California Dcalers Praise Lumber Code

Washington, D. C., May 20.-Ninety-nine per cent of the lumber dealers in Southern California are wholeheartedly back of the lumber codes, according to letters from dealers in that section addressed to NRA and the Lumber Code Authority.

In an expression of approval sent to the Authority by Hull Bros. Lumber Co., retail lumbermen of Reseda, Calif., thanks are extended "for the assistance rendered by the Lumber Code Authority in stabilizing our industry. Undoubtedly this plan is benefiting 99 per cent of the dealers of our district, and we feel that the business is going where it rightfully belongs."

The codes have proved "a life saver" for the. "little fellows" in the industry, declares W. C. Jones, secretary and treasurer, Valley Lumber Company, Calexico, Calif., in a letter of approval to the National Recovery Administration.

"We wish to express to you in the strongest possible terms," Mr. Jones writes, "our total disagreement with the various criticisms and objections to the codes as being detrimental to the small business of our country

"As a small lumber dealer (sales for 1933, $49,000) we have found the Code of Fair Competition for the Lumber and Timber Products Industries a life saver, and feel sure we voice the sentiment of 99 per cent of the dealers in Southern California. The minimum price provision has made it possible for the small dealer to be the distributor of these products in his trade area and to conduct his business in an orderly manner.

"The minimum prices here are not high enough to discourage construction as our volume has increased about 25 per cent over the same period of 1933. Even on the increased volume we can not operate at a profit, but it has helped to stop losses and permit us to stay in business.

"If the present proposed amendment defining wholesale trade be not adopted and one be adopted which will insure the orderly marketing from mill to wholesaler to retailer, we believe the small dealers will be able to render the best service to their trade areas and at prices that will be favorable to the resumption of the fullest use of lumber and timber products."

FRANK H; BURNABY RETURNS FROM HONOLULU

Frank H. Burnaby, president of the Sun Lumber Company, Beverly Hills, Calif., arrived home May 19 on the S.S. Monterey from Honolulu where he was vacationing. Mrs. Burnaby accompanied him on the trip.