A. L.33GUS'' HOOYER

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DealersProtest Federal Purchasing Policies

That recent purchasing policies of the government will throw thousands of employes out of work, and work great injury to the retail lumber and building material industry, was the declaration in a resolution adopted by the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association, at the annual meeting in Washington last month. The resolution follows:

WHEREAS, the trend in recent purchasing policies of Procurement Division of the United States Treasury Department has indicated a tendency to centralize purchases and to incorporate provisions in the invitations for competitive bidding which have never before characterized the governmental purchasing requisitions in its desire to secure an unrestricted range of competition in purchases rvhere federal funds are to be used in whole or in part, and

WHEREAS, the policies thus inaugurated actually result in restricting the range of competitive bidding, and

WHEREAS, we believe this policy to be unsound and uneconomical, and

WHEREAS, this policy defeats the purpose for which it is intended because it does not necessarily mean that merchandise purchased at point of manufacture is being delivered at the lowest cost to the site of the project.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that we the members of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association in convention here assembled, representing 25,000 retail lumber and building material dealers, vigorously and emphatically protest, as small business men, the action of the government in calling for bids direct from the manufacturers f.o.b. their plants. Since the foundation of this country, it has been built up by the small retail lumber and building material merchant. He has maintained adequate stocks, warehoused materials, and employed many thousands of employees. Mass buying by the government direct from the manufacturer will necessarily throw thousands of present employees out of work. It furthermore destroys the most economic system of distribution, as proven by years of practical experience.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be sent to the President, each Senator and Representative in Congress, and the United States Treasury Procurement Division.

Other resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors i1cluded: endorsement of the FHA program; public relations counsel for the Association; tribute to officers; regret at inability of L. P. Lewin, former president, to be present, and appreciation of work of the legislative committee.

Floyd Elliott In East

Floyd Elliott, manager of the San Francisco office of Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co., and Mrs. Elliott left June l0 on a two weeks' vacation trip. They will spend some time in Chicago and Rochester, N. Y., and rvill return by the northern route.

Opening Yard At Buellton

Ambrose Lumber Company, Santa Barbara, is opening a branch yard at Buellton where they will carry complete stocks of lumber, hardware, paints and building materials. W. A. Hull will manage the yard. R. T. Ambrose is the owner.

G. C. WIGHTMAN

George Clay Wightman, president of the Wightrnan Lumber Company, Sunnyvale, was drowned on May 26 in the San Joaquin River, near Oakley, while fishing with two companions, who were also drowned.

Mr. Wightman, who was a native of Napa, Calif., was 77 years old. He is survived by his widow and two children.

Visits Southland

C. C. Patrick, Patrick Lumber Company, Portland, Ore., was a Los Angeles visitor the first of the month when his daughter sailed for Europe. He then left for the East on a business trip.

E. K. Wood Lumber Co. Celebrates Fiftieth Anniversary

E. K. Wood Lumber Company, nationally known manufacturing, wholesale and retail lumber concern, celebrates its sfth anniversary this month, for it was in June, 1888, that E. K. Wood and C. A. Thayer arrived in California from McBride, Michigan, where they had run a sawmill and general merchandise store under the name of Wood & Thayer.

The first yard of the E. K. Wood Lumber Company lvas opened at the foot of Spear Street, San Francisco, and later the company bought the millat Hoquiam, Wash., ther-r operated by O. M. Kellogg.

The next movb in the company's progress rvas the establishment of a branch yard at Redondo Beach. Later this yard was moved to San Pedro and a yard rvas opened in Los Angeles.

In 1899 the company started building sailing vessels at Grays Harbor. Trvelve ships r,vere built altogether and some of these were operated up to about 20 years ago rvhen they were replaced by steam schooners.

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So Frocirco, Ccl. the Anacortes plant began operating in 1924.

The Bellingham sawmill started operation in 1901, and