It is ncturcrl lor a lumber decrler to qsk this question. You ccn get cr quick cnswer by looking at the ligures lor one clcss oI lumberUncle Scrm's requirements lor lumber lor boxes and crcrtes this yeqr, crccording to reports, will totcrl crbout 11,000,000,000 leet, which will be clpproximctely 35 per cent ol the country's softwood production in 1943.
You've glcdly invested in Wcrr bonds or stcmtps cnd possibly given your blood that some boy's life might be sqved.' You've crccepted rctioning ol lood crnd gcrsoline to cid the effective prosecution oI the wcr. br ecch instcnce you hcrve received some token oI your ltenerous cnd pctriotic gesture which you ccnr trecsure. There is however one lurther contribution youte made lor which there was no crcclcrim, no recognition or cwcrrd-you've ungrudgingly crllowed us to diverl urgently needed shipnents of Pcrlco Bedwood lumber to the building of ccrntonments crnd lood wcnehouses lor our boys in Alcrskcr, the South Pccific, Icelcnd curd North Alrica, cs well crs here qt home. Protecting them qnd their food is clwcrys your lirst considercrtion" cmd ours too. We hcve crpprecicted your understcnrding pcrtience cnd consideration ecch time this hcs occurred.
Seattle, Washington, June 9, 1943---:Ihe weekly average of West Coast lumber production in May (4 weeks) was 168,621.,000 board feet, or 111.0 per cent ol 1939-1942 av€rage according to the West Coast Lumbermen's Association in its monthly survey of the industry. Orders averaged 180,251,000 board feet; shipments, 166,355,000. Weeklv averages for April were: Productiole, l&,497,000 board feet (108.3 per cent of the 1939-1942 average); orders, 777,757,@0 ; shipments, 167,110,000.
The industry's unfilled order file stood at I,104,623,000 board feet at the end of May;gross stocks, at 499,845,A00.
Changing war requirements for West Coast lumber were the feature of the industry picture in May.
Due to our entry into the offensive phase of the war, the demand on the industry is now for a great variety of materials for battle service instead of the construction lumber which formerly went into cantonments, powder factories, warehouses and similar structures. Vast quantities of box and crating lumber will be required to carry munitions overseas, through beach landings and exposed dumps. Many more landing barges and special types of boats will need West Coast lumber until the war takes a decisive turn. There is yet no prospect of decline in total volume of lumber required for war. A greater part of the total national requirements is now being bought to the Western industry, increasing the load of West Coast mills.
The bottleneck of lumber production remains in log sup-
ply, and the great overall problem still is shortage of manpower in the woods. The industry is'engaged in a continuing struggle to get back to the production volume ol 1942, which is again demanded by the war agencies for 1943.
The Western Pine Association for the week ended May 22,99 mills reporting, gave orders as 77,673,M feet, shipments 75,mp$ feet, and production 79,185,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 457.835.000 feet.
The Southern Pine Association for the week ended May 29,I54 mills reporting, gave orders as 28,580,@0 feet, shipments 27,249,W feet, and production 22,632,W feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 143.733.00O feet.
The California Redwood Association reported production of twelve operations for the month of April as 37,420,0ffi feet, shipments 48,346,000 feet, and orders received 34,ffi8,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the month totaled 93,O40,00O feet.
The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended May 22 reported orders as 138,136,@0 feet, shipments I17,357,W0 feet, and production 124,345,0ffi f.eet.
For the week ended May 29 orders were reported as 116,730,000 feet, shipments 124,650,000 feet, and production 119.809.000 feet.
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Washington, D. C., lune 4, 1943. Maximum mill prices on Douglas fir and other West Coast lumber as originally established June D, t942, and the various changes made since that time by amendments and by authorization on special applications, are embodied in a Revised Maximum Price Regulation No. 26 (Douglas Fir and other West Coast lumber) issued today by the Office of Price Administration. It is effective June 9, 1943.
Two changes are made in the rules affecting the application of the price tables on boards and timbers. They are:
1. The former specific addition of $1.50 per thousand board feet for rough boards to the ceilings for surfaced boards is eliminated. To obtain maximum prices for mill sales of rough boards hereafter, sellers must apply to OPA for specific authorization. The price table continues in effect only for surfaced boards. This change has been made because the mills simply used the former $1.50 addition for rough boards as a means of increasing the price without performing any additional service, OPA said. Today's change is expected to correct a situation whereby purchasers who required surfaced boards frequently were forced to buy rough boards at a premium and then themselves bear the extra cost of surfacing. The $1.50 addition was originally granted by OPA because custdmarily mills produced surfaced boards and orders for rough boards disrupted the normal processes and involved additional expense to produce.
2. An addition of $2.00 per thousand board feet is allowed for surfacing timbers in sizes up to and including 16 inches by 16 inches. No addition heretofore has been allowed for surfacing timbers in these "smaller" sizes, and the result was that smaller mills not equipped to surface timbers simply were unable to bid on orders for surfaced timbers. Since the price was the same for both surfaced and rough timbers, purchasers naturally would specify surfaced timbers even though rough timbers might serve their purpose as well or better. Today's revision corrects this situation.
The elimination of the automatic addition to prices of rough boards will have the effect of a price reduction which offsets the increase in the ceiling of smaller surfaced tim-
bers, OPA said. The relatively few sizes of timbers less than 16 by 16 inches in terms of total production represent a minor item compared with the percentage of total production devoted to boards. The cost of living will not be affected by these changes.
Today's revision of the regulation, like tlie recent revision of Maximum Price Regulation No. 19 (Southern Pine), makes a number of changes in the various provisions and in the form of the regulation, resulting in greater simplification and clarification.
This regulation covers all Douglas fir, West Coast hemlock and all species of true fir lum.ber produced in those parts of Oregon, Washington and Canada lying west of the crest of the Cascade mountains, and in California and Alaska.
Direct-mill shipments of these types of lumber in the West Coast area from any plant, whatever called, producing this lumber are covered by the regulation.
Cedar Lumber
Dollars-and-cents ceiling prices at all levels for \Mestern red cedar lumber were announced by the Office of Price Administratioh.
The new prices are established in Maximum Price Regulation No. 402 (Western red cedar lumber), and becomes effective June 12, 1943.
Previously Western. red cedar lumber was priced under the General Maximum Price Regulation, which provides that ceiling prices shall be the highest charged by the seller dur'ing the month of March, 1942.
The new dollars-and-cents prices are based on the March, 1942, price lists of seven companies producing two-thirds of the nation's Western red cedir lumber output, and the level of prices generally is.the General Maximum Price Regulation level.
Some upward adjustments from March, 1942, quotations have been made in prices of such items as tank stock, which is urgently needed in the war program, and in items like molding, lattice and log cabin siding. On the other hand, there have been decreases in the top prices of other items, such as the bevel bungalow, special, drop and rustic siding, and gutter and shop lumber.
Advertisements fiftE this one reproduced here are selling the idea that wood conshuction san alse be long-lived construction. As evidence, we're telling how different induskies are employing Wolmanized Lnvnbss't' to their advantage.
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It's the simple things, that make life worth living, The joy of helping-the thrill of givingA can of coffee-a sugar cakeA pound of butter-a sirloin steakA brand new auto-a card marked 'rC"A "roll" whose top you could scarcely seeAn income tax that is all-forgivingft's the simple things, that make life worth living.
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Yes, the entire subject of economics in this country today can be boiled down into a few words: if you haven't got the coupons, you can't get the grub.
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Corporal McNutt, on furlough in Los Angeles, says that rationing may have put a crimp in some things, but that he has seen a lot of the daintiest dishes that ever came his way, in just a few days' time.
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fsn't it a strange coincidence, or something, that nearly all of the so-called civilized people of the world are now engaged in killing each other, while most of the so-called savage races of the world are at peace?
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Evolutionists say that man was descended from monkeys; but you'll notice that so far no self-respecting monkey has looked upon the antics of mankind and admitted the truth of the insult.
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When Moscow loudly announced the dissolution of the Comintern (the Communist International movement) the other day, I was reminded of a good-natured joker I used to know. He was sort of a luk+warm Catholic, but felt about meatless Fridays the same way most of the Hebrews I know feel about ham-less sandwiches. So on Friday he would order his beef, pour a drop or two of water on it, grinningly announce that he had .christened it fish, and then eat it. Somehow he sorta reminds me of Joe.
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What tricks heredity plays on the human race ! This might be a good time to point out-with Edsel Ford as an example-that being the only son of a very rich man doesn't put any stumbling blocks in the pathway toward
personal success, if the boy is the right sort. A billion dollar dad didn't keep Edsel from becoming one of the smartest, soundest, most admirable industrialists in history. He possessed many sterling virtues that could be used as shining lights for other boys to emulate; but what a pity it is that his amazing ability to keep his mouth shut and mind his own business couldn't be preserved for posterity, and distributed generously among our people. It would be worth more to his fellow men than all his gold.
"Nay, they were not at all ashamed; neither could they blush," (Jeremiah, Chapter 6, Verse 15). I thought of that passage from Scripture when I read scores of opinions concerning the new tax bill that Congress passed. For if politicians could blush with any sort of ease, certainly a dull red glow would have settled over Capitol Hill when that bill finally appeared. No one praises it. Few defend it. It is accepted as one of those "that's the best we could do" matters. For months they wrangled over the thing. They kept one eye on the tax needs, and two eyes on the next election. That makes three eyes, and just about describes the situation. The difference between a statesman and a politician becomes continually more pronounced.
If there is any fleeting suspicion left in your mind that men in this country are still equal under the law-as the constitution provides-just consider for a minute what would have happened to any employer or business man who treated the law, the government, and all its representatives as John L. Lewis has done. Utter and immediate destruction would be the least possible penalty he could expect.
To the folks on the sidelines watching, expecting, and hoping every moment to see the very lightning of the gods strike Lewis. it was not so much his bold defiance of the law and all its representatives that made the deep impression; it was the immeasurable contempt that enveloped all his words and acts, and which he made no effort to conceal.
He didn't even do as the witness in the age-old courtroom story. The Judge thundered at him-"Sir, are you (Continued on Page 10)
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Bob Fitzsimmons used to say that "the bigger they are, the harder they fall." But nobody in Washington seems to have what it takes-regardless of all the power and authority against him-to throw a Sunday punch at this big fellow Lewis. Wonder why.
someone said that n" .i"n]u iot" L. Sullivan were here to handle John L. Lewis. Shucks ! Little old Calvin Coolidge would have done it, like he handled the police strike in Boston, and never raised a sweat. It doesn't take big fists to handle that job. There is enough emergency war power in the government at Washington today to utterly destroy anyone or any group that interfi:res with the war effort.
The war has certainr" ""n*"U in numerous merchandising changes, found everywhere. Some merchants change because they find it impossible to get the lines they used to sell, and are obliged to find or create substitutes. Others change because it is profitable to do so. One of the biggest news stands I know has been in business for many years; sold newspapers and mags in a big way. Several months ago they quit selling pap€rs. Shortly afterward they cut out the magazines. Now they sell nothing but military jewelry and souvenirs, from dollar pins to fifty dollar watches. Service men buy 75 per cent of their stuff, and people buying things to give service men buy the rest. They're cleaning up. Beats selling papers and magazines at penny profits.
Sornetimes it looks ltk. "n;";nity up-ends and smacks you in the kisser. (Pardon my slang.) A little storekeeper I know who prides himself on being right on the beam as a merchandiser was right proud of the fact that when the government stopped the bakers from slicing bread he rushed out and got a gross of bread knives. By the time the order was rescinded he had sold a dozen of them, leaving him about 130. He says he'll probably sell one a year, so if he stays in business 130 more years he'll be rid of his stock of bread knives.
A retail lumber dealer got caught in that same trap, but in a bigger way. Home bread slicers was his big idea. When the stoppage of bread slicing came along he rushed out and bought both machinery and materials to manufacture a home bread slicing box. You put the unsliced loaf in the box, and run your knife down the slots, slicing the bread smooth-
ly and evenly. He put several thousand good, shiny dollars into the enterprise, and got ready to get rich quick. Then they revoked the order against baker slicing, and his bread box became a lost cause. "Anyway," he said, "it took an act of Congress to put me out of business." \Mhich, of course was a gross exaggeration. It took just a few of our "economic experts" in Washington to do it. And Senator "Cotton" Ed Smith, of South Carolina, told a Senate Committee recently that a Washington economic expert "is just a damn fool away from home." Many a trusting citizen has been caught out on limbs because of these economists of ours.
Dick Welton, Chula Vista, California, lumber dealer, writes me a swell letter. "It should be so inspiring that every man should walk a little more proudly for being able to back America. When I help a fellow who has a family to get a coop for a few chickens in the back yard, or a rabbit hutch, even though it hardly rises to the dignity of 'lumber business' as it has been known, I am glad to do that little bit to make our people strong. I am one of the 'old ones'but the fire still burns. I have said that our government should get some firebrands that could go up and down the country preaching PATRIOTISM. If they did WE MIGHT NOT HAVE SO MUCH BLACK MARKET."
That last thought ", ;r:oJ"r,on'" is a "pip." rt's a thought that stays in front of my mind much of the time lately, as f read and hear all the puerile oratory of our potii-ical speakers. When I was a youngster there was a man in the U. S. Senate from the State of Iowa named John P. Dolliver. He was the champion Fourth of July orator of his day and generation. While he lived and orated only in peace times, yet he could make every audience surge to its feet, arms waving, shouting like Comanche Indians on the warpath, whenever he tackled his favorite subject-America. He never failed when he paid tribute to his country, its flag, and its priceless heritage. Can you imagine what a man like that could do in times like we are now going through with all the heroic facts and feats of this terrible War to furnish fuel for his fire? Can you imagine him rising in the United States Senate and launching some of his patriotic eloquence? Never in our history was there a Senate so free from gifted emotional speakers as the present one. What an opportunity!
Mr. Welton is right. Patriotic firebrands would sure cut down our rising Black Market. But they seem to be as scarce as thick steaks.
MANI'FACTI'NERS, PBODUCERSi AIID DISTRIBTITONS
BASIC BT'IIDING MAlEruATS
PLISiTER" crll ffie+ ACOUSflCOAT
GYPSUM TILE" CI.AY PRODUCTS
PORTLAIID CEMENL all other tlpes
TNANSIT -MIXED CONCBETE
REINFORCING STEET and MESH
nOCf C SAM, cll SPECIFICAflOMT
cotonED STUCCOS, BnUSHCOAT
IIME PUTTY, LIME, crll rypes
LATHING MATERIALS, all types
PLASTEN, WOOD, METAT LATH
PI.f,STER BOAND, T d G SHEAfiIING
CHANNEI INON, STEET STUDS
STUCCO MESH, TIE WINE
ROOFING, PAPER, NAIIS, cll rlpes
INSII.AIION crnd WATERPBOOFING
SPECIAI.T'IES
Pcul Bunycrn's crews keep the Westwood plcnt in production by continuous delivery oI logs. Wcrtime conditions imposed difficulties and hcndicctr)s, but the show goes on"
Red River production lor 1942 wcs the lcrgest in 28 yeqrs oI Westwood's history. Credit goes to pctriotic workers crs well cs to ccneful plcnning <rnd orgcnizction. Concentrction on production hcs not dehqcted from estcblished prcctices oI lorest conserycrtion cnrd protection.
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Solt Ponderosc crnd Sugcr Pine
II'IUBEN MOI'I.DING PTn|/OOD IIENETI.AN BUIID SI.ATS
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An American soldier stationed in England, built up a considerable reputation as a teller of tall tales, all of them definitely innocent, and all of them, likewise, having to do with the American armed services. The British sent many of their best liars to compete with him, but to no avail. He could always tell a tale of the strength, prowess, speed, or what have you, of the American arms, that topped all competition.
As an example of how good he was, one day he was one of a group of American and British soldiers who were drink-
Glenn M. Harrington, President of rington, Ltd., San Francisco, returned vi'eeks' trip to Minneapolis, where he
MacDonald & HarJunelfromatwo visited his sisters.
ing beer in a British Pub, when one of the British lads said to our talo-telling DoughboY:
"By the way, Chappie, I've been wondering about your plane carriers. I'm sure you can tell me. Have they much speed?"
"To tell you the truth, friend," said the American, "we're a bit disappointed in that department. While they are mighty fine otherwise, our carriers are not nearly as fast as we would like to have them. I'11 have to confess to you that the best we've been able to make them do so far, IS KEEP UP WITH THE PLANES.''
Frank Brown, salesman for PoPe & vision, San Francisco, is enjoying his his cabin at Brookdale, in the Santa
Talbot, Lumber Diannual vacation at Cruz Mountains.
Complete control over the production and distribution of softwood plywood manufactured in the states of Washington, Oregon, and California is established by Limilation Order L-150 as amended by the War Production Board.
IJnder the terms of the amended order producers are required to file monthly reports of production and delivery schedules (Form WPB-2531) and all deliveries must be made in accordance with these schedules as approved or changed by WPB.
Purchase orders are restricted to these specifically authorized by WPB. Application for authorization (Form WpB2532) is made by the prospective purchaser on or before the 10th of each month.
Producers are required to accept authorized purchase orders if they meet with established prices and terms. Delivery schedules as authorized must be followed irrespective of preference ratings.
L-150 as amended also provides that WpB may direct the cancellation of any purchase order, change delivery dates, allocate orders placed with one producer to another, and revoke previously given authorization on purchase orders.
The effect of the order as amended will be to channel all available softwood plywood produ,ction to essential war and civilian uses.
Producers of Douglas fir, West Coast Hemlock, true fir, and inland larch lumber in California have been placed definitely under maximum price regulation No. 94 (Western Pine and associated species of lumber) the Office of price Administration announced.
The exemption was granted because, through an error, California producers of the woods since May 22 ol this year have been subject to both maximum price regulatiorr No. 94 and maximum price regulation No. 26 (Douglas fir and other west coast lumber).
To clarify confusion which arose in some circles through coverage of fir lumbers by two regulations, amendment 3 to maximum price regulation No. 94, is now issued, elimin_ ating the state of California from its geographical coverage. The amendment becomes effective June 16, 1943,
Edwin B. Harris, owner of the E. B. Harris Lumber Comparry of Inglewood, passed away at his home in Los An_ geles on June 7 following a long illness. He was Z3 vears of age.
He came to Inglewood in 1909 and went to work for the firm of which he subsequently became the sole owner. He was one of the founders, and was president of the Bank of Inglewood, which later became affiliated with the Bank of America.
He ,is survived by his widow, Mrs. Mattie Harris. ancl three grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted at Grace Chapel, In_ glewood Park Cemetery, Wednesday afternoon, June 9.
ff you are giving all you can to the war el(ort, you are f,ying with the men who are bombing the Axis into submission-
George R. Landreth ol 220 North 16th Street, Montebello, Calif., is a young man who is giving a unique service to lumber yards in Southern California. He calls his business a "Wholesale Maintenance and Repair Distribution Service," and sells and serves all points in Southern California, East, West, North and South of Los Angeles.
Back in 1932 George was one of those courageous individuals who refused to admit there was a depression' He was then working for American Hardwood Co., Los Angeles as order clerk. One day, he says, Bob and Milt Taenzer and the late "Good Old B" Buford decided that he was to go out and represent the company' calling on the lumber yards. He started by introducing dowels and Oak Threshold and Sills (cut to length) from the back end of a Ford coupe, and later used a Hudson Carryall. He now has his own business and his slogan, "Buy from the man who delivers the goods," has become well known to Southern California lum'ber yards.
In reply to a question as to how he operates his business, George said to a representative of this paper the other day: "I use a Hudson Station Wagon loaded from end to end and top to bottom with a line of up-to-the-minute merchandise for all cases of maintenance and repair. You can say that in line with Jack Dionne's article of April l, entitled 'strong Men Forge Their Own 'Weapons,' wide-awake lumber yard operators are buying anything and everything that looks as if it will sell." Then he added, "And my merchandise sells."
One of his customers remarked facetiously, "What all do you have in that car? The kitchen sink?" "No," said George, "but I have the stoppers that go in the sink." He is continually adding new items to his line, and a good way to find out what's new is to ask George. An excellent proof of the useful service he is performing is the fact that his business has increased almost 50 per cent in the last few months. This also indicates that lumber yard owners are alive to the possibilities for profit in selling a variety or articles they have never carried before.
The following is a partial list of the articles that George carries with him:
FOREST PRODUCTS
Oak Threshold
Oak Sill
Hardwood Flooring
Hardwood Dowels
Hardwood Lumber
Cedar Lining
Wood Drawer Knobs
Base Shoe Corners
CRACK FILLERS
Genuine Plastic Wood
Famowood
Woodseal
Laux Joint Filler
Durhams Plastic Rock
Putty
Schalks Crack Filler
TREE CONSERVATION
Prun-Tex
TOOLS & MISC. HARD.
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Putty Knives
Floor Scrapers
Glass Cutters
Screen Painters
Door Closers
Window Control Springs
Gibson Gripper Clips
Closet Pole Rosettes
Tenite Drawer Pulls
Sand Paper
Snap-On Screen Patches
2 in I Sander Blocks
3inlOil
Penetrating Oil
Kitchen Ventilating Fans
LAUX REZ
And other products
PLUMBING & BATH. ROOM REPAIR ITEMS
Tileko Waterproof Cement
Tilette Porcelain Glaze
Drain Pipe Cleaner
Sparkle Bowl Cleaner
Sink Stoppers
Tank Balls
Faucet Washers
Ribb Screws
Hose Washers
wooD JorNT FASTEN-
ERS
Zig Zag
Scotch
Corrugated
PEST CONTROLS
Dekko Silverfish
Ant-Rol
CLEANERS
DuPont Pro-Tek Invisible
Glove
Dicadoo Paint Brush Bath
Sava Brush
Blotex Wallpaper
Safeway Brush Top
Soil-Off
Gre-Sof
Window Glass
DuPont Polishes
GLUE
Weldwood Waterproof
Laux Casein
Archer's Liquid
Allen's Superstrong
Allen's Soderglu
Allen's Glasglu
DuPont Transparent
to the time when we will cgcin be cble to qdvertise our old slogcn \\HARDWOODS
In the meqntime our mcin effort is in the prepcncrtion oI circrcft lumhEi lor use in plcnes crnd gliders thct cre helping to speed the dcry when the boys will come marchins home.
He's out there with the highest individual fire-power of any soldier on earth. He rolls on more rubber and has more bacon for breakfast, man for man, than any other. And when he's hit, he reaches for his spill-proof sulfa kit with a ninety-seven percent chance that his wound will heal clean.
He depends for all of this on many people and on many things. One of them is a plain wood tank back home.
For the smokeless powder in gun-shell, torpedo, and bomb; the synthetic rubber at home that makes real rubber possible at the front; the pig that yields the bacon; the antiinfective sulfa drugs-all, and many another article of war, are processed at some stage of their manufacture in wood tanks.
Wood tank production, as a result, has quadrupled since 1940 and is still rising. For 1943, the WPB estimates that around 170,000,000 board feet of lumber will go into production of wood tanks.
In many industries, especially where corrosive chemicals are employed in processing, wood is the indispensable tank material. It resists both chemicals and heat better than metal. There is no problem of metallic contamination. There is no turbidity. Workmen cannot receive severe burns.
Oddly enough, steel itself is cleaned in wood tanks preparatory to rolling. The chemicals that clean it would at the same time corrode a steel tank.
Dry Redwood timbers in the smaller sizes once agairr may be sold at maximum prices of. $26 per 1,000 boaril feet higher than green timbers, the Office of price Administration announced.
On March 30, amendment No. 2 to maximum price regulation No. 253 (Redwood lumber and millwork) was issued, and the amendment inadvertently removed the additions to prices for dry timbers of all sizes.
"It had been the intention of amendment No. 2 to eliminate the additions for dry timbers on sizes larger than 6 by 8 inches because in actual practice the industry does not dry timbers larger than 6 by 8,', OpA said. .,Hbwever, smaller timbers are sometimes ordered to be furnished in dry condition, and the allowance of an addition for the drying should be maintained."
Amendment No. 4 is now issued, restoring the $26 addi_ tions for various lengths of Redwood timbers 5 by 5 inches. 6 by 6 inches, and 6 by 8 inches.
R. F. Hammatt, Assistant to the Chief, Forest Service, Washington, D. C., and Director of the Wartime Forest Fire Prevention Campaign, was recently on the pacific Coast and visited the Forest Service offices in portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles. He was checking on this year's plans, and also getting ready for next year,s cam_ paign.
Co-opercrting urith the Postcl Depcrrtnent's new regrulcrtions to speed up deliveries, plecse crddress us in future:
Sqn Frcmcisco ll, Qqli{. Thqt number is our postal zone. Whcrt is yours?
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Tooav, if you were to visit the lumber mills or modern wood fabricating plants you'd come away with a completely new conception of the present results and future possibilities of Engineering in Lumber.
The log, which continues to yield such items as timbers, boards and dimension, is, under the stimulus of engineering and research also delivering today more workable, more versatile materials which are serving vast new fields of use.
New ways of forming and shaping lumber, new methods of joining and bonding it, have developed wood laminated structural members, various types of plywood and many other new products for improved construction.
Pictured at the left is a giant airplane hangar in the process of erection. Its framing members, known as beam arches, are of wood laminated construction. They are engineered to meet the iob requirements. These arches are accurately fabricated in modern plants, under supervised production controls, finished and delivered to the job site ready for erection.
lfood laminated roof trusses, arches, rafters, ply-beams and other structural members are destined to serve increasingly imponant construction needs. America is already experiencing the benefits of their new values in rigidity in wind and load bearing features for civilian farm and military uses.
Lumber dealers will find expanding markets for lumber in their communities because engineering in lumber is developing new and better ways in which wood can serve in building.
sElrrNo tN toDAy'g nAlxtr -Today, more than in any other period, the home owner and farmer ,ue more fully aware of the importance of maintenance and repair. Notwithstanding the less than normal flow of lumber for civilian requirements, it is still serving these essential markets. In combination with other materials, lumber will help you serve in many ways yoru city and farm cusromers.
Seated one day in a cafe, I was feeling so bold and rash, That I ordered that dread concoction, Called (heaven protect us!) "hash"!
The old colored couple had a letter from their boy in the Armed Service, and the father was reading it, and telling his wife what it said.
"Mose say he is O.K. but dat he cain't tell whar he is at, he said.
"Dass jes lak dat triflin' scoun'eI," said Mandy. "I knowed he go an get hisse'f lost."
It was a dark corner on a lonely back street where a heavy shadow suddenly appeared before a well dressed gentleman, and said:
"Wouldn't you please help a poor, hungry fellow who is out of work, and dead broke? I{onest, except for this forty-five you see cocked on my hand here, I haven't a thing in this world. Won't you please help me?"
The public was being allowed to visit the old battleship that had been retired after many battles. On the quarterdeck was a bronze tablet set in the decking. The guide pointed at it, and said to a group he was showing about:
"That is where our gallant leader fell."
"No wonder," said an old lady tourist. "I nearly tripped over it, myself."
The little old lady went into a small restaurant where she uras accustomed to eating lunches, only to find every seat at the counter taken by soldier boys, all busily engaged in bolting food. She stood around a few minutes, and there still being no vacant seats, she remarked in a voice that could be heard all over the place:
"I wonder why these nice soldier boys don't do their eating in camp where they have plenty, and not come into town and eat up all our civilian food?"
The New York Post tells about a young man who had just been drafted and was being examined at Grand Central Palace in New York City. The psychiatrist's assistant asked the routine questions: "Do you go out with thd girls?"
The draftee shook his head and answered firmly, "No." The assistant called the psychiatrist, who repeated the question. Again the answer was "No." "Why don't you go out with the girls?" the Doctor asked. "Because," said the draftee, "my wife won't let me."
The horse and mule live thirty' years, And nothing know of wine or beers; The goat and sheep at twenty die, And never taste of Scotch or rye; The cow drinks water by the ton, And at eighteen is gone and done; The dog at fifteen cashes in, Without the aid of rum or gin; The cat in milk and water soaks, And then in ten short years it croaks; The modest, sober, bone-dry hen, Lays eggs for nogs, then dies at ten; All animals are strictly drn
They sinless live, and swiftly die; 'But sinful, ginful gentlemen, Survive for three score years and ten.
Little Willie: "Pop, what is it that has twenty legs, a yaller body, and green eyes?"
Father: "I don't know, son, why?"
Little Willie: "Because there's one crawling on your neck."
And then there was Minnie the Moron, who, when she was asked the rank of the Navy man she was running around with, said she didn't know for certain but she suspected he was a chief petting officer.
The Willamette Valley Lumbermen's Golf Association staged its second annual golf tournament and "Get Together'"
This was held in conjunction with the Govern'ment lumber auction which was conducted in Eugene the fore part of the week.
In the lowest Lman team contest, the Eugene manufacturers' team turned in the lowest score and won the main trophy. Other entries in this event included the Eugene wholesalers, Springfield plywood concerns, Portland wholesalers, and railroad men.
Bob Arkley won the first low gross prize and received a golf bag. The first low net prize, a set of golf clubs, was won by Carl Stinson. Prizes were also awarded to the winners of the various other events.
There was a dinner in the evening at the Hotel Osborn. The com,mittee hopes to have another gathering of this nature some time next year. The lumber auction was well attended,' and practically everyone stayed over for the golf tournament.
A tbtal of about 13,000,000 feet of Pine was bought at an auction held at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco,May 21. Leo Hennessy of the Office of the Chief of Engineers, Portland, was in charge.
An item that is being sold by a large number of lumber dealers is Durham's Rock-Hard Water Putty. It meets many repair needs, comes in dry powder form and is ready for use when mixed with water. It hardens in 'about 30 minutes, can be sawed, chiseled, nailed, polished or colored. It is sold in sizes ranging from 1 lb. cans to 350 lb. drums.
Manufactured by Donald Durham Company, Des Moines, Iowa, it is distributed in Southern California by George R. Landreth, 220 North 16th Street, Montebello, Calif., Los Angeles phone ANgelus 2-4752.
Bob Raymer, formerly assistant sales manager of Yosemite Sugar Pine Luniber Co., Merced Falls, Calif., is now associated with Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francisco. Bob has been accepted by the U. S. Army Ferry Command and will be called for training some time in the next few months.
John L. Todd, president of Western Door & Sash Company, Oakland, and dean of the sash and door salesmen of the United States, returned May 15 from spending six months in Arizona. For the past several years he has spent the winter in Arizona, where he makes his headquarters at Tucson. His favorite form of recreation is golf, and he broke 100 a num,ber of times in recent months.
On his way back to Oakland Mr. Todd called on the trade in the San Joaquin Valley.
Col. F. G. Sherrill is Chief of the Materials and Equipment Section, Operations Branch, Construction Division of the U. S. Corps of Engineers. He is an Army officer with whom the lumber industry has had considerable doings of late, and who is held in high respect and esteem by the many lumbermen who have made his acquaintance, and who are familiar with his methods of operation. They like this Col. Sherrill. His whole attitude and philosophy toward industry is understanding and helpful.
Col. Sherrill recently made a speech that probably contained the finest disinterested tribute to lumber and its place in the war effort that has so far been uttered. It not only gives lumber highest rank in the list of vital war materials, but it answers in definite fashion the frequently asked question-"Does the Government really need all this lumber it is clamoring for?"
Recently in Washington Col. Sherrill met with representatives of the Southern Pine industry to discuss with them the great and immediate need for more Southern Pine, and he made them a speech. That speech contained the following remarks. They are entitled to the careful reading of every man in the lumber business anywhere. They would make a good page in any lumber scrapbook, for it is not often that so just and complimentary a designation of lumber is given. Here they are:
not only to properly equip our forces, but to kill the enemy.
"Undoubtedly large military operations impend. How large, it is impossible to say. To a large extent we are supplying the British armies, the Chinese armies, the French armies, the Russian armies, as well as our own armies. 'The quantity of such supplies now depends on one thing; THE QUANTITY OF LUMBER AVAILABLE TO PUT THE SUPPLIES IN SHAPE TO SHIP.
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"Therefore, the magnitude of the military operations depend in the final analysis UPON THE QUANTITY OF LUMBER WHICH THE AMERICAN LUMBER IN-. DUSTRY WILL SUPPLY FOR WAR. IN MY JUDGMENT, EVERY OTHER OBSTACLE TO TREMENDOUS MILITARY OPERATIONS CEASES TO BE OF MOMENT IF THE LUMBER SUPPLY IS TOO SHORT TO MAINTAIN THE STRIKING POWER WE DESIRE TO MARSHAL ON THE BATTLE FIELDS OF THE WORLD.
"It is not only foolish but borders on criminal negligence if we allow the authorities to embark upon a program of fighting for which there is a greater consumptive capacity in arms, food, and clothing THAN WE CAN BOX AND CRATE TO SHIP THEM.''
PERSONALLY
THE LUMBER IN. DUSTRY THE MOST IMPORTANT IV\/AR INDUSTRY IN THE COUNTRY. It provides the wherewithal for troop housing, for the construction of ships, manufacturing plants, and hospitals. And finally, no acceptable substitute has been devised to box, pack and crate the ammunition, the bombs, the torpedoes, the guns, the tanks, the automotive equipment, the food, the clothing, the other impedimenta of war necessary to get to the fighting fronts
That is putting the matter in a light that makes every lumber manufacturer, every sawmill worker, every tree cutter a soldier-at-arms, bolstering those men who do the actual fighting and shooting.
Last year when this journal made the editorial statement that "LUMBER IS THE ONLY VITAL \VAR MATERIAL FOR WHICH NO SUCCESSFUL SUBSTITUTE HAS YET BEEN DISCOVERED" it sounded tike bragging. In the light of Col. Sherrill's remarks it turns out to have been a very pronounced understatement.
That's us. Always conservative. (Oh, is that so?)
The 21st annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Wholesale Hardwood Distributors Association will be held at the Benson Hotel, Portland, Ore., June 28, D and 30.
There will be no business session on Monday, June 28, but there will be a social gathering in the evening in the club rooms of the hotel.
The Tuesday morning business session will open at 10:00 o'clock with President Adolph E. Wanke's address of welcome. The treasurer's report, reading of minutes ol 1942 meeting and reports of committees will be followed by a report of the progress of the Association. There will be an address by a prominent speaker and a general discussion on the subject of "Distribution of Hardwood Lumber for Victory."
Golf and other recreation will occupy the afternoon. Paul Smith will be toastmaster at the dinner in the Rose Roon: at 7:@ p. m.
At the Wednesday morning business session reports of committees will be received. The election of officers will be held, and there will be an address by W. E. Difford of the Douglas Fir Plywood Association. The last item on the program will be a generous discussion on "Distribution of Plywood for Victory."
Golf finals will be held in the afternoon. and there will be a bridge tea for the ladies.
Dinner will be at 7:OO p. m., and dancing at Broadway Theatre Ball Room.
The present officers of the Association are: President, Adolph E. Wanke, Wanke Panel Company, Portland; Vicepresident, Charles M. Cooper, W. E. Cooper Lumber Company, Los Angeles; Secretary and Treasurer, Dallas Donnan, Ehrlich-Harrison Company, Seattle.
Producers of Western pine lumber in five states have been authorized to increase present ceiling prices $3 per 1,000 board feet for six species of lumber in twelve named grades and sizes sold to certain buyers under War Production Board limitation order L-N, the Office of Price Administration announced today.
The purpose of the increase is to maintain production.
Production costs in the five states recently were raisecl by wage increases approved by the War Labor Board.
The species, grades and sizes of lumber to which the $3 price rise is applicable can be sold only as approved by the War Production Board under the Limitation Order.
To relieve hardships cause.d by the wage increases for small mills in the five states whose sales of Western pine are not under order L-DO, OPA in addition, directed that the $3 price advance could be applied to all lumber the small mills produced, regardless of species, grade or size, provided the purchaser, if not within one of the named
classes, agrees not to increase the price of his productE because of the higher lumber costs.
The higher prices are authorized. in Amendment No. 2 to Maxirnum Price Rgulation No. 94, and became effective May 31.
The states in which the $3 increases may be made are California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. It was only in these areas that producers were directly affected by the wage increases. The wage rises were authorized in April of this year, and were retroactive to the last quarter of. L942.
The different kinds of lumber under order I'-DO to which the ceiling price rise is applicable are Ponderosa pine, Idaho rvhite pine, Sugar pine, lodgepole pine, White fir, Western white spruce, and Engelmann spruce, in specific gra'des and sizes stated in the WPB order.'
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Heavy damage was caused by a fire that started early in the morning of May 28 in the general millwork plant of Lannom Bros. Mfg. Co., Oakland. The fire spread to an adjoining bakery plant and a paper box factory, and total damage was estimated to exceed $400,000.
In the Lannom plant all the second floor machinery was destroyed and a large quantity of walnut panels being prepared for Moffat Field, as well as a large supply of materials for life rafts were burned. Most of the planing mill machinery on the main floor was saved.
The office records were saved and the office of the company has been moved to the Syndicate Building, 1440 Broadway, Oakland. The telephone number is the same, TEmplebar 3663.
J. S. Hunt, president of J. S. Hunt Lumber Company, Conroe, Texas, and Mrs. Hunt are spending a month on the Pacific Coast. They arrived in San Diego, Calif. early this month to visit their 18 year old son, Sam, who is in the Navy. They expect to visit San Francisco about June 2l to be near their son who will be at Treasurer Island at that time.
It is interesting to note that Mr. Hunt served in the Navy in World War I, and was stationed for some time at San Diego.
tTtEE year 1943 promises to be the grimmest, ha,rdest I year this country has ever faced. Every effort, and every dollar of national income not absolutely needed for existence, should go into war work and War Bonds. In the Pay Roll Savings Plan, America finds a potent weapon for the winning of the war-and one of the soundest guarantees of the preservation of the American way of life!
Today about 30,000,000 wage earners, in 176,000 plants, are buying Wa,r Bonds at the rate of nearly half a billion dollars a month. Great as tlais sum is, it is rwt enaughl For the more dollars made available now, the fewer the lives laid down on the bloody roads to Berlin and Tokio!
You've undoubtedly got a Pay Roll Savings Plan in your own plant. But how long is it since you last checked up on its progress? If it nmn shows only about 10% oJ tlw gross payroll going intn Wa,r Bonils, it nad,s jar mg upt This is a continuing efiort-and it needs oonti,mnJ at-
tention and conlinual stimulation to get fullest results.
You can well afrord to give this matter your close personal attention! The actual case histories of thousands of plants prove that the successful working out of a Pay Roll Savings Plan gives labor and management a common interest that almost inevitably results in better mutual understanding and better labor relations.
Minor misunderstandings and wage disputes become fewer. Production usually increases, and company spirit soars. And it goes without saying that workers with substantial savings are usually far more satisfied and more dependable.
And one thing more, these War Bonds are not only going to help win the war, they are also going to do much to close the dangerous inflationary gap, and help prevent post-war depression. The time and effort yoa now put in in selling \{ar Bonds and teaching your workers to save, rather than to spend, will be richly repaid many times over-now and when the war is won.
A few days ago President Roosevelt said America has fighting men on 65 battle fronts scattered around the globe, in every continent, and on every sea. We have definitely moved into the offensive phase of this war for survival. With nearly one million fighting men scattered throughout the world, the job today is to keep them supplied rvith food, arms, ammunition, planes, tanks and cannon and the thousands of things soldiers and sailors need in battle.
The important thing is to get these supplies delivered to them on time and in good condition. This is where the lumber industry enters the picture. The return of each military mission from the fighting front results in a call for stronger wood crates and boxes to withstand shipping and handling hazards multiplied by the varied conditions of global warfare. Furthermore each advance of the United Nations is followed by an expansion of Lend-Lease shipments intended to win the peace as well as the war. Wood containers, once incidental to the war program, are now recognized as being as essential as the war materials, foori and supplies which they protect.
In discussing the importance of proper packing Colonel W. J. Williams, chief, Traffic Control Division, war Department, says: "We are atternpting to supply our armies and our allies all over the earth with equipment, materials and subsistence of all kinds. We have * * * no time to recondition damaged shipments * ,< * every loss or damage is a blorv struck in favor of our enemies * :F *. It is more important than at anytime in our history that shipments be properly packed. marked and han,dled to reach intendecl destinations * * * ." This is the reason a larger proportion of our total lumber cut is today going into boxes and crating than at any time previous.
Of the nation's estimated needs of 31.5 billion feet of lumber for 7943, n-rore than one-third, or 11.5 billion feet, rvill go for boxing and crating, most of it for handling war supplies. A large share of this demand will fall on West Coast mills. Of the total container requirements, it is estimated that slightly more than 6 billion feet 'rvill be crating and shipping lumber and over 5 billion feet must lte cut itrto box shook. As to the materials to be packaged it is forecast that 4.6 billion feet rvill be required for strictlv military items, betu'een 3 and 4 billion feet for industrial products ar.rd at least 2.5 billion feet for agricultural products. Morc than 62 per cent of the boxing and crating u'ill be used for direct military ancl Lencl-Lease purposes and the remainder r,r,ill be divided betn'een essential civiliarr and indirect military uses.
Perhaps more than any other the lumber industry reflects the history of this war and the change from defense and preparation to offense and actual combat. At first rvhen cantonments were needed and shelter for war work-
ers, the lumber industry gauged its production to these needs. 'Ihen came the preparatory stage when our war machine was being built. Lumber was supplied then for shipyards and ships, for planes, ordnance plants, gunstocks and other war weapons.
Norv, many of these weapons are made. The job is to get them to the front and the lumber industry is being called upon to get out crating and boxing in enormous quantities. This is a big job and a vital one. It comes on top of the tremendous production assignment being fu1filled now by the industry-the task of manufacturing aircraft lumber, ponton lumber, timbers for ships, battleships and aircraft carrier decking ancl for the fleets of smaller l>oats, like the PT, the minesweepers and others.
Food must be delivered in good condition. Wood boxes will do the job-will prevent damage and breakage. Guns, ammunition and delicate instruments must not be impairecl by improper packing. A rigid wood box is the ans\\rer. When planes or spare parts are shipped to Russia or to our forces in India, China, England, Africa or Aus-
tralia, they must arrive in the same condition as when they left the factory. Heavy crating of lumber is the best insurance guaranteeing safe delivery.
Tanks weigh into tons. Only the strongest possible timbers and lumber can be used to properly crate these monsters of the battlefront. Again West Coast lumber is callecl upon. Douglas fir and other western woods have the strength needed for the job of crating these mechanical giants of today's warfare.
When manufacturers ship in wood they know that the product will not be pilfered en route to the battle front. They know that wood will stand up equally well in African sunshine or Alaskan ice and snow. When food, guns and ammunition have to lie on wharves the world over, at debarkation points, on beaches or in trenches, wood is the best-known material for protective covering. Strong, lightweight wood that will hold nails, and that has the ..guts', to stand up under severe handling, is ideal. The West Coast region has several woods which lend themselves to box manufacture-all meeting the box and crating specifications of the government.
Best known West Coast box lumber species in times past were Sitka spruce and West Coast hemlock. Together with Douglas fir, spruce and hemlock supplied 13 per cent of the national box total in 1940. This year a much larger percentage will come from this region, especially with the addition of larger amounts of Douglas fir, Noble and white fir.
Here's just a glimpse of the extraordinary demands on the West Coast lumber industry brought on by war and war
shipping: From Oregon and Washington forests, lumber today is going into boxes and crates to ship shells, bombs, grenades, land mines, and a variety of lethal weapons; rifles, machine guns, "Tommy-guns." Less known items which must be carefully boxed are ammunition components, both propellants and explosives. TNT ust have a special container, first to carry it from factory to loading plant and then to battle fronts.
The famed K army field rations require hall a million wood boxes daily, and the number will shortly be doubled. Butter, cheese, food of all kinds get to their destinations on combat ships and battle fronts best in wood containers.
West Coast mills are under a heavy production schedule to produce more boards for boxing and crating. On March 31, L943, a directive was issued by WPB to all sawmill operators cutting Douglas fir, to put into boards all logs or parts of logs ordinarily used for the production of items of the grades of Select Merchantable or lower. This naturally means a smaller output of dimension.
Lumber dealers, industrial plants and consumers who had hoped for an improvement in the availability of West Coast lumber this year may be disappointed, but knowing the reason no one would call for a better deal. One of the most important jobs of the lumber industry today is to get out enough lumber to insdre an adequate number of boxes to ship every shell, gun, plane and tank to the battle fronts and to see that every fighting man gets his food and supplies in tip-top condition. It is a tremendous responsibility and one which the West Coast mills are meeting with characteristic vigor an,d determination.
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Washington, D. C., May 25---The War Production Board and the War Food Administration today announced a program designed to relieve farmers' lumber needs for essential far,m repair and construction, necessary to keep the Nation's farm plant in condition for taking adequate care of expanded wartime crop and livestock production, and to meet lumber shortages in cretain areas. The program excludes farm dwellings.
Under the terms of the program, the War Production Board extends an AA-2 preference rating for delivery of a total of 500,000,000 board feet of lumber during June, July, August and September, on authorized purchase certificates. The distribution phase of the program will be the responsibility of the War Food Administration, which will be implemented through the County Farrn Rationing Committees of the County USDA War Boards.
The War Food Administration cautione'd farmers and dealers, especially in areas where the lumber shortage has been acute, that it will take several days to set the distribution program in operation and to arrange for purchases of lumber under this plan.
The lumber will be distributed in areas where it is most urgently needed to take care of expanded production, and where lumber shortages are most acute. The War Food Administration will establish state quotas, and determine the amount of lumber under this plan for each state on the basis of increased food production, and the need for replacement or repair of farm buildings and facilities. State quotas will be distributed within a few days, War Food Administration officials said. Instru'ctions on procedure for handling farmer applications for this emergency lumber will be sent to the County USDA War Boar'ds as soon as possible.
Where farmers cannot obtain lumber with present ratings, they should apply to the County Farm Rationing Commit-
The office of Smith & Pitcher, wholesale lum;ber dealers, was recently moved to 16 Californ'ia Street, San Francisco. Fred Smith, one of the partners, retired May 1, and J. C. Pitcher passed away on May 19. H' H. Barg, of the Barg Lumber Co., well known lumber exporter, became a member of the Smith & Pitcher orgarization May 1, and is now carrying on the business as manager.
Mr. Barg continues to opera'te his export business at 16 California Street.
Fred W. Ingwersen, John A. Dahlgren and another partner have organized the Monterey Bay Lumber Co. at Santa Cruz, Calif., and will build a mill near there to cut 20,000 feet of Redwood a day.
Mr. Ingwersen was purchasing agent, and Mr. Dahlgren was logging superintendent for Monterey Bay Redwood Co., which has now ceased operation.
Lieut. Commander Henry N. Anderson, of the Office of Procurement U. S. Navy, Portland, Ore., was recently in San Francisco and Los Angeles. In civilian life he is a member of the firm of Twin Harbors Lumber Co., Aberdeen and Seattle.
tees for certificates to purchase lumber for essential production needs. The Committees will apply the AA-2 rating to approved certificates, and the farmers will then present the certificates to local lumber dealers.
Certificates up to established County quotas will be limited to the purchase of lumber for essential production needs. Essential produ'ction needs are defined as meintenance and repair and certain new construction necessary to the food production Program.
IOS ANGEI.ES
7ll W. Olynpic Elvd. PRorp.ct C72l Boss C. LcshleyWashington, May 24.---The difierential between Sitka spruce boar,ds and box lumber prices was narrowed today by the Office of Price Administrat,ion in a move to restore normal production of box lumber needed by manufacturers of boxes used for shipping war supplies.
Today's action was one of a series of steps taken by government agencies to co-ordinate lumber production so that sufficient supplies of boards, needed for heavier crating purposes, and box lumber would be produced to meet an increasing demand. Recent action taken by OPA, War Production Board and War Manpower Commission is expected to encourage production of Douglas Fir boards to a point that today's action, rediverting some of the lumber going into Sitka spruce boards into box lumber channels, can be made to meet an equally essential demand of the \,var program.
The action, in reality, results in considerable savings for box manufacturers even though, paradoxically, the prices for Sitka spruce box lumber are raised $2.00 per thousand board feet in each of the three grades of box lumber. Since box manufacturers have been compelled because of the shortage of box lumber to purchase Sitka spruce boards the action means an average saving to them of about $1.11 per thousand board feet the differential provided today between Sitka spruce box lumber sold in mixed grades and "average" Sitka spruce boards maximum prices.
Under normal conditions, about 42 per cent of the total log out-turn in this species falls into box and common grades, about half of which went into grading box lumber and the other half into common grades from No. 3 to select. About one-fifth of total production was box lumber an<l about one-fifteenth was common boards. During the past three months, however, the demand for boards became so acute that mills cut boards rather than box lumber, a trend which resulted in a sharp upturn in the percentage of boarcl production though not sufficient in itself to meet war needs.
RobbinsIn addition, this trend resulted in a corresponding decrease in the production of box lumber so that box manufacturers, faced with a shortage, were compelled to buy boards rather than true box grades to meet the demands for boxes used for war materials.
Under these con'd,itions the box manufacturers, who normally were able to purchase box lumber in a mixed grade (containing at least 65 percent No. 1, 25 per cent No. 2 and 10 percent No. 3) at an average flat price of $23.50 per thousand, were compelled to buy spruce boards at $26.61 per thousand board feet. In many cases the cost was higher when higher grades and select common percentages were greater.
By reducing the spread between the mixed-grade box price and the spruce boards price to $1.11, the industry is expected to return to producing its normal ratio of about 20 percent of total production as box lumber. In effect, the differential now represents the costs to the mills of separating and grad,ing out its material as boards.
Specific prices for special workings, odd specifications and extra services not previously listed in the regulation but which have been approved on individual applications from manufacturers are codified .and placed in Maximum price Regulation D0 by the Amendment No. 3 so that the prices apply to the entire industry. The amendment is efiective May D,1943.
Softwood lumber distributors whose stocks have been destroyed through fire, flood, tornado or other catastrophe may file emergency PD-IX applications for inventory replacement, the War Production Board declared today. The announcement was made because softwood lu,mber distributors have no other method of obtaining assistance for replacement of losses resulting from fire, flood, or other emergency condition.
Relief for California retail lumber dealers who have been squeezed by present ceiling schedules based on March, 1942, prices was discussed at a meeting called by the Office of Price Administration at the Embassy Auditorium, Los Angeles, Monday, June 7 ' Henry Eckstein of the Distribution Section, Lumber Division, Office o{ Price Administration, Washington, D. C., conducted the meeting, which was largely attended.
At the morning session any dealer who desired had an opportunity to express his opinion, and a large number of them talked on the difficulties they are confronted with in doing business under today's conditions and under March, 1942, ceiling prices.
Mr. Eckstein named the following committee of retailers to meet with him during the afternoon to discuss a proposed mark-up formula: C. E. Bonestel, Ventura; C. C. Ganahl, Los Angeles; Ray Clotfelter, Visalia; R. A. Emison, Santa Ana; Paul Hallingby, Los Angeles; H. Park Arnold, Glendale; O. N. Reynard, Santa Barbara; E. C. Parker, Los Angeles; Walter Peterson, Bakersfield; Wendell T. Robie, Auburn; J. A. Privett, Los Angeles; D. Frank Parks, La Mesa; J. H. Kirk, San Luis Obispo; George Lounsberry, Los Angeles; S. P. Ross, Hanford, and Walter S. Found, Merced. Ex-offrcio members of thc committee were Orrie W. Hamilton, San Diego; B. B. Barbei, Fresno, and Louis D. Nadeau, Oakland.
Mr. Eckstein stated that the tabulation of March, 1942, ceiling prices which had been submitted from areas in California seemed to indicate the following formula which the Committee went on record as approving:
Mill ceiling prices and inbound freight from points fixed by MPR No. 215, plus $5.00 per thousand board feet, plus 30 per cent on Group 1 items, including boards, dimension and small timbers in lengths up to and including 24 feet, or plus $5.00 per thousand board feet, plus 50 per cent on Group 2 items, which comprises everything not included in Group 1 ; plus cartage on all deliveries; and on sales less than $7.50, the above formula to apply plus 10 per cent.
The proposed formula is not definite as it must be substantiated by the Office of Price Administration in Washington, D. C., with a sampling of March, 1942, ceiling prices
which have thus far been submitted or which will be called for should the examination not justify such a formula.
It is expected that the formula will be reflected in an amendment to MPR No. 215 within the next six weeks or two months.
MPR No.215 is still in force as at present and the above formula merely supplements the MPR No. 215 by establishing a formula which will supersede March, 1942, ceiling prices on softwood lumber when sold to strictly retail customers.
An increase of $5.25 per 1,000 board feet in the price bf shook-Western pine lumber prepared for assembly into Western wooden agricultural containers-was announced by the Office of Price Administration.
The increase is to compensate for higher lumber costs resulting from boosts in Western pine lumber prices following granting of War Labor Board-approved wage rises in April of this year.
The higher prices for shook are authorized in Amendment No. 5 to Maximum Price Regulation No. 186, and become effective June 3, 1943.
The new basic prices for shook range between $36.25 and, $74.25 per 1,000 board feet, f.o.b. mill, according to type and grade of container to be manufactured from the material.
On May 31 of this year, producers of Western pine lumber in California, Idaho, Montana ,Oregon and Washington were authorized by OPA to increase ceiling prices $3 per 1,000 board feet on six species of lumber in trvelve named grades and sizes sold to certain buyers under War Production Board Limitation Order L-nO. The purpose of the boost was to maintain production following granting of lumber worker wage increases approved by the War Labor Board. Makers of Western wooden agriculture containers are among buyers who may purchase 'Western Pine under Order L-D0.
E. C. Pitcher Co. has moved its exhibit of Pitcher Disappearing Doors and Pitcher Overhead Garage Doors from 557 Market Street, San Francisco, to the Builders & Manufacturers Exhibit, 608 16th Street, Oakland. E. C' Pi'tcher Co. is also an agent for Fir-Tex.
Announcement is made by Carl Warden of Warden Bros., San Francisco, Vicegerent Snark for San Francisco Bay District, that a Hoo-Hoo Concatenation will be held at the Whitcomb Hotel, San Francisco, on Friday, June ZS.
The Concat will be held at 5:39 p.m., and dinner and entertainment will be at 7 :@ p.m.
A number of Kittens have been signed up for initiation, and a large attendance of Bay disirict members of the Order is expected.
E. S. McBride of Davis, Calif., who is a member of the Supreme Nine, and Charles L. Shepard, Sacramento, Vicegerent Snark of the Sacramento Valley district, will attend.
The Nine appointed to officiate at the initiation will be as follows:
Vicegerent Snark, Carl Warden; Senior Hoo-Hoo, Bert Bryan i Junior Hoo-Ifoo, Lewis Godard; Scrivenoter, Bert Johnson; Bojum, Eddie Peggs; Jabberwock, Seth Butler; Custocatian, Larue Woodson Arcanoper, Fritz Dettmann; Gurdon, Charles Lindsay.
Frank J. O'Connor will be toastmaster at the dinner. and C. C. "Sti" Stibich will be pianist at the Concat.
An industry meeting was held by the Southern California Retail Lumber Association at the Embassy Auditorium, Los Angeles, Thursday afternoon, May 22. president Park Arnold presided.
Richard C. Willis of the FHA, Paul Hallingby, member of the Special OPA Lumber Price Committee, and Secretary Orrie W. Hamilton were the speakers. The meeting was well attended.
E. D. Minton, president of the Minton Lumber Company at Mountain View, Calif., reports that their principal business right now is manufacturing 4,000 ice refrigerators for the Kaiser Company Housing Project in Richmond..
The Western Hardwood Lumber Co. and P. J. Walker Co. of Los Angeles have been granted additional honors for continued outstanding performance in produ,ction and on May 31 received the following telegram from H. L. Vickery, commissioner of the U. S. Maritime Commission:
"As chairman of the United States Maritime Commission Board of Awards, I take pleasure in advising you that the Board, in recognition of your continued outstanding production achievement, has awarded your company its first Gold Star to be added to your ,,M,, pennant. please wire Mark O'Dea, director of Public Relations, the number of bona fide employees in your company as of June first who have not yet received the Maritime Merit Badge. Also advise him date before July twentieth you would like award presented to your employees by Maritime Commission representative."
They received their first Gold Star on October 13, 1942, when they were given the Maritime ,,M,, award. The Western Hardwood Lumber Co. and p. J. Walker Co. is a joint venture performing joiner contracts for the U. S. Maritime Commission.
Mr. and Mrs. Jaco,b Niederer celebrated their 6oth wedding anniversary at their home in Los Angeles on June 5. There was a family reunion and open house, and attending were their son, Walter, their three daughters, Mrs. Lucille Hiltscher, Mrs. Bertha Gieselman and Mrs. Jean- nette Brittle, ten grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Mr. Niederer, a native of Switzerland, and his wife, who \ras born in Dubuque, Ia., are 85 years of age. He is president of J. Niederer Co. of Los Angeles, a woodworking business he established in 1888. The plant is now engaged in defense work and Mr. Niederer is active in its management.
Oscar H. Miller, veteran retail lum,berman, who retired in 1939 from the management of Knox Lumber Co., Sacramento, has sold his interest in this firm to Crawford W. Cox, who succeeded him as manager.
L. G. Opshal, sales manager, Red River Westwood, Calif., spent several days in around the first of the month.
Lumber Co., Los Angeles
Henry M. Hink, Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co., San Francisco, was a recent visitor to Los Angeles and San Diego.
Girth Beyer, Sudden & Christenson, fnc., Los Angeles, is back from a two weeks' trip to the Northwest, where he visited the mills in Eugene, Portland, Aberdeen and Raymond.
Carl W. Bahr, president of California butors, Inc., Chicago, left San Francisco ing a visit to the member mills of his Scotia and Samoa, Calif.
Redwood DistriMay D followorganizatoin at
Sterling Truitt, Pacific Coast Lumber & Coal Co., San Luis Obispo, was a recent business visitor to San Francisco.
G. F. "Jerry" Bonnington of Lamon-Bonnington Co., San Francisco, has returned from the Northwest where he called on the firm's sawmill connect'ions. He was gone about two weeks.
Frank T. Staats, New York representative of Lamm Lumber Co., Modoc Point, Ore., and Clover Valley Lumber Co., Loyalton, Calif., was a recent visitor to California and Oregon.
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Stuart C. Smith, former well known Los Angeles wholesaler, and now in the Office of Price Administration, Washington, D. C., is spending several weeks on the Pacific Coast on Government business.
Clay Brown, manager of the Plywood Division of Smith Wood-Products, fnc. Portland, came to San Francisco to meet his brother, Major Frank Brown of the U. S. Air Corps who had arrived from overseas. They left for Port' land Mav 31.
A. J. Russell, Santa Fe Lum'ber Company, San Francisco, has returned from a week's trip to the Northwest.
The price increase does not extend to all sales which may be made under L-DO but only to these two classes of sales: to the United States government and its agencies, contractors and sub*contractors, or to manufacturers of Western Wooden Agricultural Containers. It is also limited to the states, named above, which were in the area covered by the wage award in the "Big Pine" cases.
On sales of. L-N lumber to box manufacturers, the box makers will be permitted to pass on the increased lumber costs to box buyers. However, OPA pointed out that a corollary amendrment of maximum price regulation No. 186 (Western Wooden Agricultural Containers), will require that buyers of box shook and boxes must certify that the increased cost will not be passed on to the consumer of the agricultural commodity packed and shipped in the boxes.
The increases authorized. lor items covered by L-n0 are to remain in effect only as long as Order L-DO remains in force.
LUMBER
Arqta Rcdwood Co. 420 Mukct Strc.t....,..,,...... ...,.YLJLoo 206?
Arlim-stulz cmpann rU M.rtot Stract ....,..........GArficH ft.g
Dut & Ructcll IDG-
Aa Frmt 9tct ................,.GArficld 4292
Dolbtr & Curo Lubc Co, lllt Mcc,hutr Excher3c BldS.,...SUtta 7|5f
Gancrtm & Gm llrmbc 6- ftt Aroy Strot .......,,.........ATwatar l3e|
Hell, Jancr L, ra9z Mllb Blds. ...................SUtt6 ?52c
H.-qnd Imbc Cmpeny, lU llmtrpmory Stn t ..........Dough. 33SS
Hobb Wdl lrnb.r 6. rG Mottrury SL ..............GAr6c1d ?52
llolma Eurd:e Lmbcr Co., 1105 Flnuclal Cotar Bldg....,..cAridd ft2r
C. D. Joharo t {hha' CqDqrtion. 26| Cdlfomir Sb6t ..........,.GArfrald 625t
Cul H. Kuhl Lurba Co.
O. L Ru[um, uz Md..t Strct..,Y[Jton 1160
l$m-Bomirgton Csmpuy, 16 Callfomie Str6t ..,.........,..GArtrlH altf
LUMBER
LUMBER
MacDonald & Hmln3ton, Ltd., 16 Calilomia St. ..................GArficld t39it
Orcgon Lubcr Salo (Crrl Tlt Wrttr),
9?5 Mmdndl Bldg. ................YULo l5O
Paclfic Imbc Co. Thc l00 Burh Str6t ...................GArftc|d lltl
Popc & Taltot, Inc., Lubc Divldon, a6l MilL3t Strat ......,..........DOuglu 256f
Red Rlvu Lmber Co.
3r5 Monadnoct Bldg. ..............GArfrdd 0ezz
Suta Fc Lunb.r 6., 16 CdiforDh Strct ........,......E)Groo& 2O?l
Schafcr Bro IJmbGr lt Shlndr
E. K. lllod Lumba Co., I Drum Strct .........,........8Xbr6L 37ra
Weyahacurr Salct Co., ll9 Callfomia Strct ......,......G.fufi.|d Stta
HARDWOODS AND PANEI.S
Whltc Brothlrr,Fifth ud Brunu Strctr.........Sufttr flal
CREOSOTED LUMAERPOLES - PILING-TTES
Ancrio Lubc & Trotinf Co., U6 Ncw Montgmay Strut..,......SUtt r lU!5
Biltr, J. H. & Co., 3tl Montaom.rlr Strut
DOu3lm lttE
Hall, Janar L., rtlz MtlL BUs ....,................suft.r tsA
Popc & Ia&ot, Inc., Lubc Divlrlon, {Cl Mulrt Str..t...,..............DOug!$ ZSat
Stret ...,.......,......SUtt6 SfGt
Wcrt Orcgon Lmbcr Co., 1905 Evur An. ...,..,...,.......ATvatcr 50?t
Ewauna Box Co, (Pyruld Lmbcr Salcr 6.)
Pacific Bld:. ..Glanourt &ftt
Gucrrton e GrGG! Lunbr Co.,
2n Llvlrgrbn St.................KE!!os t-f6&
Hill & Mortor lnc.
Dcmirm Strat Wharf..........ANdovcr l0ill
Ho3u Lubc Company,
2nd and Allc. Stnt!............Gladtrf ltat
E. K. Wood lobcr Co-
z1rr Frdric& Str.ct .........,..KEna4 Z-An
Wholaalc Bulldl4 Suppty, Inc.,
rqOT -34.d Str..t.................TEnplcbu 6!61
lVholcralc I rhbcr Dirtributon, Inc, -
9th Avorc Picr..,.,......,....T*inoah ZSls
LUMBER
Arcata Rcdwod Co. (J. J. Rce)
Vandr Lau Plliry & Ianbr Co216 Pinc StrGGt...., :Ei OrmL a!a3
Wcndllng-Natbu Co- ll0 Mukst str-t...........,....,..,sUttr $.'
PAN EI-S-DOORS--SASH-SCREENS
Callfonia BuiHcrr llupply Co, 7l 6th Avom.............. :.......HlartG Gala
Hogan l.mbr Company, 2trd sd Alle Str.ct..,..,....,..Gtrourt a$f
WertGm Dor & Sarh Co.. Sth & Cyprcr Str6it......TEoplcbr t{tl
HARDWOODS
Strablc Hardwood Conrroy- Flnt ud Ctay Stictj.'........TEmptcbu S5!l
lVbitc Brcthm, iOO High Str6t.............,.,....ANdovrr lt0r
- safl Ty|lrhlr. Blvd................WEbrtGr ru!
An3lo C:lifomia Lubcr Coo 355 Eut Floruo Avaui......TRmwell lltl
Arllnrm-Shrtz Cepuy,
_ fEP-otrclaqF_ BIdC.............,.pRorpcr tilr
Erurh Indurtrlal Lunbc Co-
_ SCtf S. Catr{ An
Bmr Lunbor Conpeny, il55 Cherl*lllc Blvd.. (Bcvaly Hltrr)................BRadrhrw 2-&ttt
CM a Co, L J. (W. D. Drnrlnr).
_ ftt 9qrqbor ol Cmmcrcc Bldg. PRorpct Ett3
6opcr, W. E, aCa-CG Rlclficld B|dg...............Mutud zril
Dut e Rurrcll, lnc, ll2 E. Strh Strct.....,......,.......ADarr ElOl
Dolb.ar & Crrron Lunbcr Co., rl Fid.ltry Bl&............-....... VAaditrc &?92
Ed. Fmtah lrrnb.tr Co-
eZt Pgqdan Bldg...............PRorpcct {ilI
flrTTond l4r-abc Comparn
_2al| So. AlrD.dr St............,.PRoopcct l3nt
Hobbr llfdl L.-bc Co.,
_- .Cz5 $nu B_ldr.:...................TRtntrt sct
Holnc Eurcha lJmbc Co..
Hovs, A L-
7u-?U Archltccrr Bfds:...........Murua| 'lsr
5225 Wlkhln B|vd....................YOrL 116r
C. D-. J_ohlrgn lantcr Corpontlo,
fslt S. Catrrl Avc. ............Rlchrond ll{l rt||-A WilnlnStm Rod (Srn Pcdrc) .......,...........,.....Su Podrc Zltl Suta Fc Imbcr Co- 3ll Finuetal Catc Bldr..,......VAndiLo ll?t
ScheIc Bror. Ilnbcr & Shlnglc Co.,
_ t!7 vy. 9th S!r.Gt..,...,............TR|n|ty aZA
Shcvlln Plnc Saler C;o.,
_ 330 P9trclm Bldg...............PRorpect C6l5
Sinprn Indurtrlcr, Inc., l0lC E. Wuhlngton Blvd.........PRorpct 3f!3
Stentoo, E. J. & llotr, 2050 E. llrt St....................CEntury 292tl
Suddca & Chrbtanron, Irc.,
_ t3C Bgard of Tredc Bldg.,........TRlnltr Eta{
Taone lanbor Sdor.
E3? Pc!rclm Bldg...............PRoepGd f f$
Wrh.lling-Nlthu C-r
5225 Wllrblrc 81vd.........,...........YOrL rl||
'Wert Orcgon Lunbr Co-
a? PctrcLu Bldr...............Rlchmond 02tl
W. W. Willlnrcn.
_ 3rt lV. 9th Str..t..................TRin|$ filt
E. K. Wood Luubcr Co..
a7rO So. Al.hcd. St...............JEfierrcn 3tlt
Wryaheou Sdo Co., [r9 lV. ItrL Gul.trd BldS. ......Mlch!u 6itfl
CREq'OTED LUIIBER-POLEIF
PILINGTIES
Amcricm Lumbcr & Tr.ttht Co.
HARDWOODS
Amcrlcan Hardwood Co., _ 1900_ E_. lsth Str6t,.-..............pRorpct aAl
Brurb InCurqlal lrmb.r Co.
^ 5901 S. Cmtral Avc.,.........CEntuy Z-Of$
Stston, E. J. & Son. zett Eut al.t Str.Gt ....,.......CE!|rrr A:Zff
lVertcrn Hudwod lmbcr Co.. 20U Eact lsth Strc.t,,............pRo*oct O3f
SAltH-DOORS-MIEWORK--9CREE-NL BLINDS'-PANEIS AND PLYWOOIT
IRONING BOARDS
Bac|: Pucl Compuy, Sl0.3L Ert 3bd Strc.t...........ADrnr l22i
Cslifomir Dm Cmpun Tho {i{O Distrlct BIvd..................Klrobd! Aaf
Calllomla Pancl & Vcw Co., _ -955_3. {ucdr Strat.....:........TRtn|ty f, Cobb Go- T. M5D Cotrel Avcnuc...,...........4Dr8 ffllt
Eubank ll Son. Inc. L H. (I4fcod) a33 W. Redcdo Blvd. ..........ORrr8 t-Z2Ss
Halcy Brcr. (Sutr Molcr) r@l rlth Str..t ..................A!thl.r a-ZI
Kchl, Jno. W. & Soa, 652 S. Mym Str-t....,...........Al{ldur tlft
Orcgu-Warhhgton Plywood Co., 3lt TYdt Nlnth Strot...........,Tnhlrr aalt Pacific lf,tmd Prcductr Corpcatlm.
3lO Tybun Strct................ALbuy tttl
Paclfic Mutual Dor 6.
16O E. Warbin3to Blvd.........PRo.pct tSZt
Rcam Conpeny, Go. E-
aS S. AhE d! Str..t ........Mlcblru 1|6l
Rcd Rivc Lunlr Gqr
?@ S. Slaun.. .CEntury 2tt7l
Smpem Co. (Paldcna),
-_ 4l x'. Olynplc Bti'd..,.,.........PltorDct Zrta
llrcDanld O Hirrlajtm, Ltd.,
_ P.gtrglcun Bldf...-...........-......PRoqet !f?
Peclic Luubc C;. Th.
5z!5 Wlbhln 81vd...................,. yOrL Uar
_ r03l S. Breadway.................PRorDct afG
Brxtg, J. H. e Co-
_ 6|l l\'ert sth Strt,..,......,....MIc,hLa etl
PoD. &--Tr&ot, lnc., Lubc Dlvi.foo, 7r| W. Olynplc Blvd. PRo.poct SAn
7{5 So. Reyaod An...........,..RYu l-ftilO Simnco Indurtricr, Inc., l3ll E Wuhintbn Blvd.........PRorE Gt afl|
Wot Cort Scm Co., Ul5 Er.t l3rd Strut..,...,.......^DrD llllt
Wertm Mill & Morrldilr Co., 5ell So. Wctm Avo...,......TlVlmlr l.l
Much is being said about the kind of homes to be built after the war. Some predict new designs and room arrangements; innovations like movable partitions, etc. Others foresee no radical change, believing a majoriry will prefer the conservative which has survived a century and more of come and go in extremes of architectural style, preserving the beauty and simplicity which mark the homes of good taste throughout America.
Bradley will be ready with lumber products for both when Victory gives home-building the green light again. For ultra modern, we'll have smartly designed hardwood flooring and trim to harmonize with bold horizontal interior
lines and right angle corner windows; gluedup panels for movable partitions; woodwork for built-in features. And for the traditional, our manufacture will resume its pre-war range ofhardwood and pine products, long recognized as the Standard of Comparison.
Thus, to all our customers in the lumber and building trades whose forbearance under the restrictions of war we recognize and commend, we pledge all-out production for peace, that they shall be adequately supplied with BRADLEY BRAND products which qualify in full for the new homes of tomorrow.
