Years Young Eighty -liue

THERE ARE STRICT NECESSITIES FOR 85 YEARS IN BUSINESS. A HIGH, UNVARY. ING STANDARD OF QUALITY AND SERVICE IS ONE. A LIST OF LOYAL CUSTOMERS IS ANOTHER.

lN THIS, OUR85th YEAR, \fE SAY TO OUR CUSTOMERS, "THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDER. STAN D IN G \THILE OUR LUMBER \roRKED FOR VICTORy, FOR yOUR PATIENCE IN THE RECENT WORK. INTERFERENCE . . .,' YOUR LOYALTY MAKES US FEEL 85 YEARS YOUNG.

These lqllers ore returning lrom cr dcy's work in the big woods oI the Pcrcilic Northwest. This is cr virgin Douglos lir stqnd, with some hemlock. Under modern cutting procedures, the hcrrvest ol these old growih trees should meqn the beginning oI <r new lorest. Most oI the trees in this photogrcph cre mcrture; iI left stcnding too long, they will begin to deteriorate, due lcrrgely to the inlirmities oI old a€te.

Twenty-Five Yearr With Phtlippine Mahogany

In 1922, the year THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT started business, the serious importation of philippine Mahogany into California actually began. Up to that time there were just small dribs and dabs of this wood coming into the United States, and we have no figures showing actual importation for that year, or the year following. But the business grew in the proverbial "leaps and bounds" as the Philippine mills and American importers got together, and began distributing philippine in serious quantities in the United States. Within a few years from the time the first of these woods came to California, Philippine Mahogany became a major factor in the hardwood business in this state.

In 1925 they brought in 25 million feet. In 1926 it rose to 31 million. 1927 the totals were 39 million. l92g they were 41 million. And in 1929 philippine imports reached their highest mark, the exact figures being 44,4g7,776 f.eet. Then came the depression, and the imports sank rapidly. In 1930 the totals were 32 million; in 1931 they were back to 2O million; in 32, the depth of the depression, they dropped to 5 million feet; 1933 got back to lZ million;1934 they rvere 20 million; 1935 they rose to 28 million;1936 to 34 million. We have no figures for the next three years before the war started, but the totals were off those last given. When the war came the importations ceased entirely, most of the mills were destroyed by the Japs, and the industry over there was prostrate.

Since the-rvar the Philippine Government has forbidden the shipment of lumber out of the Islands, keeping rvhat they could make in rehabilitated mills at home Tor restoring buildings destroys by war.

From Adeline Conner

(Editor's Note: A poem by Mrs. Conner appeared in the first number of this journal ever printed, and another in this present one.) "fn a recent letter from Rod Hendrickson of New York we found these words: 'I have just read this month's CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT from kiver to kiver.' Well, that is the way.we Conners have always read THE MERCHANT and it has never let us down. We especially enjoy your splendid editorials. We both send congratulations on the 25th birthday to you and the entire stafr." Adeline Merriam and Fred Conner, The Cedars.