Dealers who are featuring these beautiful hardwoods are reaping easy sales and generous profits because their customers can rely upon quality, uniformity, and immediate delivery to meet construction schedules.
Please address inquiries for Rail Shipments and Finished Stock to Bay Point and Flxport and Other Cargo fnquiries to Marshfield.
A, totd of 345 mills id the Douglas fir region of Oregon, Warhington, and Britioh Columbia, operated at 55.55 per cent of capacity during the week ended Jrme 28, according to their weekly reports to t'he Wert Coast Lumbermen'E Arsociation. Production of the 345 mills for rhis week totaled 1661305,189 feet, as compard to an output of 16719221613 feet, or 56.2O per cent, reported by 3M mills for the previous week. Production reported for the firrft 26 weekr of 193O by the 345 milts was 2O.6 per cent below their cut duri"g the comparable period of 1929. Production har d'eclined steadily since the week ending May 26, when it war approximately 65 per dent of capacitv.
Production, orders and shipmentr at 216 mills for the week ended Jrme 28 were reported to the Association ar followr: Production 14216991442 teeti Orders l22r008r563 feet; Shipmentr 159,280,433 feet. ''Orders were 14.5 per cent under production, which parallels the ceatond decline which normally occura at this time of the year. Shipmentr were 11.62 per cent over ttre output.
Details of ord'ers and shipmentr as reported by there 216 mills follows: Orders-Rail" 48,428,298 feet; Domestic Cargo, 3915431640 feet; Export, 2210171679 feet; Local, 12,0191046 feeL Shipmentr-Rail, 581692,106 feet; Domestic Cargo,58,38a3OZ feet; Export, 301186'974 feet; Local, 12,019,O46 feet.
The California market rhowr very little changp and there ir a fair volurne of business. Special cutting ir strong' and lath are roarce and rhowing rtrenglh, othenviee pricec dre about the same. Douglar fir Cargo artivalr at San Pedro
for the montrh of June totaled 82,530,000 feet. Unrold stocks at San Pedro on July 9 totaled 10'76710o0 feet. 44 veesels in the California reryice are tied up.
For the week ended June 28, the Califonda White and Sugar Pine Manufacturers Association reported production from 23 mills as 28r815rOOO feet, rhipmentr 19'562'000 feet, and ordere 21r039r0o0 feet. The California R€d' wood Association for the week ended Jtme 28 reported production from 12 millr er 5r253r(Xl0 feet, shipments 5'185,OOO feet, and orderu 4,627r(XX) feet. The d'emand for California White and Sugar Pine and Redwood doer not ghow much change Ad Bn"e; t"ri""F about the sarne.
The current relationship of orders and rhipmentr to production for the firat 26 weeks of 193Q based on reportl from the regional arsociations to thsNational Lumber Manufacturerr Arociation, ir as follows:
Wert Coast Lumbermen'r Associatiep-pp{qplion 4r. 162,995 M feet; Shipments 3,950'171 M feet; Ordcru 3r. 916,756 M feet.
California White and Sugar Pine Arociation-Production 438,262 M feet; Shiprnentr 5421698 M feet; Orderc 552,O9O M feet.
California Redwood .A,rociation-Production 191'069 M feet; Shipments 172,744 M feet; Orders l74r097 M feet. lSouthern Pine Asrociation-Production 115371139 M feet; Shipmentc 1,4231044 M fet; Orders 1'407,558 M feet.
Total Hardwes{3-ppr{uction 11150,954 M feetg Shipmenta 958,943 M feet; Ordere 9171923 M feet.
Earl E. Bowe, of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, whose services have been made available to the Termite Investigation Committee, has been appointed executive secretary of this body.
Mr. Bowe has been busy lately going over the proof of the new bulletin on the subject of termites to be printed at the end of July by the University of California Agricultural Experiment Station. This bu{etin will contain the most authentic and up-to-date infordiation that is available on that subject.
George F. Grant, salesman for the Coos Bay Lurnber Co. in the Coast Counties territorv. has been transferred to the office at Bay Point as assistanl io the general sales manager, H. W. Gustafson. He has been succeeded in the Coast Counties territory by J. S. Quinn.
B. W. BOOKSTAVER IN TI{E NOR[H\^/EST
B. W. Bookstaver, Bookstaver-Burns Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is on a two weeks' business trip to the Northwest. While in the Northwest, he will make his headquarters at.the iompany's Seattle office.
O wonder Creo-Dipt dealers find this new Handi-Ironing Cabinet a quick seller. The all-steel ironing board fits snugly into the wall when not in use-and even when you are using it, can be turned out of the way in a jifry to make more room. The board works on a patented turntable. You can swing it around to right or left-wherever is most convenient. It can't possibly bend or warp-and there are no legs or braces to ger in the way. Best of all, it has been tested and approved by Good Flousekeeping Institute -the best endorsement we could have.
Order a stock of Handi-Ironing Cabinets now. We'll furnish you attractive display and advertising material to help you sell them. There's a good profit, too. Remember that Handi-Ironing Cabinets can easily be installed in either new or old houses.
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"The whole world," said Mr. Pip, despairingly, "has gone to the dogs."
"Fine !" exclaimed Mr. Pep. "Think of the dog houses I'm going to sell."
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The ancient Chinese knew something of the fundamerrtals of merchandising. Witness one of their old prov' erbs, which says: "A man without a smiling face must not open a shop." Get that grin working, €v€n if things aren't so hot. A popular ballad ends-"Though things may not look bright, they'll all turn out all right, if you keep painting the clouds with sunshine."
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Ray M. Hudson, of the United States Bureau of Standards, is quoted as saying recently-"It ought to be as easy for a man to buy a home as an automobile." It IS. Just as easy, so far as financial arrangements are concerned' As a matter of fact I have seen many cases recently of brand new homes sold under foreclosure for far less than it cost to build them. You can't do that with automobiles, even in these times. Not with new ones.
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You can buy a new home today in most plaoes in the country for a cash payment smaller in comparison to the total price, than the cash payment on an automobile. And you can get a whole lot more time to pay for the house, than you can the auto And the interest rate on the house is generally smaller than on the car. It isn't THAT that makes home selling slower than auto selling. It's the selling itself'
A well, known lumber manufacturer writes me that he thinks we are doing too much marking time in the lumber industry; that we keep waiting for things to improve, and directly we look back and see that we've wasted a lot of time. Sure ! That's exactly what the lumber industry as a whole is guilty of right now, in this time of all times when special activity and unusual effort should be the order of the day. I've been saying it so frequently in this column that it probably seems like "rubbing it in," but I'm afraid there can be no controverting the fact that in these times of depression, as always, the lumber industry is asking "When will things pick up?", instead of the'more practical and intelligent question-"\llfhat can I do to make'things better?"
Building permits in Los Angeles fo,r the year ending June 30th, 1930, weie approximately $80,000,000. It seemed small'by comparison with so'me recent years. Yet by contrast with two decades ago-which isn't a very long timeit is huge. For in the year ending June 30th, 1910, the building permits in Los Angeles were $19,000,000. The newspapers proclaimed that a banner year, as in 1909 the totals were only $11,000,000.
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The Port of Los Angeles shows mighty growth. In 1902 just 965 vessels passed through the harbor. In the year ending June 30th, 1930, the total number of vessels was 8625; The total tonnage in and out of the harbor this past year was 26,480,678 tons, valued at $1,104,892,806. Lumber played a prominent part in this total,.
On the evening of the *-a ", ,""uary, 1831, a group of men assernbled in an inn in Frankford, Pa., a suburb of Philadelphia, and there in a little parlor, by the light of an oil lamp, they organized the first building and loan association. Today the United States Building & Loan League has over 1,200 mernbers, and more than eight billion dollars worth of assets, and is rated one of the most powerful movements for the good of the land in existence. The location of the headquarters of this great organization is 59 East Van Buren Street, Chicago.
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Herbert lloover says that the greatest waste in our economic system is the periodic infationary boom and its consequent ensuing sl,ump, and that the correction of this waste lies in the prwention of booms. Simple indeed. Whenever we build a race of men that will refuse to in'crease prices as demand exceeds supply, we will have solved that problem. Not before.
William Trufant
Catchings tell some fine truths in their short stories on economics. One of them tells of the Seven Little Troubles that came marching down the street. The cop on the corner stopped therrr and inquired where they were going. "We're loing where we're expected," replied the leader of the Seven. Troubles are always expected. There never was one that was dressed up and had nowhere to go.
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\J across a Port Orford Cedar floor won't even splinter it. This is a tough wood, homogeneous in texture. Under hard usage it wears slowlv and evenlv. It-is without superior for dock floors, loading glitforms, bridge decking, f.actorf tloors, etc.
Another fine quality oflight, strong Port Orford Cedar-it is not affected by acids, soil decays, moisture or dampness. It requires no preservative treatment for bulkhea?ing, piling, planking, bridge and boat decking.
The wood. with the "porceloinfinish"
Port Orford Cedar is a most satisfactorv wood for interior trim. It works easily. does not solinter or check and h6ids nails exceptionally well. It takes a satin-smooth enamel finish, does not crinkle or blister. Its cream-white color takes any stain easily and with richness and warmth. '
Its capability to machine easily to sharp, clean'-cut edges gives Port PORT ORFORD CEDAR PRODUCTS COMPANY, Marshfield,Ore.
Orford Cedar countless uses-for curtain poles, picture frames, toys, etc. As it does not warp, it is ideal for built-ins, and Veneiian Blinds. It holds paints for vears. Recommended Tor entranles, porch columns, garden furnirure,- pergolas. The popularitv of this fine wood is grooii.,g daily. Make your yard Port Orford Cedar headquarters. Now available in mixed cars, all
grades of clear, shop and common ind all standard sfzes of boards, dimensions and timbcrs. AIso Port Orford Cedar plywood in all thicknesses from $'inch and sizes up to 48 x 96 inches.
Port Orford Cedar representatives in California are R. C. Turner, 4O7 Call Building, San Francisco and Thomas W. Dant, 6O6 Petrolcum Securities Building, Los Angeles.
Port Orford Cedar plywood distributors in Califorriii are H. B. Maris Panel Co.,735Third Street, San Francisco, and The California Panel & Veneer Co., 955 South Alameda Street, Los Angeles.
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The new lumber tariff has brought no serious inconvenience to the lumber industry of California. Everything is going on as of yore. Most of the lumber that comes to California from Canada is dressed no more than one side or one edge, and since this comes in fcee no great furore has been the result. And port officials have proven very courteous and willing to cooperate with the shippers in handling the tariff collections on the tariff-paying lumber that comes in. The Atlantic coast, which has been in the habit of buying its lumber from Canada dressed, is feeling the change more keenly.
The large import ., "rrrr*e lumber undergoes no change as the charge is on softwoods only. Canadian softwoods are the only woods entering California affected by the tariff, and then only when manufactured further than one side or one edge. The tariff on dressed softwoods is $1 per thousand, regardless of grade cir size.
The forest conservationists will have plenty of opportunity to grin the rest of this year. Bmause the forests are goingto be considerably curtailed. Production ali along the Pacific Coast'today has reached a very low ebb, and is likely to stay that way for months to come. For instance, one big Redwood concern that ordinarily operates qeven headrigs is now operating only three, and expects to keep on that way until there is a great change in the mdrket. rF*
Price cutting on lumber and millwork continues throughout California-regrettable, ferocious, throat-slashing competition that won't live itself or let the other fellow live. Yet lumber isn't all. In Los Angeles today gasoline is do.rryn to 9 cents a gallon. And at that ridiculously low price, lt is just about the same price as lumber. For lumber is cheaper than it has ever been-cheaper than it can possibly be made and distributed.
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Seattle, Washington, July 3.-Faced by an abnormally low demand for lumber, the entire lumber industry of the United States is now operating at from 25/o to 5A/o below capacity, according to Dr. Wilson Compton, SecretaryManager of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, Washington, D. C., who visited Washington and Oregon lumbermen recently on a study trip around the United States. He had but recently spent several weeks in the South and reported that Southern pine mills are now operating at 25/o below capacity. His observations on lumber conditions throughout the country, as given to the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, follow :
"All regions of lumber industry, for the first time in the industry's history, are sharing the burden of keeping production of lumber within the range of consumption. Southern pine mills have accordingly reduced their production by 25 per cent; the small mills in the southeastern states from 40 to 50 per cent; the hardwoods 30 per cent.
"The clear necessities of the lumber industry's situation are apparent in the fact that during the past 52 weeks new supply has exceeded new demand by the equivalent of over 27 days of production. This is shown in reduced unfilled order files or in increased stocks on hand.
"That this condition is nation-wide and by no means confined to the Pacific Northwest is evident in the record of the principal lumbering regions during the past year. In Southern pine the production has exceeded the demand by over 6 per cent or 19 days''production; in Southern hardwoods 27 days' production; North Carolina pine 4O days; Northern hardwoods 80 davs: Northern hemlock over 7O days; Northern pine 14 dayi; Western pine 41 days; Cali-
fornia pine 19 days; California redwood, l8 days, and West Coast 23 days. The lumber stocks in the hands of the sawmills throughout the country generally were not immoderate early last fall but since that time have increased to unwieldly proportions with 'consequent extensive price reductions, reduced operations and irregular employment.
"Substantial and sustained improvement is to be looked for only as the industry systematically reduces its overload of unsold stocks. Lumbermen throughout the country arb accepting this responsibility and continuous gradual improvement in this respect is looked for.
"A fundamental favorlble factor is the accumulating evidence that lumber is more than holding its own in competition with other materials. Also there has been a marked trend toward a return to the single family dwelling type of house construction. This type is the largest user of lumber.. The decline in small house construction during the past year has been less than half of the decline in apartment construction which comparatively uses little lumber. When the national residential building volume returns to within l0 per cent of lts tgD level it is probable therefore that the consumption of lumber for building purposes will be as gieat as it was a year ago. It is now about 4O per cent less.
"I look for a gradual improvement in the lumber situation because of the better control of production which now characterizes almost the entire lumber industry. Improvement from this source is dependent wholly upon the determination of lumber manufacturers themselves. Anv substantial increase in demand is in my judgment not to be looked for this summer or fall. I believe that we shall see marked improvement during the winter and a broad advance in business activity next spring and not until then."
Jason C. McCune, of Los Angeles, California trade extension representative of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, was the principal speaker at the meeting of the Sacramento Valley Lumbermen's Club, held at the Hotel Senator, Sacramento, June 21.
Mr. McCune explained in detail the extent of the trade promotion work which is being carried on in California by his association, which now has three permanent representatives in the State. He outlined the plan of grade marking supervision recently inaugurated in Los Angeles by the association through their California grades supervisor, A. A. Kayser, whereby two large lumber distributors are now furnishing the trade in California and Arizona straight grades offi,cially marked in accordance with West Coast grading rules.
The speaker said that the grade marking of lumber was the first step in a permanent program of lumber merchan-
dising by West Coast Association manufacturers, and pointed out that the cooperation of the retailer was most necessary for the success of this plan. He pointed out that a particularly good opportunity exists for the retail dealer in selling structural grades of Douglas Fir in competition with steel.
Mr. McCune declared that the association's work in contacting consumers of lumber in California combined with dealer"cooperation is already showing good results in the southern part of the State, and announced that they are ready to assist dealers'in pushing the sale of grade-marked lumber where the dealers in any section request their help.
I. N. Erickson, 'credit manager of the Material Dealers' Association of Sacramento, spoke on the credit situation, and advised caution in the extension of credit by the lumber retailer.
J. F. Holmes, president of the club, presided, and Secretary C. D. LeMaster introduced the speakers.
Next to California itself, Texas is the greatest potential consumer of Western Lumber Products.
With a population over 5,000,000, a mighty domain that constantly develops in lumber consumption with its local lumber production decreasing at a rate as rapid as its consumption increases, the Texas territory extends its hands westward and asks for ttmore lumber."
Are you getting your share?
_ Thg other day I dropped in, careless like, at the plant of The Pioneer Piper Co-pa"y, in Los Angeles. Juit went in to say "Hello" to my good friend Harry Graham, and to Pay my respects to the Pioneer crowd in general. And what started as a casual call was so suddenlv transformed into one of the most interesting and educalional visits I ever made anywhere in my life-and I've lived quite a while and made it my habit to go to interesting places-that it left me sort of dazed. No foolin'. I found myself in the position of the country boy who went to the horse races for the first time. He picked out a h.orse at random, bought a two dollar ticket, and when the race was over he cashed in_ twenty dollars. He picked another horse, bought another two dollar ticket, and cashed thirtv dollars. fmmediately he chose another horse, made anoiher two dollar investment, and cashed fifty dollars. He stared at the pile of cash in his hand, then turned to a bvstander and inquired: "Mister, how long has this been going on, and why haven't I heard of it before?"
I'd heard and read of the Pioneer Paper Company and its products before, but even what I had heard and read poorly prepared me for the business inspiration I got down there. Ride along with me for a while in this stoiy, and see if it isn't so.
I kneel at the shrine of ingenuity, punch, and business virility-and I found it galore. Mer,chandising is my hobby, and I found a place where they are doing miracles, and preparing to do bigger ones. Helping the lumber dealer is one of my chief ambitions, and I found here dealers helps being formulated and planned in the sort of fashion I have long h,oped the lumber industry itself might some day adopt. I found vision, and enthusiasm, and a broad view of the business situation that delighted me. f'm going to try and tell you about it.
Harry Graham introduced me immediately to the Big Boss, J. H. "Jack" Plunkett. I'd heard of him as the busiest man in Los Angeles. But he found time to talk. And how that bird can talk. Straight business talk. Right from the shoulder. Connectedly and convincingly he told me of Pioneer, its aims, intents, purposes, plans. Told me something of its great associates, The Flintkote Company, Shell Oil, etc., how the hook-up was made, and why.
"Fundamentally," he said, "our business is creating markets for asphalt. We are not just makers and sellers of asphalt roofs, as many seem to think. Our business is creating and dis,covering ideas that will bring about the greater use of asphalt. We don't care what form it is in. We don't care rvho does the selling. We will license any good firm to make and sell anything we make, or own the patents on. We have a small army of high priced engineers and scientific sharps doing nothing else except research work for asphalt, and we believe we are just at the threshold of a huge expansion in our business, due to the marvelous new asphalt products we are developing. We are constantly developing improved manufacturing processes, aggtessive sales-building programs, and introducing new products that will put themselves on the books and
money in the pockets of the lumber dealer. Tell your dealer friends that. Look about you, see what we are doing, and judge for yourself."
So I looked about. Here's a good starter for you, Mr. Lumber Dealer. I saw them building a great addition to their office, practically doubling its size. Then I saw a great industrial unit being built, with a lot of men employed on the two jobs. The industrial unit, complete, will cost about $4O0,000. Mr. Plunkett said: "The industrial unit is for the production of our Emulsified Asphalt in its various forms; the office space we don't need right now, but we've got it figured out that by next fall it will cost thirty to forty per cent more to do that building than it costs now, as we are certain building costs will rise, so we are building now." There's a piece of optimism for you building folks.
The Pioneer Paper Company was started in 1888 by W. G. Hunt, and Harry Eichelberger. They still control itMr. Hunt is President, Mr. Eichelberger is Vice-PresidentMr. Plunkett came into the picture many years ago as General Manager.
The story of its growth is a recital of intelligent application to business, and steady and gradual development along lines of consistent success. No year in its history but has seen enlargement, extension, and development of the business. And now, because of its partnership with Shell and Flintkote (the latter owns most of the basic patents on asphalt roofings in existence) the development has been greatly accelerated.
They have seventeen and one-half acres at their Los Angeles plant, and it is entirely invested in industrial buildings. It isn't really a plant. It's a group of factories, adjacent in location, and directly correlated in their activities. f won't even start to describe them. This is an editorial, and not a write-up. Just a skip-through. At the back end of the plant comes in the raw materials: trains of crude oil from the Shell Company; cargoes of rags from Europe; carloads of waste paper from Southern California. These are the chief ingredients. Then there is plant after plant and unit after unit that transform this crude oil and rags and paper into their developed materials. They transform the crude oil into asphalt. The rags and paper are ground and mixed and run through gigantic paper m'aking machines, and transformed into dozens of different kinds, and grades, and weights, and thicknesses, and widths, and textures of paper, and of felt, etc. And they further refine the asphalt to make their various other products, and they mix the asphalt with the felts and the papers to make ,commer,cial products of many, many sorts. The roll roofing, the asphalt shingles, the building paper, the asphalt covered wood shingles, the rock covered roofings, the Colas, the Emulsified Asphalt, the Albikote, the Copperclad Valley, and other products that are sold through the lumber dealer, are only a part of their program of production and distribution. But the lumber dealer is tremendously 'interested in the products mentioned, and the Pioneer organization is deeply interested in its dealer distribution.
What impressed me most are the new building products
that the retail lumber trade will handle. No need to tell here of the older products made and sold by Pioneer, more than perhaps a passing mention of their asphalt coated wooden shingles-a mirvelous product. From time immemorial asphalt has been considered the chief of all waterproofing, wCatherproofing, protective substances. A gog4 wooden shingle protected by an asphalt covering, should last perminently.
Which is why their new product, Emulsified Asphalt, and their further developed product, Albikote, seem to me to be undisguised blessings to the building public, and, necessarily, to the retail lumber trade that sells that public. There ari'tro less than a thousand things for which-the live retail lumberman can sell these products. Emulsified Asphalt is the new product discovered by their research department which they believe will transform the asphalt business. They are betting $400,000 on it right now. It is simply pure asphalt, with the same protection and valuable characteristics found in ordinary asphalt, plus these featuresit is applied cold-to dilute it you use only water-may be applied with brush or spray-no equipment needed for heating or applying-no obnoxious fumes-it sets qui'ckly and does not soften in the 5un-and because of its use cold it can be used in large or.small quantities at any time for a multitude of purposes.
Up to now asphalt had to be heated, and applied hot. And up to now asphalt was always black, and smelly, and disagreeable in many ways.
But Pioneer has gone farther. Not only have their engineers dis,covered how to use pure asphalt just like cold paint, but they have climbed another high building fence and discovered how to make this pure asphalt in colors. It also comes in cans or barrels, and can be applied cold for any use, large or small.
What do these things mean to the average builder? Sit down and list the things you can think of, right off hand Take the old roof, for instance, that leaks, or is unsightly. It may be of wooden shingles, or rolled roofing, or asphalt shingles, or almost anything else. It is unsightly and un' protective. With these cold asphalt products you can sim' ply re-cover the roof. No need to relay it. The asphalt fills the cracks, the chinks, the leaks, covers the old surface 'and protects it from damp, wind, weather. And it gives it an attractive appearance. No heating. Put it on like paint. And you can get it in colors to make it doubly attractive. It prevents the rotting of wood, the corrosion of metals, it makes a splendid binder with either metal or wood, and you can use it anywhere on wood or metal that needs protection. Think what it means on building foun' dations, for protection against moisture. When you trim y'our trees you put cold asphalt over the wounds. It is like replacing the bark. Cover pipes or building metals of any kind with it, and prevent rust and corrosion.
I may be wrong but that I'ooks to me like one of the
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greatest and most useful discoveries in the history of build' lng.
They use this Emulsified Asphalt in many other ways. They inake sidewalks, drivewayi, pavements-of it, quickly, cheaply, economically. Used cold with crushed rock it is a wonderful hard surface. They use it in making a mastic for. special heavy duty floors, floor patching, floor re-sur' racrng.
Anbther product they are making that should put busi' ness and profit into the pocket of every live dealer is their Copperclad Valley. The lumber dealer has never before sold the valley materials for roofs. He has been content to sell the roofing. But Pioneer makes this new Valley that puts all this new business into the hands of the dealer. It is so useful and attractive it is a cinch to sell, when you sell a roof. It comes in rolls, like roofing, and is applied in the same way. Cheap, economi'cal application. The backing is high grade saturated and coated felt, faced with pure Anaconda Copper. The nails are driven through the felt shoulders, leaving the copper center a solid surface for water orotection. It minimizes leaks. It makes a beautiful valley lob. The dealer sells something better than the user gets otherwise, and gets the dealer's profit.
More new things are in the offing. The research minds that developed these other products, will develop still others. But in the meantime they have given the building trade things that are entirely new, necessary, useful. They play new parts in the building drama. They give the build' ing merchant something new to think about, to sell, to serve his trade with. Any lumber dealer that can't pay the rent every month with Emulsified Asphalt alone, jusl isn't a salesman.
' Pioneer isn't sitting tight waiting for someone to come and take these products away from them. They're merchandising. They are telling the architect, the contractor, the consumer about them. They have attractive literature. They have dealers helps of all sorts. They will join right in with any dealer who rvants to merchandise, and make it easy for him to sell this stuff.
I talked merchandising for an hour to Mr. Plunkett, and he hit the nail crack on the head every time. "The retail lumber trade is suffering chiefly from need of more door bell ringers," he declared positively; "in times like these every man should be out selling, not waiting for the build. ing business to improve." No doubt about it. A lot of inteligent front door bell ringing would do wonders for the retail lumber business.right now. And, unfortunately, the lumber dealer isn't doing much of it.
Lumber dealers are urged and invited to visit the Pioneer plant. It's a great institution, and offers much of help and hope to the building trade.
Do they practice what they preach? I imagine so. Their sales are only 5/o under their peak year so far in 1930" and they have hopes of passing their peak figures before the lrear is over. In times like these. that isn't bad, is it?
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Seattle, Wash., July S.-The West Coast Lumbermen's Association, Seatfle, today, in the interest of 40,000 unemployed sawmill and logging camp workers in the Pacific Northwest, urged the Secretary of the Treasury at Washington, D. C., by wire, to prohibit the importation of carg'oes of Russian lumber, now detained at American ports and en route, by using the "clear intent of the present law in respect to the importation of articles in whose production convict or en{orced labor has been employed".
The telegram signed by Colonel W. B. Greeley, secretary-manager of the Association, addressed to Secretary of Treasury, Washington, D. C., follows:
"The lumber industry of Western Oregon and Washington, which this Association represents, strongly urges that the clear intent of the present law in respect to ihe importation of articles in whose production convict or enforced labor has been employed, be enforced in connection with cargoes of Russian lumber now detained and other cargoes now en route to United States.
"At least forty thousand sawmill and logging camp workers in this region are without employment on account decreased consumption of lumber and competition of woods imported into the United States. We ask earnestly that protection intended for American labor by provisions of ldw concerning importation of products of convict labor in foreign countries be not nullified by trivial objections or technicalities. It is undeniable that convict labor is employed in large numbers in north Russian logging camps and sawmills and we believe this fundamental fact should determine your decision regarding admission of lumber produced in that region".
The announced plans of Soviet Russian authorities, it
was stated by the West Coast Lumbermen,s Association" include 1 progj_am of lumber exploitation along the Easi Coast of the United States during the comin! three or four_years, which if even partially Jffective probibly would result in the closing of rnanli Pacific Northwedt mills. pguglas fir and West Coast h6mlock mills in Oregon and Washington ship one-fifth of their production no*- to th. Atlantic Coast via the Panama Canal, in American boats. at_ a freighting charge of from gl0 to $14 per thousand feet while Russian lumber was shipped last year to the American Atlantic Coast from Archangel for $8.0o per thousand feet, according to the Association.
"American labor should not be asked, under any circumstances, to compete with Russian convict or impressed workers" Colonel Greeley stated. "Fully fifty per tent of the tot_al cost of logging and manufacturing in the Douglas fir region is paid to labor directly in wages. The average cost per thousand board feet during the past three months at mills reporting to the Association was $19.42, out of which the payroll charge was $9,77. The Pacific Northwest sawmill and logging camp worker needs every protection the federal law can throw around him".
The Russian golr.r-"nt, Colonel Greeley pointed out, is undertaking forest operations in a way to menace the lumber producing industry of the United States. It got the great forest areas of Russib and Siberia without cost and is planning their exploitation on a gigantic scale. According to the Soviet year book, by 1933 the produ,ction of lumber will have reached L2,72O,000,ffiO board feet as against 3,570,000,000 board feet in 1927 and a large portion ' of the extra cut is intended for distribution within the United States and in the principal foreign markets where West Coast woods are now sold.
Washington, D. C., June 3O.-Sensing the need for a little more Parliamentary procedure at the frequent Board meetings of the Fresh Air Taxi Cab Company of America, fncorpolated, the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association recently presented the largest stockholders, familiarly dubbed "Amos 'N Andy" by listeners-in, with a gavel made from roof timbers of the White lfouse one-hundredand-twelve years old. Harlow P. Roberts, advertising manager of The Pepsodent Company, in whose behalf these dusky gentlemen entertain, says in a letter of acknowledgment to the N.L.M.A.: "The gavel made from a timb,er of the White House roof is being held in a collection of interesting gifts and presents which have been sent in to "Amos 'N' Andy." We, as well as Messrs. Correll and Gosden, who take the parts of "Amos 'N' Andy", appreciate very much your courtesy in the gift of this gavel. We sincerely hope that you and the members of your organization will continue to enjoy our Pepsodent presentations."
Ed. Seward, Los Angeles representative for the DolbeerCarson Lumber Company, made his second hole-in-ohe on the sixteenth hole, 146 yards, at the Hollywood Country Club on June 29. He became a member of the Hole-in-one Club on February 15 when he registered an ,"ace" on the same hole. For performing this feat for the second time, he was the recipient of many valuable prizes.
Frank H. Krohn, well known lumber salesman, formerlv with Reynier Lumber Co., has entered into partnefshib with A. B. "Gus" Gritzmacher, the new firm bCing knowir as the Gritzmacher Lumber Co.. San Francrsco.
Recent legislation enacted by Congress amends that portion of the Interstate Commirce Act relating to bills of lading.
The railroads have proposed a new form of bill of lading with revised terms and conditions printed thereon in conformity with their understanding of the requirements of the amended law. This has been filed with the Interstate Conrmerce Commission as a tariff supplement to present effective Consolidated Freight Classification. IJnless suspended by the I. C. C., the new bills of lading will become effective on August 1, 1930. The material change is in the claim provisions of Paragraph B, Section 2, which in the new bill of lading terms reads as follows:
"Section 2-(b) As a condition precedent to recovery, claims mnst be filed in writing with the receiving or delivering carrier, or carrier.issuing this bill of lading, or carrier on whose line the loss, damage, injury or delay occurred, within nine months after delivery of the property (or, in case of export traffic, within nine months after delivery at port of expont) or, in case of failure to make delivery, then r,r'ithin nine months after a reasonable time for delivery has elapsed; and suits shall be instituted against any carrier only within two years and one day from the day when notice in writing is given by the carrier to the claimant that the carrier has disallowed the claim or any part or parts thereof specified in the notice. Where claims are not filed or suits are not instituted thereon in accordance
with the foregoing provisions, no. carrier hereunder shall be liableJ anJ sirch claims will not be paid."
The West Coast Lumbermen's Association has been advised by carriers, they are aware of the fact that some shippers on August 1 ivill have on hand their own supply of unused B/L Torms and in order to avoid waste and pro'' vide ample iime to secure supplies of new forms, the old ladings may be used until December 31, 1930, providing .a-e-"re stamped r,'i'ith the following notation, and signed by the shipper and carrier's agent:
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"This-shipment is tendered and received sub-ject to the terms and conditions of the Company's Uniform Bill of Lading, efiective August 1, 1930. This receipt i-s not negofiabtelndil the shipment is consigned "ToOr*:r" must 6e exchanged for Company's Uniform Order Bill of Lading."
This notation will only be permitted on the straight or non' negoti,able Iorm. Shipments handled under the negotiable or shippels orderbills of-lading will require the new revised form. fo manufacturers who witl be using the present forrn of bills of lading after August 1, the Association suggests that they provide themselves with a rubber stary.qr_ worded. as indicaled above. Shippers whose stock of bills of lading run out before August 1, should make sure when ordering that'they are furniihed with the new forms con-taini-ng the amended terms and conditions as published in Supplement 1 to Consolidated Freight Classification No. 6.
By Lloyd Harris Holnes - Eureka Lumber Company
It is my pleasure from time to time to travel between San Francisco and Eureka over the beautiful and well-graded Redwood Highway and it is during these sojourns to the North that a great lesson in fellowship is drawn from the open pages of Nature's wonder books. Traveling through Marin, Mendocino and Sonoma Counties we notice that the hills near the Highway are clothed with Madrone, the Manzanita and the Scrub Oak, intermingled now and then in the cool fertile canyons with the Douglas Fir and the Redwood. The Scrub Oak and the Madrone are of no commercial value and neither do we find the isolated groups of Fir or Redwood of economic importance. Each group seems to be a law unto itself. They lead a selfish hermit life, fighting for'their food and for the sunshine and with the greediness that causes itself to become gnarled and a menace to the younger growth.
But how different the conditions are when we pass into the Eel River Valley country. We pass through the wonderful groves that are dedicated to the memories of heroes. Living organizations that have for their objects the betterment of mankind. We notice the tops piercing the azure blue of the sky, reaching to drink Godls warm sunlight.
We also observe that the nearer these trees grow tggether, the larger they become-the nearer they grow the taller they are, and the taller they become, the finer quality of lumber they produce; that each is protecting the other from storms and the savage winds and they are acting as a support and a help to each other.
In this day and age the dealer is no hermit like the Scrub Oak but like the primeval redwood forest, is strengthened by contact with his co-worker, meeting and exchanging views and ideas and by rubbing elbows as it were, the dealer is broadened, made richer in knowledge and of greater value not only to himself but to the ,community in which he belongs. Thus, the Redwood forest to me stands as a living emblem and truth of the association principlethat association broadens us and protects us like the Redwood trees that grow in their protective groves.
Many natural wonders are in the State of California, such as the Petrified Forest at Calistoga, the Yosemite Valley, Lake Tahoe and the Pinnacles but of all these wonders within the boundaries of our state, are to be found the oldest forest of trees in the world. On the Eastern side of the state is the Sequoia Gigantea and on the Western side the Sequoia Sempervirens, (live forever).
Just a few words about the Sequoia Gigantea. This wonderful tree is found on the Western slopes of the Sierra, approximately from Placer County to Tulare, a longitudinal distance of approximately 250 miles and ,the elevation
running _from 5,00O to 8,000 feet. The range is not continuous but is broken into about 32 small s:roves such as, the Calaveras, the Wawona and the Maripoi ,chain. These. trees are not found in pure stands but intermingled with the While Fir, the Yellow Pine, the Sugar pine and the fncense Cedar. When a very young tree, it is a beautiful pyramid but in older life, lighfning-oft-times removes the upper pa-rt of the crown, giving if a very rugged appeara.nce: The ages by actual couni are 1100io 24C[..- yeaii and the height is_ about 225 f.eet. Geneologically -they are direct descendants of a powerful family living-in th6 Tertiary period and were se6dlings 500 years befdre the Christian era. The leaves are awl or lanceolate shaped, about one-eighth of an inch long and fold one into the dther, simi. lar to the cypress. The bark is from 6 inches to 2 feet in thickness and is a sort of dull salmon pink in color. The wood is a dark red, but pink when freshly sawn, and is very light, fairly strong and extraordinarily durable. On ad,count of its- scarcity and its location in -the high mountains that make logging impossible, it is not found'in our markets.._ 4 !S* years ag'o, some posts were cut but today even the "Big Tree posts" are not fo be found on our mar[<et.
Redwood was first discovered in l79l bv Thaddeus Haenke of the Malaspina Expedition, the firs[ botanist to visit California. The range of this tree is from the Oregon line to the Santa Lu,cia Mountains, a distance of 450 mTles and this includes from about a mile to forty miles back from the Coast. In the lowlands it can be found in almost pure stands although when it gets to the small altitude it is_intermingled wiih the Dou[las Fir, Tan Oak and the Western Hemlock. The besf of this tree is found in Northern Sonoma, Mendocino, Humboldt and Del Norte Counties. The Indians at one time believed the center of the world was to be found among'the Redwoods. This no doubt is their belief because of ihe very limited and very narrow space in which it is to be found in the world.
The age of this tree is just under 2,000 years and, as can be seen, is younger by -several centuries ihan the Sequoia Gigantea. It reaches a height of from 100 to 300,feet. 'The largest trees have a volumt of as much as one-quarter to over one-third of a million board feet. One.tree-was estimated to contain over 360,000 board feet, enough to build approximately 20 average homes. On the boltom lands where they are in pure stands, it is quite common to find them producing from 100,000 to 1,000,000 board feet.
The wood of this tree_is light in weight, is straight- grained, free from resin, keeps its shape well and wdrks into columns and smaller bric-a-brac with ease. It also holds paint extremely well and while it is comparatively a
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J. Earle Heber and E. R. Maule have entered the millwork field in Southern California with a thoroughly equipped plant leased from the Los Angeles Investment Company. L.ocated at l70O West Slauson Avenue: this plant is practically equi-distant froq the down-town district, Hollywood and western residen'ce sections of the city. The firm will be known as the Maule-Heber Company and though new as to name will be well known amongst the architects and general ,contractors immediately for each of these men have been established in business in Los Angeles for many years.
J. Earle Heber, who will assume the responsibity for sales has been selling building materials in Los Angeles for the past twenty-five years; was Pacific Coast Manager of the Truscon Steel Company and in that capacity formed intimate ,contacts with all the major Southern California Architects and general contractors. His ability to manage sales is best illustrated by his selling two of the largest millwork jobs recently started in Southern California soon after the firm was organized. These were the Kerchoff Hall, one of the University buildings at Westwood, the other the Sun Realty Company building, a large down town office building.
E. R. Maule will be the general manager in charge of plant operations. Mr. Maule has been in the millwork business for the past twenty-five years and is well equipped with experience to capably manage the manufacturing and office part of thg business. His association with several large factory operations in Los Angeles for many years starts this new business with an understanding of local methods and the trade which will enable this organization to proceed without economic loss in experimentation.
J. T. Williams who was with E. R; Maule for some ten years as factory superintendent will be in charge of the new factory. Mr. Williams started in the millwork business as a boy sweeping shavings before blower pipes were invented and as frame maker, machine man, mill-wright, draughtsman and estimator is capable of directing the workman b,ecause he knows the business thoroughly and has had long experience in handling men.
One other key man of this organization is Richard P. Kerwin who wiil handle the offici end of 'the work. His ten years' experience in office work in millwork plants thorgug-hly qualified hirn to take care of this work efficiently. fn fact you have only to meet Dick to know you are dealing with a keen student, an energetic worker and a man tremendously interested in getting results in a hurry.
E. R. Maule'states the Maule-Heber Company will confine their efforts to high quality millwork jobs dnd not en-. deavor to compete with lumber yards in the sale of stock lumber, sash and doors or ordinary millwork. The organization is designed to furnish a thoroughly experienced personal sevice in special millwork to architectural details. In trade parlance the principal function of the business will be full mill bids.
D.W. Steinmetz, vice-president and general manager of the Pickering Lumber Company, with headquarters at San Francisco,- resigned his position recently, after 30 years' service with the company. His resignation is efibctive July 31.
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soft wood, it has great resistance against insect and fungus attacks and is well suited for places that come in contact with excessive moisture and for all out-of-door house trim and is subject to slight shrinkage.
The first logging of this tree was by the use of water, the trees being felled near the banks of stream3, rolled into the water and floated to the millthen came the use of the bull teams. They numbered from 12 to 16 bulls that pulled several logs, "dogged" end to end over a skid road that was kept properly greased to allow ease of transportation. It was really remarkable the ability of these bull drivers to keep away from being run down many times bv a roll of logs.
Next came the bull donkey which could reach its lines out into the woods one-half to two miles and carried out into the woods by a second line known as the back line. The main line would then be attached to the log which was pulled into a cer- tain place by these donkevs where thev were loaded upon flai cars and sent to the mill. Now, what we call a high line is used rvhich has the advantage that a greater area can be logged over with one setting of the donkey. This "ls done by taking two main trees on a prominent ridge and swinging a cable between - these two trees and from this improvised tramway, as it were, lines can be thrown out from both sides and the logs lifted clear of the ground and brought to their loading point. Sometimes, however, a log is so
heavy that one end must drag on the method saves a great deal of time in ment.
The Redwood bark uo to now is little from 6 inches to 12 inchis in thickness it
to the sawyer at the mill and is therefore peeled in the woods and left lying on the ground. This is done by cutr ting a ring in the bark about every 8 feet and with a crowbar prying off the bark. After this is done, the sawyers come in and cut the log into the desired length to afford ease of handling.
Oft-times the center of these logs is found in a rotten condition due to their old age which causes sometimes a quarter of the loss from the actual log scale while fir will often go lW/o to the log scale.
Mills are found to. day ordinarily to have two band saws, an edger, a trimmer and a re-saw department, and one this size will take care nicely of about 100,000 board feet cut per day. This cut goes on from dav to day and 'consumes a great amount of logs. However, their is no real anxiety about cutting out of our Redwood forests because the lumberman has taken care of that by REFORESTATION. The Coast Redwood is sufficient to last at the present rate of manufacture for more than 100 years or until well after the second .crop of new redwood timber is ready for the harvest. There are now being planted approximately 10 trees for every mature tree harvested. Redwood reprodu.ces itself by two methods the seed and by sproutlng.
A Redwood ground but this ,changing equipused and being is a great worry
California Redwood is in great demand for foreign as well as domestic use, shipments going to Central America and to Australia, Mexico and South American countries @Metcelf Forest Scene.
to the insects, and dsc,aying poop".,iTl:ltl:?"?'iirtllrit:T it resists so wonder_fully. -The East is demanding the upqgr _grades for _siding, chi,cken roosts and mouldings, while local trade demands the Redwood for almost evely section of the home.
In conclusion it may be said that California Redwood is strictly a'California product, that parks are being set aside to take care of these forest giants for future generations, that they are being well taken care of through scientific forest management for continuous supply, and its wood can be used for ,construction because it resists decay, resists fire, works easily and warping and shrinking is minirnized. if not entirely eliminated.
In fitting conclusion of the Redrvood, it might be well to carry away the thought left b)' Joy'ce Kilmer, rvho was killed in action in France and upon whose body was found the following thought for the tiee:
I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree.
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest, Against the earth's sweet flowing breast.
A tree that looks at God all day
And lifts her leafy arms to pray.
tree that may in summer wear nest of robins in her hair:
IJpon whose bosom snow has lain, Who intimately courts the rain.
Poems are made by fools like me
But only God can make a tree.
After careful deliberation and study of general conditions, both local and national, the Chicago Lumber Company of Washington, Oakland, has de,cided on liquidation and the disposal of all assets both real and personal, according to an announcement by L. V. Graham, vice-president and general manager of the co{npany.
The company is in excellent financial condition, and is proceeding with the plan of liquidation in an orderlv manner. Since the liquidation prog'ram started the merchandise has been moving out rapidly, and the stock has already been reduced approximately 60 per cent. The big plant covers 10 acres, of which five and one-half are under roof. This is equipped with the latest and most modern electrically driven machinery, which is now being disposed of, and is meeting with a ready sale at the attractive prices at which it is offered.
The business was owned jointly by Mr. S. H. Fullerton. veteran lumberman of national reputation, formerly of St. Louis, and by Mr. Graham. Mr. Fullerton retired from active business some years ago and now lives in a magnificent home on South Orange Grove Avenue, fasadena.
Mr. Graham has b.een actively associated with Mr. Fullerton for the past 36 yelfs, and has served in every department of the industry. He was at one time in charge of 70 retail yards for the Fullerton interests, and is one of the best known and respected lumbermen in the country.
Beauty of color, depth of grain, Redwood for
walls, Redwood for the beam ceiling . . . for any interior or exterior setting, a wood that is lasting in quality and enduring in charm. It's a story that every retail lumber dealer should be telling his customers.
There is a distinctive service at Hammondts for Redwood. It is well manufactured at our Samoa mill, from choice Redwood timber stands of Humboldt County, Northern California. There ate always adequate stocks on hand at our distributing yards. Let us s€rve you on your Redwood requirements.
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Peter Braddy, Government inspector of lumber for the Canal Zone, wis in,San Franciscol J.uly 7 and left that evening for Portland. He is visiting ihe Pacific Coast to confer r,vith lumber manufacturers and shippers with a view to closer cooperation between lumber manufacturers and the government of the Canal Zone, and for the discussion of the termite problem and other matters which affect lumber used in his territorv.
John G. Ziel, Barg Lumber & Shipping Co., San Francisco, spent a few days in Los Angeles around the first part of the month Lalling on the lumber trade. Mr. Ziel also made a trip to San Pedro to look over one of their cargo shipments of Philippine mahogany which had just arrived from the Philippine Islands.
^ R. E. Tracy, sales manager of Friend & Terry Lumber Co., Sacramento, with his wife and daughter speni the holiday week end in San Francisco.
C. H. "Chuck" Griffin, of the Homer T. Havward Lumber Co., Santa Cruz, with his wife and boy, is spending a month's vacation in Colorado. He expects to be back about August 1
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MR. AND MRS. A. J. RUSSELL RETURN FROM SOUTHERN TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. A. I. Russell returned to San Francisco July 9, from a lGday va'cation trip which they spent visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Ford, Montecito.
FRANK O'CONNOR A LOS ANGELES VISITOR.
Frank O'Connor, Donovan Lumber Co., San Francisco, was a recent Los Angeles visitor where he spent a few days on cornpany business. He made his headquartefs at the company's Los Angeles office where. he.conferred with J. Max Landram, their southern California representative. Mrs. O'Connor accompanied him on the trip.
. GEORGE GOOD IN HOSPITAL
George A. Good of the Good Lumber Co., Tracy, has been in the Robertson Hospital, Modesto, for the past three weeks, suffering from what has been diagnosed as Mediterranean fever. His daughter, Georgeanne was taken to the same hospital July 7, apparently suffering from a similar illness. Both are reported to be improving.
JIM FARLEY BACK FROM TRIP
Ji- Farley, assistant westqrn sales Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, from a business trip to Salt Lake City.
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manager of The returned July 14
' N. H. "Hawk" Huey, Phoenix, Arizona, is back on the job, following a trip to California and the Northwest, where he visited the White Pine, Fir and Redwood mills. On his way north, he stopped at Medford before proceeding to Portland. He returned via Klamath Falls, Fort Bragg and San Francisco. He also spent a few days in Los Angeles calling on the lumber trade.
Leading Body Makers l-fse Latge Quantities of Wood-Some Own Their Own Forests and Mi[s and Practice Petpetud Lumbering.
Washington, D. C., June 30.-"Facts and Figures of the Automobile Industry," published by the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, gives 1,050,000,OJ0 ft. of hardwoods, out of a total production of 5,925,000O00 ft., as consumed in 1929 by the automobile industry. Of softwoods, 395,290,00O ft. were consumed-chiefly for boxing and crating.
Information secured by National Lumber Manufacturers' Association field men rvho have been surveying'the automobile industry for the past trvelve months, leads to the belief that makers of fine cars are more and more appreciating the economy, strength, endurance, elegance and other characteristics of the wood (composite) bodl'. The Fisher, Briggs and Murray Body companies are studying the regrowth possibilities of their large holdings of timberlands and are already putting selective logging practices into effect with a vierv to maintaining a perpetual supply. Four large hardwood lumber manufacturers in the SouthThistlethlvaite in Louisiana, Houston in Mississippi, and Moline and Long-Bell in Arkansas, have already adopted this policy of assured supply in their lumber operations. The re'cent evidence of profitable volunteer regrou'th on cut-over areas in the Mississippi bottoms is convincing reforestation investigators that this supply factor will figure prominently in the future operation budgets of the big auto body makers.
Fisher Body Corporation alone is using roughly around 300,000,000 ft. of hardwood lumber a year in current production besides ,considerable pine and fir, but the proportions of the different species is constantly changing. The Mengel Company and Mengel Body Company are cutting up between 150 and 200 million ft. of hardwoods annually in making dimensions and finished wood parts for severJl body plants. The Southern cut-up plants of Nash, Chrysler, Briggs, Murray, Graham-Paige, and Hayes probably consume 250,000,000 ft. between them and the Forcl operations
in Michigan consume possibly 100,000,000, although this is but a rough estimate.
The amount of lumber consumed in auto b'odies is of course constantly fluctuating, due to variation in the number and kind of cars built and frequent changes in the detailed design of the body. The purchase of ffnished wood parts from outside fabricating plants is a steadill. increasing practice. Some of the body plants are merely assembling the wood parts shipped to them from outside. Some automobile manufacturers make their orvn bodies, while others buy part or all from independent body manufacturers who, in turn, may purchase wood parts in finished form ready for assembly.
All bodies are divided into the two essentially different classes in ac,cordance with the material used in the main framework of the body, which might be termed wood frame and steel frame. The wood frame body has sills, pillars, rear quarter and roof of wood, with more or less metal enforcement at joints and with cowl and windshield frame of either wood or part wood and part'metal, or, in some cases, all metal. The steel frame body uses steel sills, pillars, and cross members, supplemented by the structural value of the steel shell, with the use of wood confined to just enough interior framing to serve for the nailing of the upholstery and for seat frames, floor boards, etc. A11 types have woodframe roofs.
Bodies made by Fisher, Briggs, and Murray are representative of the wood frame type. Those made by Budd and Hudson-Essex are representative of the steel frame type. Studebaker bodies are a combination of the two types while Fords are of the all-steel type. A rough estimate might be made up by using 50 feet of lumber for Fords, 100 feet for Essex, 140 feet for Studebakers and lludsons, 200 feet for Whippets, 250 feet for light bodies made by Fisher for Chevrolet and Pontiac, and 250 to 3@ feet foi Buicks, Oaklands, Oldsmobiles, La Salles and Cadillacs.
Arizona
Lumber & Timber Co., Flagstafi.Excerpts frcm paper read at the Annud Meeting of the Lumbennen's Club of Arizona recendy held at Douglas, Arizona
'T.he economic value of our forests is incalculable. The us'e of 'wood is so ,closely interwoven with our whole ibheme' .of eiistence that we cannot do without it. We cannot do without the forests that produce it. We must have the industries, whose job it is to take the timber from where it stands in the woods and convert it into its useful forms.
The main problem of the lumberman ha's always been constantly to devise more efficient methods of bringing the logs from the forest to the mill, and t"etter and more economical processes of manufacture. The pioneering courage and engineering skill which achieved success in this endeavor is something of which we can well be nationally proud. It has enabled us to become the foremost lumber using country in the world, with all of the accompanying benefits and advantages..
Logging methods differ with every variation in topogrbphy, climate, and kind and size of timber. With every new region he has entered the lumberman has adapted himself readily to the new conditions, has abandoned old ways no longer practicable, and invented in their place new ones.
Through the whole history of the industry there has been constant progress in the substitution of machinery and mechanical power for the less effective manual labor and horse power. The modern mill of today, and the logging operations behind it, are equipped with the most efficient and powerful machinery that the science and ingenu- ity of man can devise and perfect in this age of quantity prod'uction. There are individual mills that turn out a million feet of finished lumber in twenty-four hours.
Time was when virgin timber was superabundant. The cheapest way to get a ne\M supply for the mill was to move into new territory. Moreover it used to be the common conception that the cutover land would be needed immediately t-y the settler for farms. The lumberman then held that his role was to harvest the virgin forest, and thus help prepare the way for permanent agricultural settlement.
We still have left 130 million acres of saw timber; enough to serve our needs with economy, for a generation or two longer. For the lumber and paper industries to continue indefinitely as leading basic industries and for our country to ,continue to use wood freely, new forests hereafter must be grown as the virgin ones are harvested. Some of the forest industries have already taken up this new problem of reforestation, and to their work aJ harvesters of ttre forest crop have added the work of forest growing. The start that has been made in various sections of the country gives promise that industrial forestry will do its part in perpetuating the timber supply.
The forests annually supply the logs for 37,000,00O,000 board feet of lumber, which-niore tha;15i000 sawmills'are busily engaged in manufacturing-enough for a500,000
h.ouses. Forty-six states produce lumber in varying guantttles.
Of pulpwood, 7,000,000 cords are used by more than 230 pulp and paper plants in the manufacture of our news, book, magazine, writing and wrapping paper, pasteboard boxes, napkins, drinking cups, rayon stockings and a thousand and one other articles to meet our daily needs.
Thousands of wood using plants reqirire-15,000,000,000 feet of wood from which they produci all of the other wooden things which we cannot do without; tennis racquets, golf sticks, baseball bats, and such like for sports; telephone poles, hewn ties, t"arrels, clothes pins, tool handles, furniture, railway cars, auto bodies, boxes, matches, etc., for the more serious affairs of life.
We annually use for fuel 100,000,000 cords of wood.
The forest industries compose our fourth largest industrial group. The lumber industry is the greatest of them. Ninety millions of us occupy lumber built houses. The most modern fireproof skyscraper requires thousands of feet in its construction. To build so woodless a thing as a hydro-electric power dam nearly as much lumber is necessary as concrete.
The forest industries as a whole directly employ more than 1,100,000 active workers. Of these the lumber industry alone keeps @0,000 busy with a payroll of 10 billion dollars. More railroad than there is in all France is built and maintained by the lumber industry in the United States for the sole purpose of bringing the logs from the woods to the mill. Cities are supported in the forest regions by the activities of lumber and other forest industries. The inhabitants make their living from the wealth which the forests produce.
Millions of additional workers are engaged in the secondary wood using industries which remanufacture the lumber from the sawmills into the innumerat-le finished products for the ultimate consumer. Here again new industrial centers are created, all of whose inhabitants derive their support from the wealth of the forests.
Add together the workers in the'forest industribs, in the secondary wood using industries and in the transportation and other services, their wives, children and other dependents, the lawyers, doctors, and merchants who serve them, and the result is: one-tenth of our population gets its living from the forests and the wealth they produce. The products which they turn out are used by our 120,@0,000 of people every day and in every way, and are indispensable.
The magnitude of the problem really cannot be conceived without close s'crutiny of the national system of industrial production and distribution in thousands of lines of activity. Production values totalling ninety billion dollars a year in this country are affected by, and affect, the operations of lumbermen. It is impossible to carry on
the work of any agency of human service-from the baby's doll to the soaring aeroplane-without the immediate cooperation of the lumberman. The advertising on which commerce depends, the infinite variety of devices by which the 120,000,000 of our population are supplied with the necessaries of every passing moment, hark back to the ring of the woodman's axe and the whirr of the saw in the lumber mill.
Probably the greatest worry which the lumberman has to contend with is the fire hazard in the timber. At the first sign of smoke, although it may be miles and miles away, from camp or office, he is on edge until the location is discovered and the fire extinguished. These fires take t huge toll in the nation's timber resources each year. Probably the largest number of fiies in history occurred in 1926 when there were 8263,covering a total area of 722,W acres. While this number was the largest in history, quick action by the forestry service prevented the damage from becoming as great as that in other years. In 1919 there were 6800 fires, which destroyed a much larger amount of timber than was destroyed in 1926. Covering a period of ten years, from 1916 to and including 7926, a total of 67,824 fires destroyed a total of 6,64O,24O,000 board feet of timber. Very few of us realize the imtnense damage which is being done every year to the lumber industry by these fires.
While a great many fires are caused by lightning, still by far the greater amount is due to the carelessness and negligence of the tourists, sightseers, picnickers, and campers, while travelling through the forests. Fires caused by lightning are generally preceded and followed by rain, and there is not near the danger of spreading that there is in dry seasons when the fire is caused by throwing away
lighted cigarettes and cigar stubs, or not entirely guishing camp fires in the forests.
When John Smith, everyday citizen, goes to build himself a home the chances are ninety-six out of a hundred that he will use wood if he lives in- the country; and fifty- nine out of a hundred if he lives in town or in the city. The average frame house requires 20,833 feet of lumber in its construction, and there are four hundred thousand houses built each year. Even if other material is used for walls, about three-fifths as much lumber is used in a sixroom house as would be used in all frame construction.
Every hour of the day wood performs some service for us. The average business man arises in the morning from a wooden bed, walks over a wooden floor, and sits on a rvooden seat. at a wooden tat*le. He leaves for his office in a car partly built of wood, gripping a wooden steeringwheel, enters his place of business through a wooden door, seats himself in a wooden chair at a wooden desk, picks up a wooden pencil and starts to work. If he shops for the family, he buys his groceries, drygoods, clothing, and hardware over a wooden counter. During the day he is probably engaged in smoking a wooden pipe and after the evening meal he reads the news of the day from the local paper made from wood. On Sunday when he goes to church he sits in a wooden pew, and listens to a sermon delivered from a wooden pulpit; In fact, he is constantly receiving service from somethinp mdde of wood from the cradle to thi grave, for the first'thing done after he enters this world is to place him in a wooden crib and when he passes from this earth he is laid away in a wooden casket. -
This universal demand has made the lumber industry one of the greatest industries in the United States.
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Th. recent decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission authorizing the construction by the Great Nrorthern and Western Pacific Railroads of a line between Klamath Falls, Ore., and Keddie, Calif., joining their two roads and giving San Francisco another transcontinental railroad, was particularly interesting to the Red River Lumber Company. Completion of this line will give this company another outlet for the marketing of the products of its big Westwood plants in the Northwest and Middle West.
Bids for construction of the Western Pacific 1l2-mile extension from Keddie to Bieber, where it will connect with the Great Northern line extended from Klamath Falls will be received luly 25, and actual work is expected to start at an earlv date.
, One of the progressive small sawmill operators in the Willamette Valley, .the Roy Swenson Lumber Company, has recently installed a modern dry kiln to take care of seasoning Fir common dimension.
This kiln has been installed at Veneta, the shipping point of the Roy Swenson Lumber Company. The lumbir is trucked from the sawmill which is about seven miles from Veneta and is handled and stored in the yard in packases. A Gerlinger carrier is employed for bringing thise pickages to the st-acking position at the kiln or to the planer,
The dry kiln building itself is of 2 x 6 laminated wood construction and has a holding capacity of 45,000 f.eet of.2 inch Fir lumber. The kiln is of the laiest design, beins of Moore's Reversible Cross Circulation Overhead Fan tlpe.
Makes lirtle difierence what we exchange our dollars for, each and every one of us demand that thq thing to be acquired refect ultra modern details.
Homes, the one possession which conveys personality, pride and characters of their owners, are now receiving the careful consideration in planning that they should, and it is these attractive, conveniently arranged new homes that is making every teal American want one of their own.
ft is the duty of every lumber merchant to help his prospects to build more and better homes and to see that they are constructed uP to a standard, not down to a price.
Plans for this attractive lrome can be furnished by the Lumberments Service Association Fay Building, Los Angeles
- Reynier Lumber Company, San Francis,co, announce that they. have been appointed silling agents for Northern Cali- fornia for the West Waterway Lumber Co., Seattle, manu- facturers of Fir lumber and lath, and for Wasiiington V_e19e1 Co., Plant No. 2, Olympia, Wash., manufactu-rers of high grade Old Growth V-ettow Fir Finish, and mouldrngs.
Reynier Lumber Company are also Northern California sales agents for the Humboldt Redwood Co.. of Eureka. manufacturers of Redlvood lumber, and they are themselves producers of split Redwood ties, grape itakes, posts and other products.
^ Eugene,. Oregon, June 30.-The Booth Kelly Lumber !91lanf is reaping a splendid harvest from an experiment tned ou.t recently in I ane County, Oregon, by geiting the personal element into lumber selling. n. C. Oiioi, *"iager of the com_pany and newly-elected fresident of the Natio"nal l-umber Manufacturers Association, expresses his belief in the need for intensive sales promotion in the lumber ind.u.stry as-follows. "We havi been trying an experiment this month and have had a retail saletmin who ^is quali- fied to mix with farmers, dairymen, etc., out on ;["-;;;l pra,ctically. every day covering a small proportion of thii county and, where he found no chance to sefi lumber (such as would be the case if -he were talking to a renter) tre has tried to make a friend-for our.o-p"nly and is thJtype;I rnan that would do that. He hai sbld something'over $1800.00 worth of lumber during the month, has th;riy-nine residence prospects who say they will build someti-" au.rng the^next year or so, seven schoolhouses in sight and ove.r lO0 barns, silos, brooder-houses and minor Uiitaingi atrd rather expects to sell to somewhere near half of a-ll this list later on."
The California State Division cif Forestry, Department of Natural Resources, will this year receive gi+Z,ZtS of F;a_ eral funds for forest fire prevention and suppressio.r, a._ cording to.advice just received from the Was'hington head_ q.uarters of the U. S. Forest Service by S. B. Shoiar, chief of the 9alifornia_-Region. This is an intrease oi $SZ,OOO ovei the t'ederal allotment for last year, and $90,000 more than rvas received by the State in 1928.
Federal fire funds are allotted to California each year under the terms of the Clarke-McNary law, to be used by the .State Forester, in conjunction wiih State fire -o"i.J, in the prevention and conirol of fires on some 19 million acres of private forest, brush and range lands valuable for l1n b-ergrgps, grazrng and watershed protection. The Clarke-McNary law provides that the Fediral Gov..nmerri shall ultimately pay one-fourth of the total cost to the State. tor preventing and suppressing fire on such lands, and the yearly in^crease in the fire allotment, foresters state, shows that the Government a_ppreciates the import""c. oi the State's fire problem in Cafifornia. Under the termi of the act, the funds allotted may be used in. employing adal_ tional State .rangers. purchasing fire equipmint'an? tanl< trucks, erecting fire lookout towers and for other fire pre_ ventlon measures.
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Wholesalers of Douglas Fir Redwood
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The Freacher sized up the little boy on the corner who was calmly puffing away on a cigarette, and identified him es the highly touted and model son of the family with whom he had dined just a few nights before.
"Sor1" he asked, ttaretr't you William Stone?"
."Yes, Sir," replied the smoker.
"Didn't I have dinner at your homo the other night?"
t'Yes, Sir."
A. S. Murphy, executive vice-president of The Pacific Lumber Company, Seattle, was elected a director of the California Redwood Association, to succeed the late Peter C. McNevin, at a meeting of the directors of the association, held June 24.
RedwoodShahes nake exoelLent fruit drying trays and Redwood traYs create satisfled custoners for the lunber dealers. Your order will be given pronpt dispatch.
"\il/hat would your splendid father say if he sartr you smoking a cigarette?"
"He wouldn't say anything. He kno,ws I smoke."
"Honectly?"
"Yes, Sir.tt
"But your mother-what would she say if she saw you witJl that cigarette in your nlouth?"
"Shh ! She'd raise sand. This is her private brand of cigarettes."
GEORGE BURNETT VISITS S. F.
George C. Burnett, Burnett Lumber Co., Tulare, ancl Mrs. Birnett, were recent visitors to San Francisco.
Chas. G. Bird, of the Stockton Lumber Co., Stocktoa, will return July 2l from a vacation trip spent in the Northwest.
Better rervice, longer raw lifc and Snoo'ther ortting are arsrred reeultc fron the ure of SIMONDS BAND SAWS (Narrorr or Wide). The new wcar'rcciitingi cdgeholding SIMONDS STEEL rnaker it poriblc for tbe opcrator to ggt rnuch bcttcr rerultr. Spccify SIMONDS for better band raw rcrvicc.
Larue 'Woodson, Northern California representativg 9f the Wheeler Osgood Co.. Tacoma, became manager of the Nicolai Door SaJes Co., San Francisco, a subsidiary of the Wheeler Osgood Co., on July 1, succeeding J. C. Haring who recently resigned. Mr. Woodson, who for the_past lO years has represented the Wheeler Osgood Co. in Northern California, is well qualified for this position through his long experience in the industry.
Wm. H. Klingenberg, who is also well known to the sash and door trade bf California, has been appointed assistant manager in charge of sales.
Mr. Woodson told a representative of this paper that his new duties will in no way affect his past connections, as in addition to his new position he will continue as Northern California representative of the Wheeler Osgood Co., Elliot Bay Mill Co., Seattle, and Hardwood Products Corporation, Neenah. Wis.
He is ably assisted by Mr. Klingenberg, and by Miss Mae Hendri,cks, a young lady who has been in his office for the past several years, and who is most proficient in the sash. door and plywood business.
The offiie of the Nicolai Door Sales Co. is located at the warehouse at lgth and Harrison Streets. as before, which means that Mr. 'Woodson has given up his offices at ll2 Market Street where he has been located for a number of years, and is now making his headquarters at the 19th ancl Harrison Street address.
As chairman of the dry, J. E. "Ted" Higgins Jr.. of the J. E. Higgins Lumber Co., San Francisco, was responsible for the selection of the meeting place and for all arrang'ements for the June meeting of the San Francisco Hardwoocl Club.
History was made when Mr. Higgins arranged for the meeting to be held at the Southampton Lighthouse, located in San Francisco Bay, near Richmond, as this was surely the first time a group of lumbermen held their deliberations in such a place.
Boarding the speed boat especially chartered for the trip the 100 per cent attendance of members made fast time between the dock at San Francisco and the lighthouse, and after the business session was held there was an entertainment program followed by a banquet, which brought to an end a very enjoyable afternoon.
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed lumber and equipment in the yard of the Kesterson Lumber Co., Dorris, with an estimated loss of $25,000, June 28.
Fires from spontaneous combustion don't "just start" by accident. Theyoriginate from well-defined causes. Behind every such fiie thele is some human carelessness or ignorance of chemical reactions. We study these and other fire causes and give direct counsel to policy-holders for safe handling and disposal'of oily rags, greasy clothing, waste and other materials in which spontaneous combustion may take ptace.
Lumber Mutual Insurance is specialized protection for the lumber industry, with expert counsel in fire prevention. with assuranie of prompt payment of losses, and with dividends which represent a saving of. about 4OVo in cost.
Any of our companies uill siae gou full informatioi about Lumber Mutual Insurance anil what it offers to the lunber industrg in protection and irt cost,
Northwestern Mutual Fire Assmiation, of Seattlc, Wash.
The Lumber Mutual Firc Insurancc Co., of Boaton, Mass.
The Lumbermens Mutual Insurane Co., of Manrfeld, Ohio
Pennsylvania Lumbermcns Mutual Firc fnsurane Co., of Philadelphia' Pa.
Central Manufacturers Mutual Insuiencc C.o., of van wert; ohio
Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurenc Co., of Indianapolia, Ind.
The necessity for centralized control of business in the building industry, is urgent and vital to the life of such buslness, more so at this time than at any other time in the past, for this reason:
fndustry today is evolving from the pld formula of destructive competition among its units, to a new era of constructive development for its entire craft as a whole. and this development requires new methods of operation, failure to. d-evelop new methods at this time means continuing financial hazard. This condition exists at present in severa"l groups.
In other groups that are alive to the transition. and who have entered this new development, we find a heaithy financial condition that exists throughout its entire craft. The units of these groups were not always'.in.,a, standardized condition. They became so because <if\their hrrst efiorts towards- stabilizing'their industry as a wtrbte.
. An indus-try does not become progressive, uirtil the native, fear of each unit that it may tie ddprived of its competitivb activities, are dissipated.
This fear is real, since the life of the unit in its original creation was maintained through a competitive stru-ggle, and the dom_inating force of its &istence has been com[6ti- tive. But this competitive factor should be a servicebr a gost_ factor, when it is degenerated into a price factor, the life blood of the industrv.
(Profit) is bein_g jeopaidized so that in time the industry becomes one of financial hazard,.
The -argument that some of the units are prosperous in spite of this condition, <ioes not hold; their -proiperity is generally one of strategic value, and if the induslry i, " whole is not in a prosperous condition this strategii posi- tion is not earning its, added, cornpensation to thJ naiural one, and time will sgon diss,ipate ,its!va.lue.
Successful merchandising ixists only because of its fac, tor of distribution. Goods are valueleis unless they can be ottiiS*:hinery
of distribution is the life factor of the industry. Whatever method is used for this distribution must be under centralized control to operate profitably.
If no control exists, if the machinery ls running at random, is unprofitable, then new machinlry or new"rnethods must be used to continue this distributi,on.
In some lines efforts ire being made to eliminate the wholesaler and deal with the retail"er direct. Other lines are attempting to eliminate the retailer and wholesaler and deal with the consumer direct.
Why is this attempt made?
It is made because the wholesaler or retailer has not concerned himself with controlling the distributing factor.
Industry is divided into two factors, one of"production and one of distribution. .Whers qpmplete conlrol exists these factors are amalgamated arlil are fused into one solid gr-o!p, such as public-service iorporations.
Where this condition is riot practicable, a number of groups make up the industry,,and"it does not matter which group assumes ,control of the department of the industry,, provided that the control is for the improvement and col operation of all the factors dxccirt,ttri5 j The'lroup that asi sumes control is in the dictatorial position, and ttrll positiori,
is maintained solely through the group ability to administer an equitable condition to all factors in the craft. If this does noCoccur the purpose of the control is lost and antagonistic efforts will be stimulated against, instead of for, sup- port of the control.
In manufacture, it is more in the line of self preservation for the present distributing group to develop control of the craft than for the productive factor to do so, for the reason that the productive factor may will to develop new methods of distribution, but an organized distributor controlling the craft for its (the crafts) benefit. will eliminate the necessity for this move.
Organization will devise new methods of distribution, and will.eliminate loss cif profit, thus stabilizing the industry, stabilizing the price in relation to cost. And this cooperative control is not a conspiracy against the public good-on the contrary it is a brake on the public's destruction, for the public is ever alive to destroy profit, and is the combating element against profit.
The industry then being a profit-making business, contributes to the public prosperity by standardizing the pub- lic's investments, and the profit should be a substantial compensation, consistent with the service rendered.
Business Associations in the past were good as far as they went, but no control existed. Based on mutual agreements only, the varying degrees of selfishness in the membership created varying degrees of effort to outwit the agreement, sharp bargaining was then the accepted method, but as Mr. B. A. JarviS and C. W. Wood point out in an article in F-orbes Magazine, July issue: "It requires cleverness to be an expert bargainer, while one does not need to be exceptionally clever to understand that the day of bargaining is passed. Sharp bargaining requires brains, but using one's brains today against the other fellow is equivalent to using them against one's own best interests. The key to success then does not lie in the development of such super-acumen but in a simple understanding and a simple acceptance of conditions as they are. The trouble with many business failures is not that they are lacking in ability to play the game, but that they have not perceived that the game which they are playing is one which is no longer being played. Those who are succeeding are succeeding through co-ordination. They may not be exceptionally bril, liant but they are devoting such talents as they have to the learning of this new art."
The advanced method for control is the merg'er, but this only in such business where individual competition against the merge is not practical. Where a merge would plrmit entering destructive competition, the next best plan is cooperation and collective control, particularly when a business such as the building industry is centralized.
Assuming that the above is sound, it would seem to be the first concern of the group affected to engage in a concerted effort to securing the proper plan for organization; failure to en€fage in this effort during this present readjustment of business methods, may mean a complete breaking down of their present distributing factors.
Quoting Forbes' again, "Another problem which ceases to be a problem as soon as it is examined from the modern point of vierv, is the trade association. Some business men
still hesitate to join with their competitors, still hoping to outwit them in certain business Dractices. To be sure thev never clo outwit them. The most they usually accomplish ii to outwit themselves by exhausting their capital in price cutting. But there was a time, many years ago, when men did seem to succeed by preserving their trade secrets. That time has passed fo,r6ver."
If it is conceded that the present trend of business in general is toward craft organizalion, a resum6 of the temperament of organizations in the past might be in order.
Without going into the causes that lead to a confused condition of business (causes for overproduction, both in manufacturing and over-production in the distributing end) it might be well to analyze the motives of organizations in the past.
The fundamental reason for the organization of an industry is profit. Any other reason must be relegated to the background as it is only through reasonable profit that an industry can be standardized and develop to its dignified position in the world of trade. All ideas of an ethical nature are good, but unless means are created to increase the physical values of the industry, the organization quickly loses support.
Unfortunately, in most organizations of trade in the past, while the idea of profit rvas paramount, sufficient attention was not given to the effect of the human element in the movement, and it is this element that is generally "the fly in the ointment."
The form or set-up of the organization, while in most cases was arranged to satisfy the desire. viz.: the securing of profit, the membership gave no thought or attention to bring about the improvement of conditions throughout the entire industry, but was concerned only with its individual life, or the life of its individual unit of the craft.
It was not concerned with a development of service, or a means to regulating the distributing end of its merchandise, but only in the immediate profit that could be gotten, measured in dollars and cents, without thought as to the continuing of legitimate profit and the cutting of costs to the consumer, and without any idea as to its existence except the quick scramble for immediate profit.
This resulted in a race for business while "the going was g'ood," and a "devil may take the hindmost" attitude, which resulted in a failure of the movement.
Today men are realizing that to secure reasonable and steady profit, and to protect these profits, it is necessary that the industry as a whole be first brought up to a standardized condition through a uniform mode, or code of operation.
In operating a unit or several units of an industry, a mechanical element is the major feature, the system of ope-
rafion is almost identical in each instance.
But in operating an organization, a human element is the major feature, and it is this proper dealing with the human element that spells success or failure to the enterpriseHence the policy ol organization should be one that can remove as far as possible the human element and devise a set-up that leans primarily to a mechanical element. This stimulates the industry to a deep concern in the operation of the organization, but this concern should be only in an advisory capacity, or in the controlling of the policies of the organization. The actual executive end of the business should be removed and apart from the industry.
An illustration of this is e.vident in our State Commissions. The railroad commission is devised to function as an intermecliary between the public and the public service corporations, a sort of a referee, offering equitable conditions to bofh sides, protecting the public .against overcharge.
The inclustrial organization should be devised on the same lines, protecting the competitor against undercharge; protecting the public also in that it offers the public a standardized value.
It is not meant ttr be inferred from the above that the organization should be devised as a money-making institution. This smatters of a "Racket" but it should be devised so as to regulate the trade at large to such an extent that the tone of the industrv becomes substantially elevated in character, and this through reasonable and guaranteed profit.
What is meant by reasonable profit? Reasonable profit to a rvater company or a public service utility does not ne'cessarily mean reasonable profit to a merchandizing or manufacturing utility. It does 4ot mean an arbitrary sum that can be secured for the time being, but it'iieans a profit commensurate to the service rendered. By this service rendered is meant, plus the accommotlation value, plus the investment necessary to render the service..a. profit determined upon the total consumption of the commodity in the locality affected, and the relation of this consumption to the capital and labor necessary to render the service.
These necessary profits for the successful continuing of the service are real property, both present and future, and should bear the same relation to the industry or business as the merchandise or real estate. And when these profits are attacked by ruinous competition, or other means, they should receive the same degree of defense and protection that the law affords for a destructive attack on anv oersonal ot"oitil'it
is the protection of this property, u"u ,n. ,"*lation of the means for securing this profit, that should be the first concern of an industrial organization.
I would I were beneath a tree
A-sleepin' in the shade with au the bills I got to pay PAID.
I wotrld I were on yonder hill
A-baskin' in the sun With atl tfie work I got to do DONE.
Wish I were beside the sea
Or sailing in a boat With all the things I got to write WROTE.
(By Roe Fulkerson)I do not know how wicked these rAmerican millionaires are, but as I travel about and sge the resutrts of their generosity in tJre form of hospitals, churches, public libraries, universities, parks, recreation grounds, art museums, and theatres, I wonder what on earth we should do without them?-William Lyon Phelps.
Real Estate Agent: "'Well, wh do you think of our little city?"
Frank Visitor: "Well, tell you, pardner, this is the first cemetery I ever with lights."
We wish to give credit to Better flomes and Gardens for the beautiful home building prose poem, "I Want to Fuild a Home," that appeared on this page of our May first issue. The author is Chesla C. Sherlock and the article is covered by the copyright of Better flomes and Gardens. This article was sent to us as an anon5nnous article, otherwise we would have been pleased to have given credit to Better Homes and Gardens.
in the morning he was awakened by his do the chores. He got out of bed with 4
ster and told to full of bi'tter-
There was a certain man who was a sla At four o'clock ness, and dragged rebellious feet to he barns, where he the light of a dingy fed the horses and milked the ,cows lantern.
Before the sun was up he was a
furrows to which he gave no tho his shoulders stooped; he was ql
with a plow, turning His eyes were dull;
At noon he stopped to eat; barns where merciful darknesr night he went back to the Again he milked the cows a brought him promise of rest. fed the horses, and when he had satisfied his own hu r, went morosely to bed to mutter in his sleep agai to menial tasks. the tyrannv that chained him
One day his master inherited the farm. as t
a slave, but a citizen.
ed and was buried and the slave law provided. He was no longer morning he was awakened by the
dressed hurriedly and started for the rses and milk the ,cows. On the way he stopped to the deeply of the s,cented breeze that came out of the t; at the barns he sang among the astonished cattl
crowing of 'cocks. barns to feed the h
Before the su the b'irds that I came up he was plowing and listening to ng in the hedgerows. He rested at noon,
At four o'clock the but his labo from the fiel sat on the of a starli
were not finished until twilight drove him to milk and feed.
He rvas ti d, but his heart was light. He ate heartily,
rch a little while to smoke and enjoy the peace
His ey night, and went gratefully to bed. closed; he relaxed. Sleep was upon him. But before h ost consciousness, he smiled in complete contentment, a a l>les
murmured,. "It has been a wonderful dav. What rivilege to do just as one pleases."
-By Robert Quillen."Mose, you Tazy rascal, do you think it right to leave your wife at the washtub while you spend your time fishing ?"
"Oh, yassuh, mah wife doan need no watchin'. She'll u.uk jes as ha'd as if'n Ah wuz dere."
Caller-"Who's the responsible man here?"
Office Boy-"If you mean who gets all the blame, yoqire talking to him now'."
A visit to the logging operations of the Sugar Pine Lumber Company was the outstanding feature of the meeting of the San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club, held at Central Camp, Madera County, logging headquarters of the company, where members of the club and their guests gathered at the special invitation of General Manager James Clifford, June-Z} and 21.
On Friday afternoon the visitors drove to Central Camp, which is about 70 miles east of Fresno, and had dinner thit evening at the cook-house. The club's executive meeting was held after dinner.
Bright and early in the morning the Visiting lumbermen were taken for a very interesting trip through the woods on a gasoline speeder to inspect the logging operations. The most interesting part of the tour was when Mr. Clifford
showed them a tract of timber which his company has handled under "selective" logging methods.
Returning to camp for lunch the visitors left for home Saturday evening, after being royally entertained by Mr. Clifford. All agreed that they had a most enjoyable time.
Members and guests who made the trip were the follow: ing: Earl E. White, Madera; James Clifford, Pinedale; H. C. Kinnee, Hanford; Hal Baldwin, Fresno; B. F. Bondurant, Reedley; Walter L. Johnson, San Francisco; Frank F. Minard, Fresno; Elmore W. King, Bakersfield; Paul G. Galle, Reedley; W. B. March, Ivanhoe; C. L.Marsh, Biola; C. T. Mathis, Ivanhoe; Ray Clotfelter, Visalia; E. M. Prescott, Fresno; S. P. Ross, Hanford; A. J. Crow, Kerman; G. C. Burnett, Tulare; F. Dean Prescott, Fresno; F. T. Bell, Clovis; E. P. Ruth, Reedley; W. K. Kendrick, Fresno; Chris Sommers, Fresno. and Dean Cook. Madera.
United Lumber Yards, fn,c., are building a fine new shed _,Henry W.-Gustafson, who has been sales .manager -for and remodeling their Ripon yard, recently purchased from Northern california for the coos Bay Lumber co', has 'o the Ripon Lumber Co. to mak-e-his head-quarters at Bay pJint.
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WHOLESALE LUMBER
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Retail iumbermen passing through San Luis Obispo lvould find the time well spent if they stopped in to see the new display room of the Pacific Coast Coal Company. This is a striking example of .compactness, of what can be done with a comparatively small space in any lumb,erman's office building. It shows that by careful planning many types of building materials and fixtures can be well displayed in a moderate sized space in such a way that a prospective home owner may easily spend an hour studying the entire dispIay.
l'he display room is located in the,company's office building on the Coast Highway, and is provided with a large plate glass window whi,ch is flood lighted at night with colored lights. The carpenter work and painting are examples of the highest type of mechanical skill.
The floor is composed of 16 grades of hardwood flooring, arranged in panels and separated by narrow Walnut and Maple strips. Each grade is plainly marked, and the entire floor has a natural finish designed to show the true color and grade of the flooring.
On the walls are shown 12 different textures and colors of plaster in panels. Redwood paneling and interior trim in various kinds of softwoods are effectively sholvn. Two kinds of fibre wall board are neatly placed in the walls and finished, and two brands of insulating board are set into the rvalls and ceiling.
On one section of the wall 16 different kinds of face brick are arranged in panels, and four patterns of roof tile are laid on a section of roof whi,ch is built out into the room. This section shows a rustic effect of overhang and brackets.
The modern kitchen is furnished with a complete Peerless built-in kitchen, finished in shades of green. Two styles of ironing boards are shown.
Three different types of medicine cabinets are shown in the complete bathroom display. The. two bathroom win-
dorvs are provided with Watertite Casement Hardware. Trvo different colors of Bestile (made from Presdwood) are incorporated in the bathroom and kitchen.
A modern corner clothes closet with a full length mirror door, and lined with Cedar closet lining, will ,certainly catch
the eye of the lady visitor, as will also a standard type of corner china closet, placed in another corner.
The whole display reflects the greatest credit on Mr. J. A. Greenelsh, who is general manager of the Pacific Coast Coal Company's California interests with headquarters in San Luis Obispo. The company has branch yards in Arroyo Grande, Los Olivos, Nipomo, Pismo Beach, Santa Maria and Sisquoc.
Washington, June l5.-Final plans have been worked out for carrying on the program of Laboratory Research recommended by the Technical Advisory Committee at the Annual Meeting of the N. L. M. A. in April. The list of research projects was given favorable consideration by the Trade Extension Committee, and the Trade Extension Department rvas instru,cted to initiate the work as funds permitted.
The program as originally placed before the Te,chnical Advisory Committee was the result of many conferences with lumber users and represented a consinsus of the field and headquarter.s staff of the Association as to the project needing most immediate attention and having the greatest importance from the viewpoint of future market develop- ments. Each project was carefully considered and discussed by the Technical Committee and numerous changes and additional suggestions incorporated in the report which was placed before the Trade Extension Committee. The Iollowing list does not include all the projects recommended, but it is hoped that other projects 'can be taken up from time to time as budget limitations permit. The Engineering Research Department is now making detailed investigations to determine the most suitat-,le auspices under which several of the projects should be carried on.
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Bill Hamilton, Ifolmes-Eureka Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is spending a two weeks' vacation at Trumbull Lake in the High Sierras. He will be ba'ck at his desk around the middle of the month.
2. Fire retardent treatment processes: fundamental ini vestigation.
3. Shrinkage prevention processes: fundamental investigatron.
4. Mechanical testing supplementary to above project3.
5. Tests of built-up, laminated structu,ral members and timber framing details.
6. Tests of laminated and plank bridge and factory floors.
7. Strength and rigidity tests of joisted floors.
8. Tests of heat transmission of rvood and of lurnber walls.
9. Column fire tests.
10. Fire tests of doors, windorvs and partitions.
11. Fire tests of floors.
12. Fire tests of elevator doors and scaffolds.
13. Tests of floor abrasion, hardness and slipperyness.
14. Tests of lath and plaster
It is planned that Items 1, 2 and 3 of the above program will provide for attack with thoroughly qualified personnel and appropriate facilities on the fundamental principles underlying treatment of wood for these purposes, and that items 9 to 12, inclusive, will disclose the effectiveness of fire retardent treated wood for resisting the effects of fire in actual building construction.
Bill Chantland, Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is spending his vacation visiting relatives in Idaho and North Dakota. He will return to Los Angeles the latter part of the month. His family accompanied him on the trip.
Architects-Contractors-Engineers and l{ome Builders Recognize the Value of GRAIIE'IIANKED LUMBEN
wooil Lumber Compans officialBrantl. we are now able to furnish ""nttTl,Tl#;T"1;t;r5fftr"::grades officiallv marked in accordance
Our "Who's 'Who" hero this month is just plain "Bill", but, if there be a man, worrlan or child who uses hardwood that doesn't know Bill, let us further describe him as Mr. William T. Meyer, co-manager of White Brothers' C)akland vard.
Bill wis born in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Later he moved to San Francisco but now he pays taxes in Berkeley.
Mr. Meyer was formerly with Shell Oil Company and Wiley B. Allen Company. He joined White Brothers in 1916, since that time filling the following-positions: Office boy, bill clerk, offi'ce salesman, yard clerk and traveling salesman. Bill still hits the road now and then to call on his old customers.
Mr. Meyer was quite a figure in the World War. Soon as he was old enough, he voluntarily enlisted at the Presidio. Spies, no doubt, communicated Bill's enlistment to the Kaiser for the War mysteriously ended three days later.
Bill is married and has two beautiful little daughters.
-Hardwood Headquarters News.
Red Bank, N. J., June 3O.-Noble steeds of Victorian days, who fancied themselves well-fed, well-watered and well-housed, would probably develop blind staggers at the view of horse heaven realized in the stables of Herbert N. Straus of Red Bank, New Jersey. Since the conversion by New York's smart. artistic set of the horse stables of MacDougall's Alley into studio homes, vibrant with the ether of a romanti,c era, the flair for stable settings has not abated by seekers of "atmosphere". But in Mr. Straus, unquestionably a keen sportsman, is found a respect for his stud which rea,ches the nth degree in providing luxurious accommodations for the inmates themselves.
Panelled in beautiful, mellow-toned wood, the stable is a model of modern excellence. J. W. Fiske Iron Works of New York use this building to demonstrate their ornamental metal work and stable fittings, but these are incidental accessories to the substantial charm of the timbers. Each stall is tiled; brick gutters drain the runway; electrically lighted lanterns, monogrammed feed boxes, shining bridles and artistic grill work, enhance this splendid home for splendid horses, in which the polished shimmer of fine wood predominates.
Rangers of the United States Forest Service want but little here below but there are a few things, especially during the vacation season in the national forests, that they want very badly. Here are some of them:
Matches that use their heads when their owners don't. Cigarettes without a forest fire in a trainload. Cigars that go out when dropped.
Empty cans that automatically roll themselves into garbage pits.
Newspapers that de'compose when left lying around. Signs that rebound the bullets at vandal shooters. Campers who never fail to extinguish their camp fires with water.
Motorists who carry ash receivers in their cars and use them.
Hunters who only shoot after they see horns. Fishermen who never clean their catch in a stream or lake.
Tourists without a mania for writing their names on sign boards.
Nature loveri who do not destroy the flowers, shrubs and trees.
Good citizens who realize their responsibility to prevent forest fires.
Washington, D. C., June 25.-The signature of President Hoover to the Federal Agricultural Appropriation Bill for the next fiscal vear assures to silvicultural-research in the southern hardwood forests an appropriation of $10,500 for the initiation of important work on July l. With this fund will begin a comprehensive study of the timber growth and yields that may be obtained from the southern bottom lands enabling timber owners to judge their productive capacity and plan accordingly. The work will give authoritative information on the time required to produce a crop of timber and the yields that can be obtained at various ages and under various forms of silvicultural treatment. An incidental part of the work will be a series of tables which will show the contents of standing trees of different spec,ies in terms of board feet, cubic -feet, and cords. Because of 'the complexity of the problem, due to the large number of species and forest types, the variation in growing,conditions and the lumbering practices employ- ed the work will require several years for completion.
This study of hardwood growth and yields is considered, according to E. L. Demmon, director of the Southern Forest Experiment Station, as the most urgent of the many problems involved in the scientific management of tl-re southern hardwood forests. Other problems must await the securing of additional funds.
In a letter from Henry E. Hardtner, president of the Urania Lumber Company, and chairman of the Executive Committee of the Southern Forestry Congress, Inc., to 9"_9.-T, Houston, its retiring president, hJexpresses his belief that the next most important hardwood prob,lem is the determination of the methods of cutting which will insure satisfactory natural reforestation. "This will be exceedingly difficult to solve", he says, "because of the large number of species, forest types, and soils, the rank growth of subordinate vegetation, and such other conditions as periodic overflow from floods, etc. Nothing can be begun on this latter problem until its importance ls called to the attention of the Congress. In the meantime, we should take satisfaction from the fact that it will be possible to make a start on hardwood silvicultural studies ne<t July 1st."
The hardwood interests of the lower Missisaippi Valley have been working for over. two years. to secuie Federal appropriation to conduct studies of growth and yield in southern hardwood forests, particularly of the lowland type. As a result of an active campaign for this appropriati,on and general support on the part of the members of the Senate and House from that region, the appropriation was included in the Agricultural Appropriatibn Bill recently passed.
N. H. Parsons, sales department, San Pedro Lumber Co., Los Angeles, has returned from a three weeks' trip in the East where he accompanied Mrs. Parsons, and their son Vinc_ent, who graduated from Oc,cidental College in June, to Montreal where they embarked on a three monthsi tour of Europe. While in the East, Mr. Parsons visited New York City, various points in Massachusetts, Chicago, and f.ockford, Illinois, where he operated a retail lumber busirress for .many years before coming to California.
Before returning to Los Angeles, he also spent a few days in San Francisco calling on his lurhbermen friends. He returneil to Los Angeles on July 8.
The National Lumber Manufacturers Association through its trade extension campaign is exerting its power towards a strengthening of the lumber market and making possible reasonable operating profits in order to create an increasing incentive for prolonging and perpetuating the life of the hardwood industry through reforestation. Commercial practice of forestry, and the consequent prolonga- tion of the life of the haidwood lumber industry, will-in turn create an increased incentive for supporting hardwood trade promotion activities. In the course of the various interviews and conferences bv field men of the N. L. M. A. concerning the proposed hardwood growth study, a number of cases of proven profitable regrowth were cited. Such cases divide themselves into three classes: (1) Second growth on abandoned farm lands, which has produced a merchantable ,crop of timber of known amount and value, as determined by reliable estimates or actual cut, within a known period of years; (2) Cut-over hardwood timber Iands which were logged first by something approaching a selective cutting system and have since then pioduced a second crop of known amount and value, as determined by reliable estimates or actual cut. within a definite known period of years. Commenting on this second class, Forester Franklin W. Reed, of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, believes it important in examples of this sort to differentiate between that portion of the second crop which has actually grown since the first cutting and that portion which was left standing at the time of the first cutting and has since become merchantable because of changes in standards.of utilization. "ff the first cutting and the second estimate or,cutting are based on the same minimum diameter limit, probably for the purpose in hand," says Mr. Reed, "the whole of the second can be credited to growth. If,'in the second cutting or estimate, the diameter limit is lower, that much of the new crop must be credited to changes in utilization standards." (3) Hardwood timber lands under forest management, whose owners, by experiment and investigation, have become convinced that it is profitable for them to encourage the regrowth of their hardwood timber.
Other increases in appropriation have been granted to the Souttrern Forest Experiment Station which provide for $10,000 for investigations of the relationships between fire and resin yields in naval stores operations: $10,000 for in. vestigations of methods of cutting to insure natural reforestation in second growth yellow pine stands and $25,000 for the initiation of a forest survey in the Southern Hardwood Region. I
A. C. Ilorner, manager of the Western division of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, returned to San Francisco recently from a two weeks' tour of Northwest cities. He visited Portland and Pendleton, Oregon; Seattle and Yakima, Washington, and Boise, Idaho, holding consultation with various building code committees which are contemplating either the adoption of new building codes or amendments to their existing codes.
When Bill Smith went to college They said he was a "grind": Because at sundry times he tried To cultivate his mind. Now no one ever seemed to take Much interest in him, Though oft he burned the midnight oil Till morning stars grew dim.
They let him smoke strong cigarettes, And drink, (if he could find it); When he staid late at balls or shows Nobody seemed to mind it. He smoked till all his room was blue, Irregularly dined, For he, you see, was striving there To cultivate his mind.
Now Jim Smith made the football team, And different was his fate, A howl went up both long and loud If he staid out too late. He couldn't smoke or take a drink, He slept from dusk till dawn, For big, brave Jimmie Smith m'dear Was cultivating brawn.
It seems that one who trains his brawn Must keep himself in trim, And never, never jeopardize His health and zeal and vim. And that's the difference in our day, Betweeri the rules that bind The man who educates his brawn And one who trains his mind.
Adeline M. Conner.The Yost-Linn Lumber and Finance Co' and the Montgomery Lumber Company, both of Culver City, Calif., have consolidated and the general office of the company will be located at the offices of the latter company,8817 Washington Blvd. They will operate under the name of the Culver City Lumber Company. W. F. Betts will manage the y_ard, and the other officers of the company include J. G. McKinney, president, and Fred H. Yost and J. H. Montgomery' directors.
One million feet of Redwood will be used in the construc= tion of a stadium at the State fair grounds, Dallas, Texas, for the Texas State Fair Association, as the result of sales promotion work done recently by Mason E. Kline, sales engineer of the Union Lumber Company, San Francisco. The entire stadium, which will seat 45,0m people, will be built of Redwood, and the design will be similar to that of the Stanford stadium at Palo Alto. Mark Lemmon, of Dallas, is the architect.
Mr. Kline made the journey from San Francisco to Dallas and return by Western Air Express air lines. He left San Francisco at 5 p. m. and stayed over night at Los Angeles, leaving there in the morning and arriving a-t Dallas it 7 p. m., traveling by way of Holbrook, Atiz., A!buCt19rqu., N. M., and Amarillo. On the return tripheleft Dallas it6 a. m. and traveled by way of El Paso and Phoenix, arriving in Los Angeles ai.6:45 P' rn., and returning to San Franiisco next day on the morning plane which leaves at 8:50 a. m., and reaches Oakland airport thiee hours later'
Edgar W. Johnson, O'Malley Lumber Co., Phoenix, A-rizona,-is spending a three weeks' vacation in l,os- Angeles ancl is cailing on many of his lumbermen friends in the Los Angeles district. He will return to Phoenix the latter part of the month.
Forest guards and like temporary employees of the C-alifornia Region, United States Forest Service, will hereafter wear a sp-ecial nickel badge bearing a pine tree, the words "Forest Guard" and the letters U.S.F.S., states Regional Forester S. B. Show of the San Francisco headquarters. This will enable the public, visiting the national forests for business or recreation, to distinguish the regular offi'cers of the Federal Forest Service from the special summertime force of guards, lookouts, fire patrolmen and men in charge of Forest Service public camp grounds.
The well known bronze shield-shaped U. S. pine tree badge of the Forest Service has been in use for over 25 yearl and has become the distinguishing mark of the U. S. forest rangers in the 150 national forests from Maine to California and Florida to Alaska. It is also worn by all year-long Forest Service officers employed in special lines of work, by forest supervisors and members of their fotce, and regional foresters and their headquarters staff.
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THE INDIJSTRIAL SERVICE CO. Pordand, Oregon
Rctcr 82.50 per colurnn Jnch
Planing Mill, Machinery and Stock. Will dispose of our entire stock of windows, doors, glass and. kilrl dried mill stock; also modern machineiy. New 3 years ago. Office equipment. Will sell by unit or as a whole. Property 325 tt. x 150 ft. with Santa Fe trackage. Los Angeles Planing Mill Co., 1800 Industrial St., Los Angeles, Calif: Phone VAndike 8460.
POSITION WANTED AS RETAIL LUMBER YARD MANAGER
Retail Lumber Yard Manager, Bookkeeper, Creditman, Salesmanager, Los Angeles experience and Line Yard; understands plan-book and sound financing. References. Address Box C-337, California Lumber Merchant.
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Small Retail Lumber Yard near La Mesa. California. Lot 15oxl50 fronting on main paved boulevard in rapidly growing section near new State College. Good buildings and standard stock. Must be sold at on,ce. Entire plant, including stock and real estate, $9,500.00. Address G. F. Hoff, Trustee, Suite 404, Union Bldg., San Diego, Calif.
Washington, D. C., June 2S.-Considerable quantities of lumber are used in ships and shipyards-although steel is the major material of all large ships-for decking, trim, large parts of superstructure and insulation, staging, shoring, templates, patterns, and launching ways.
An analysis made by the National Council of ,American Shipbuilders shows that about 3.6 per cent of the entire cost of a vessel is expended for the lumber used. This 3.6 per cent represents a total expenditure of $2,600,000 in American shipyards, for there is every reason to believe that we will continue to have a normal tonnage of 7,800,000 gross tons of deep-sea shipping under the American flag. Figuring the average life of a ship at 20 years, this means a replacement program of approximately 50 large vessels annually of a money value of $75,000,000 a.year.
The National Council survey shows an annual consumption of lumber with monev lrai,r.s as follows:
Oak White pine
Ash
Teak
Maple Mahogany .....;
Birch
Plywood
New York, N, Y., June 25.-The Metropolitan Opera House stage, across lvhose boards have trod the world,s most celebrated in song and drama, reveals a construction history comparable in interest with its surroundings.
The first stage, built in 1883, was destroyed by fire in 1894, after 11 years of continuous service. A second, of edge-grain y_ellow piae, lfu inches thick, replaced it and served jor 22 years. The present stage, laid in 1916, has seen 14 years of continu,oui daily use-not only the ordinary w'ear and tear of floors under usual conditions. but also the shock and abrasion of heavy settings and itaee properties incident to the presentation of opeias.
The floor is built up of removable panels and solidlv nailed sections, with a latio of approximately eight or ten strips of white pine to one strip-of yellow ptr..- This arrangement was explained by the fact that ii 19L6, because of ,war conditions, difficulty' r,r'as experienced in purchasine yellow pine, although white pine was readily available. A search revealed a considerabte quantity of vellow oine stored away and thoroughly dried out. This wis unifoimlv dispersed among the many panels and floor sections t'o stiffen the w'hite pine.
Frank H. Alcott of the New York office of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, in makine his reoort oJ the investigation, says: "I was thoroughty- amazef at the vast amount of lumber and timber riori< under this 9ta.gc. .{ gte"t portion of the main stage center is a sink, built with removable panels so that dropl and settinss mav be lowered one or two floors below. - The floor ifim.Jiately under the stage is only ?/s-inch rough white and yel. low pine boards. Some of the original timbers and dinien_ sion material and some of the oiiginal steel beams lived through lhe !1e of 1894- and.are still in place, giving good service after 47 years of use."
to protect this link with civilization BYRD had every material in the world to choose from. Why was SUGAR PINE selected?
BURGESS BATTERY CO.
Madison, 'Wisconsin, August 29, 1928.
The Red River Lumber Co., 360 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago.
Attention Mr. H. V. Scott
Gentlemen:
You will be interested to know that your Sugar Pine was used by us in making battery boxes for Commander Byrd's Antarctic Expedition.
The dry batteries were used for the power supply of five small radio transmitters in planes, on dog sleds and at bases and intermediate stations. A light weight but very strong box material was therefore necessary. Because of sleet and snow conditions a lumber that would not warp, twist or shrink was required. The low temperature demanded good thermal insulation.
The Forest Products Laboratories suggested the use of Sugar Pine which we have found to be splendidly workable and well suited to our purpose.
'We are glad to have found a material with these properties and we appreciate your cooperation in hurrying it to us, so that shipment of batteries could leave with the expedition on scheduled time.
Very truly yours,
BURGESS BATTERY CO.,
(Signed) bv W. B. Schulte, Secretary.
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