Cooperate to Safeguard the B. C. Cargo Lumber Exports Home-Builder's Dollar Show Decline

"Never before has the prospective home buyer been more interested in securing authentic information on home construction and design," according to a statement by Lanier P. Mclachlen, president of the District of Columbia Bankers' Association, in a letter to Axel H. Oxholm, director of the National Committee on Wood Utilization, Department of Commerce.

"To my knowledge the home buyer in general has never before had such information in regard to essential points of home construction and design, which must be taken into consideration in order to make his investment safer and more satisfactory," says Mr. Mclachlen.

Banks of the country interested in financing home construction should find the publication, "How to Judge a House," of great value, Mr. Mclachlen points out. Loans are often sought on homes already built, and even the appraisers sometimes are at a loss in determining true values. The Committee's book fulfills the need for a yardstick by which home values may be measured accurately.

The book is of particular interest to banks and building and loan associations, since it shows how the maximum of economy may be had without sacrificing good construction and efficient planning in the purchase of a house. Consequently, a house bought under these circumstances represents a safe object of loan.

The new publication was prepared under the guidance of special subcommittee, with N. Max Dunning of Chicago, a special su Fellow of t ittee, the American Institute of Architects, as chair-

Waterborne exports of lumber from Vancouver and New Westminster during the first four months of this year amounted to 118,549,000 board feet compared with 160,639,000 for the same period a year ago, a decline of- 26 per cent, states a report from Consul Harold S. Tewell at Vancouver and made publib by the Lumber Division of the Department of Commerce. Waterborne exports to the United ^St"t.. amounted to 4l/D,W feet compared with 44,737,> 000 a year ago, or a decline of about 7 per cent.

-!!t1n^ments to Canadian Atlantic ports declined from 17,769,W the first four months of 1930 to 11,758,000 feet for the same period of this year.

Rail shipments of lumber during April indicated but a slight incriase over March and a decrease compared with Ap-ril, 193O. During the four wee\ period ended Yry-?t cals of lumber loaded in western Canada numbered 2,014 as compared with 2,357 during Malch an-d 3,997 in- Aqril, 1930. From January I to May-Z,193I,9,783 cars of lumber were loaded- compared with 16,008 loaded in the corre' sponding period oi tggO and, 17,782 the first four months of ' tgD.

Of other timber exports during April there were 1,406,000 shingles shipped to western United States ports, and' 2,112,9S t" the Gulf ports by water.

-Total saw-logs scaled during the first four months of 1931 amounted Io 552,180,000 board feet against 761'U5,m in 1930.

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engrneer ineer of the National Committee on Wood Utilization, illlzatron, ls man. Its membership is made up of representatives of the leading architects', contractors', real estate operators' and consumers' organizations. Nelson S. Perkins, construction the iuthor.

"How to Judge a House" may be obtained from the Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., or from the district offices of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce located in the leading cities of the country. It sells for l0 cents a single copy, $7 a hundred and $50 a thousand.