THE CALIFOR}.IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

How Lumber Looks

530 mills produced 24,3O2,W feet of softwoods and hardwoods combined, shipped n|,743,m feet, and booked new business of 205,979,00 feet for the week ended June 12, according to reports to the National Lumber Manufacturers Association from the regional associations covering the operations of important softwood and hardwood mills.

New business reported by 452 softwood mills for the week totaled 198,435,000 feet, or 28 per cent below the production of the same mills. Shipments werc 26?,779,00O feet, or 4 per cent below production. Production was 274,008,000 teet.

96 hardwood mills for the week gave new business as 7,544,W feet, or Z7 per cent below production. Shipments were 8,964,000 feet, or 13 per cent below production. Production r,r'as 10,294,000 feet. *****

175 mills reporting to the West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended June 19 produced 131,392,100 feet, an increase of 22,A51,798 feet over the previous week.

Shipments for the week totaled 117,306,O49 feet. New business taken was 99,345,182 feet, compared with 96,575,516 feet the week before.

Details of orders and shipments were as follows: Orders

-Rail, 44,639,791 feet; Domestic Cargo, 38,391,323 feet; Export, 8,551,505 feet; Local, 7,762,563 feet. ShipmentsRail, 50,431,869 feet; Domestic Cargo, n4,7L7,584 feet; Export, 18,394,033 feet ; Local, 7,762,563 f.eet.

The unfilled order file at these mills stood at 603.910.000 feet.

The Western Pine Association for the week ended lune 19, 113 mills reporting, gave new business as 56,28i,00O feet, shipments 69,670,000 feet, and production 88,110,000 feet. Orders were 36.1 per cent below production, and I9.2 per cent below shipments. Shipments were 20.9 per cent below production. Unfilled orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 238,565,000 feet.

The Califorrrr" n.a.Jood O..".r"Oon for the week ended June 12 reported production of 13 mills as 10,151,000 feet, shipments 9,490,000 feet, and new business 6,237,000 feet. Orders on harrd at the end of the rveek totaled 68.607.000 feet.

The califor'i" tu-u], ;;; ,lo*, very little change. Retail dealers report that the consumer demand continues good.

Los Angeles lumber yard workers who asked for increases in wages and have been negotiating with the employers for the past few weeks have come to an agreement. The agreement which will remain in effect for a year calls for an approximate pay increase of 15 per cgnt and 44-hour week with time and a half for overtime. The pay increase is retroactive to June 6.

, Cargo arrivals at Los Angeles Harbor for the week ended June 26 totaled 17,951,W feet, as compared with t9,l7I,WO feet for the previous week.

Change in Ownerrhip

Val Baskett, former Phoenix, Ariz., retail lumber dealer, and W. J. "Judd" Blanchand, manager of the Blanchard Lurnber Co., at Burbank, have taken over the Whittier Lumber Company at Whittier, Calif., originally owned by W. A. and R. W. Blanchard and C. W. Pinkerton. They will operate the yard as the Baskett Lumber Company with Mr. Baskett as manager.

Mr. Pinkerton, who was manager of the yard for nineteen years, will continue to be affiliated with the retail lumber business, and for the present will finish up the legislative lvork he carried on at the recent session of the State Legislature at Sacramento.

Appointed So. California Representative

Twohy Lumber Co., Los Angeles, has been appointed

Southern California representative for the Trans-Pacific Lumber Co. of Port Orford, Ore. The Trans-Pacific mill has a monthly production of two and a half million feet, specializing in cutting orders and commons. The company operates two steamers.

Back From Eastern Trip

Charles Snellstrom, of Snellstrom Bros., lumber manufacturers, F)ugene, Ore., was in San Francisco recently on his way home from a seven weeks' business trip to the East and Middle West.

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