THE CALIFOR}IIA LUMBERMERCFTANT How Lrumber Lrooks

Redwood ceiling prices, and the revised Douglas Fir ceiling prices, are expected to be published any day but they had not been released as we go to press.

Lumber production during the week ended May 30, 1942, was 6 per cent less than the previous week, shipments were .5 per cent greater, new business 17 per cent greater, according to reports to the National Lumber Manufacturers Association from regional associations covering the operations of representative hardwood and softwood mills. Shipments were 11 per cent above production; new orders 33 per cent above production. Compared with the corresponding week ol 1941, production was 9 per cent greater, shipments 6 per cent greater, and new business 27 per cent greater. The industry stood at 142 per cent of the average of production in the corresponding week of 1935-39 and 16O per cent of average 1935-39 shipments in the same week.

During the week ended May 30, 1942, 456 mills produced 249,68,7,W feet of hardwoods and softwoods combined, shipped 276,272,W feet, and booked orders of 331,392,000 feet.

Lumber orders for the week reported by 373 softrvood mills totaled 318,108,000 feet, shipments were 261,034,60 feet, and production was 239,O39,000 feet. 94 hardwood mills for the week gave orders as 13,284,000 feet, shipments 15,238,000 feet, and production 10,648,000 feet.

The Western Pine Association for the week ended May 30,99 mills reporting, gave orders as 85,449,000 feet, shipments 81,175,000 feet, and productio,n 74,583,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 452.473.m feet.

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended May 30,L02 mills reporting, gave orders as 38,774,0@ feet, shipments 31,528,000 feet, and production D,I82,W feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 176,819,000 feet.

The California Redwood Association reported production of 11 operations for the month of April, 1942, as 37,' 960,m0 feet, shipments 46,562,000 feet, and orders received 39,4O7,W feet. Orders on hand at the end of the month totaled 66O73,000 feet.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended May 30 reported orders as 186,813,000 feet, shipments I37,871,m feet, and production 128,485,000 feet.

A lumber auction was held in Portland, Ore., June 2-5, which was in charge of R. L. Ilennessy, manager of the Government's West Coast Lumber Office, and Captain W. M. Porter of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. Another auction will be held there on lune 23.

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Just a thought: The wonld committed the Golden Rule to memory, but forgot to commit it to life. And see what has happened!

Thomas Paine, ,n" n"Jrtol t .n" Revolutionary War days who said"these are times that try men's seqls"and who is more frequently and praisefully quoted of late than ever before, said THIS: "I have as little superstition in me as any living man, but my sound opinion has'ever been and still is, that Almighty God will not give up a people to military destrirction or leave them unsuppo.rte{ly to perish, who have so earnestly and repeatedly sought to avoid the calamity of war by every decent method which modern wisdom could invent. Neither have I so much of the infidel in me as to suppose that He has ever reliuquished the government of the world, and given us up to the care of devils."

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In the words of the street, .'you can say that over again.,, That thought is worth frequently repeating in the times we are going through. Hitler and Hirohito might also copy.

Napoleon, the man -; ;"r. rong been credited with "revolutionizing the science of warfare,', is frequently quoted these days by thinkers and writers. One of the very interesting remarks credited to.the ..little C.orporal" that impressed me very much indeed was THIS one. He said that an arrny of sheep commanded by a lion, could defeat an arrny of lions commanded by a sheep. euite a thought, eh? I dunno, I dunno. I think the Corsican was bragging a bit. Undoubtedly he had himself in mind as the commanding lion when he made the statement. Anyway, that was before his long trip back from Moscow when he got so stout a taste of Russian air-conditioning. Maybe he'd changed his mind by then.

However, maybe n" *.] "tinr.oo,r, the value of leadership. Witness the plight of ltaly, under Mussolini. Those Italians used to be scrappers. If you don't believe it, dust off your history books and give them a tussle. And now the land of the once proud Romans is the world's laughing stock. And poor little Benito goes thundering down the pages of current history like an extra pint of water going over Niagara Falls, t'and none so poor as to do him honor." What saith the Good Book? "For He shall cast down the mighty from their'seats." Wonder what the shade of mighty Julius Caesar must think of Mussolini; Caesar, the man so free from boastfulness that when he had gone out and achieved tremendous victories, he sent back those six short words"f came, I saw, I conquered.tt perhaps, thinking of Mussolini, Napoleon may have been right after all, and an arr-nyr even of lions, would be futile if led by a sheeP. ,. ,. *

The dangers that may hinge upon loose talk are no doubt real. Some thinker once said: "Silence is the most massive thing conceivable, sometimes. There is strength in its very grandeur. IMPRUDENT SPEECH HAS DONE MORE HARM THAN GUNPOWDER." fn time of war, especially war over vast stretches of land and sea, the power of silence is no doubt very great. The enemy sends out a ship, a plane, a contingent of men, or groups of same. Nothing is heard from them. No news comes back. No news from the adversary. THUNDERS OF SILENCE SET'TLE DOWN OVER THEIR FATE. In this war of nerves.such weapons could be harder than cannon balls. Yes sir, the thunders of silence must be powerful war weaPons. * ,. {.

War is horrible enough when it is conducted by all the rules and regulations of civilized and chivalrous people. But the evidence is heaping constantly and unavoidably higher that the Japs abide by no such rules, and that therefore war with this breed of little yellow devils is additionally abominable. The history of the Japs in China, and the provable stories already coming in from the recently conquered territories of the Western Pacific, mark this new adversary of ours as a breed of cruel torturers and rapists, lacking utterly any evidence of human feeling. It is a horrible fact to contemplate, but better faced than evaded. Since men must fight fire with fire, they must fight Japs as Japs must be fought-to the death. Seek pity in the wolf, reason in the ape, and charity in the hawk, but in the Jap, seek only horrid barbarism. The German fighting machine is a frightful one, but at least it bears the earmarks of civilization.

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