt. One of their customersl according to Manager H. B. Gamerston, says this shingle, put on with a copper nail will make a lOGyear roof.