The California Lumber Merchant - July 1935

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San Diego Lumbermen Will Hold l. C.C. Hearing on Freight Rate Care Golf Tournament Heldat Chicaso

The San Diego lumbermen will hold a golf tournament, dinner and entertainment at the La Mesa Country Club on Saturday, July 2O. The golfers will start teeing off at 1:00 P.M. A buffet dinner will be served at 6:0O P.M. after which there will be an entertainment and a few old fashioned games staged under the direction of Frank Park.

Ed Culnan is making the arrangements for the golf tournament. The following committee has been appointed to handle the publicity and attendance: Bill Cowling, chairman; Bob Reid, John Lupton, Merle Baker and Harry Whittemore.

A big turnout is expected. A large number of lum,bermen from Los Angeles and other Southern' California points are planning to take in the golf tournament, and will also stay over to visit the San Diego Exposition.

Georye Gorman Completes Testg For Pilot's License

George W. Gorman, sales manager for the Hammond Lumber Company at the San Francisco office, is again a licensed aviator, having obtained his pilot's license July 3. In spite of the fact that Mr. Gorman had five years' flying experience during and after the war, and had held a commercial pilot's license in 1922 in Canada, classifying him as a veteran pilot, it was necessary for him to demonstrate to a Department of Commerce inspector his ability and skill in handling a plane in the various maneuvers required, and to pass the strict tests of the Department as to health and technical knowledge. He completed easily all of these tests.

His first passengers after being licensed were his wife and seven-year-old daughter, and his two sons.

A hearing on the proposed reductions in freight rates for all rail shipments of lumber from the West Coast and Inland Empire regions to destinations in the Trunk Line, Central Freight Association and New England territories was held at Chicago by the Interstate Commerce Commission beginning on June 24. Commissioner Claude R. Porter and Examiner David Copenhafer conducted the hearing. If approved the 7Z-cent rate would,apply to all points east of the Illinois-Indiana State line and north of the Ohio River where present freight rates range f.rom 821 to 90 cents a hundred pounds.

Transcontinental railroads announced that the 7?-cent freight rate for destinations east of Chicago would go into effect June 10 for a trial period of a year. Due to the protest from lumbermen in the other lumber producing regions and the railroads serving them, also from water carriers, the commission suspended the application of the 72cent rate on June 8 until January 10, 1936.

Lumbermen from practically all the lumber producing regions and representatives from most of the railroads attended the hearing and the taking of the testimony took up the entire week. Opposing council have until July 16 to fite briefs with the ,commission and on July 19 the commission will hear oral arguments.

Homectead Project Rcady by Fall

Final phases of the construction work on the forty dwellings at the forty-acre Federal subsistence homestead tract at Reseda, Calif., is now under way and in view of the present progress being made it is expected that the project will be completed by September l.

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He--ing, E. W. ------ ----- ----------17 Hill & Mortonl fnc. ---------------------------------------19

Hog.n Lumber Co. ----------*------------------------------19

Holmer Eurete Lurnber Co. ----- ---- ----------------19

Hoover, A. L. --- --- --- ---------------19

Koehl & Son, fnc., Jno. V. ----------------------------f9

Catifornia Builderr Sopply Co. ------------------------17

Celifornia Panel & Veneer Co. ---------------------- 9

Catifornia Redwood Acsociation

California Vholesale Lumber Acrn. --------,--*

Celotex Company, The Cham6erlin & Co. V. R. ------------------------------19

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Dolbeer & Cerrcn Lunber Co. ------------------------19

Elliott Bry Saler Co. ---------------19

Forryth Herdwood Co. -,----- - -- - --------------------tt

Lawrence-Philips Lumber Co. ------------------O.F.C. Loop Lumber Company -------------19

Lumbermentc Credit Aarociation ------------------.21

McCormick Lumber Co., Char. R. ------------------f9

MacDonald & Bergrtrom, fnc. -----------------------19

MacDonald Ec Ffarrington, Ltd. ------------------- 5

Moore Mill & Lumber Co. ------ --- ---------------_19

Oregon Varhington Plywood Co. ---_----__---___-_f 9

Pacifc Lumber Co. The - ------ 7

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LOS ANGELLS, CAL., JULY 15, 1935

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The Strike Situation in the Northwest---More Fir

Cargo Mills Reopen---Fir Production lncreasing

Vith the teopening of a number of mills, some with union sanction but the majority without, production was somen'hat increased at the beginning of the tenth week of the Northwest lumber strike.

National Guard troops are protecting workers in three Washington cities, Tacoma, Aberdeen and Hoquiam, and State police and local authorities doing this wotk in other areas in 'Washington and Oregon.

The situation on July 9 in the various districts was about as follows:

TACOMA-Fourteen mills were operating July 8 with 14E5 men employed, with the Vashington National Guard o,n routine patrol duty. tongshoremen still refused to handle lumber. 'Jotal payrolls were reported on July 9 incteased to 11619 men out of a normal payroll of 3'000.

LONGVIEV-More than 1500 men were reported employed in the various plants, including the M & M plywood f.aaory, ,but the big Long-Bell and Veyerhaeuser mills are operating only some of their savrmill departmentsl with small crervs. The ,mills resumed wotk July f under an employer-employe agreement. Members of the Shingle Weavets lJnion are picketing the mills. Only rail shipments are being made.

PORTLAND-Six mills were running, three of which wete operating at or near capacity, Inman-Poulsen Lumber Cor B. .F. Johnson Lumber Co., and Southeast Pordand Lumber Co. The first two named are operating under an agteement with the union. The plants of Eastern & Vestern Lumber Co., Veat Oregon Lumber Co., and Clark & Vilson Lumber Co. were not sawing but..were opetating. o'n a limited basis with only loading crews. It was announced that the Multnomah Lumber Co. would resume July 11 by agreement with the union.

SEATTLE-Bolcom-Canal Lumber Co. with 100 men work'ing, and Nettleton Lumber Co. with 50 men were oPerating. Elliott Bay Mill Co. reo.pened its plywood plant June 9 with 150 former employes. These mills are tunning without union 'sanction. Seaboard Lumber Co. and Vest Vaterway Lumber Co. were to resume July 10 with union approval.

GRAYS HARBOR-On the request of the mayors of Aber.deen and Floquiam and the Sheriff of Grays Harbot County 300 men of the Vashington National Guard took over the duties of the State police and local authorities July 8. Six rnills were operating on a partial basis. These are Bay City .Lumber Co., American Door Co., Grays Hatbor Lumber Co., Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co., Harbor Plywood Co.' ,and Aberdeen Plywood Co. Polson Lumber & Shingle Company's mill started July 10.

EVERETT-Operators of six mills which wete expected to reopen July 8 deferred plans for reopening.

The labor situation in the Redwood producing region is settled and work is proceeding normally.

FfR-For the week ended lune 29 production reported by the W'est Coast Lumberments Association was 41'6891968 feet, the highest point since the strike started, a gain of 7'000'000 feet over the previous week, and of 80 per cent over the low mark of the week ended l0.Iay 25. New business was 54J22r351 Leet, a gain of 7'OO0,0OO feet over the previous week. Considerable rail business from the Middle West has been diverted to British Columbia. Vemical grain fooring is still very scarce. Prices ite firm.

PINE-New business totaling 62,8041000 feet, an increase of 34 pet cent over the 3-year weekly a'verage for June, w.l!l reported by the'Western Pine Association for the week ended June 29. For the year to date orders have been 39 per cent greater than for the corresponding period ^ ye^t ^go.

REDVOOD-Mills are busy on ordets. Market conditions are unchanged.

SHINGLES-Production of Red Cedar shingles is very limited and has not increased to any appreciable extent. Redwood shingle prod,uction is increasing, but is only sufficient to take care of the increased California demand.

PLYWOOD-MosI of the Douglas Fir plywood plants that are running are operating with only partial crews with the result thaf production is limited.

Unsold st<fcks at Los Angeles harbor on July 8 totaled,974r 000 feet. Cargo arivals at Los Angeles harbor for the week ended July s totaled 8,586'000 feet which included 9 cargoes of Fir carrfng 7rt47rOOO feet and 3 cargoes of Redwood with lr239rOOO Le*. 49 vessels were operating in the coastwise lumber service on July 8; 49 vessels were laid up.

Los Angeles Shows Big Gain in Building Operations

Building operations in Los Angeles in the first six months of the present year were more than for the entire years of either 1933 or 1934, I. J. Bachus, superintendent of the Building and Safety Department, has announced.

The total for the six months since January 1 was $15,454,38O, ,compared to ff15,283,2l6 in 1933 and $14,594,595 in 1934.

Lumber Code Authority Liquidating lts Affairs

Washington, June 26.---The lumber' industry is not participating in any voluntary agreement or code under the revised NRA and the Lumber Code Authority is now definitely winding up its affairs' Major David T. Mason' the executive officer of the Authority, left Tuesday for Portland, Oregon, where he will actively resume his position as manager of the Western Pine Association. The remainder of the executive stafi in Washington also have left, with the exception of Carl Bahr, executive se'cretary and treasurer, who will have charge of the liquidating of the corporation, which will probably require several weeks. Mr. Bahr, after attending to the winding up of the Authority, will return to the stafi of the National Lumber Manu-facturers Association, where he will be charged with interests of the Association relating to the field of governmental contact and cooperation in such fields as heretofore have been related to the codes. Mr. Bahr will have charge of :a department devoted to cooperation with the various units of the lumber manufacturing industry, other industries, and the State and National governments in studying and assisting in the solution of problems of creation and maintenance of suitable machinery and practice of industrial self-government.

At its meeting in Chicago last week the lixecutive Committee of the Board of Directors of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association formally expressed a de'sire to maintain "the constructive provisions on wages' hours, conservation and fair trade practices". The Committee urged inemberS of the lumbbf industry to continue to maintain wage standards as foigh as those specified in the Lumber Code, including obeervation of a work week of not more than 48 hours.

It was also decided that the,National Association would take over the forest conservatiqn work inaugurated during the past two years under the Forest Conservation Code.

Capt. John B. Woods, who wis ihiei of the Department of Forestry of the,'tumber Code Authority, wlll be employed by the National, Lumber Manufacturers Association in a similar capacity, and all of the asqociations in the field qf thb lumber and timber productg industries are expected voluhtarily to continue their conservation activities.

The Executive Committee urged the regional associations

and other former administrative agencies oi the Lumber Code Authority to ,continue to collect and compile statistics on wages, hours, working ,conditions and other data "so that the industry may continue to be currently informed of its business and employment conditions."

Preceding the meeting of the Executive Committee there was a gathering of the managers of the regional associations of lumber manufa,cturers whose federation constitutes the National Association. Many matters relating to the strengthening and firm support of the National-particularly in view of the dissolution of the Code Authority-were discussed and vigorous action was taken in many instancbs' In both meetings the subjects discussed included the legislative and governmental situation in general, final recommendations to the industry from the Lumber Code Author= ity b)t Major Mason, conservation and forestry action, new. members of the National federation, relations of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association to American Forest Produ,cts Industries, correlating of regional and national association activities, strengthenihg of the financial structure of the National, lumber trade promotion plans, definition of distribution functions of wholesalers and retailers of lumber, the Timber Conservation Board's quarterly survey reports, lumber freight rates, and other transportation matters.

All of the regional associations were represented and the meetings were described by members of the Executive Committee as making most satisfactory progress'

Burbank Dedicates New Library Building

The City of Burbank dedicated its new $38,000 library bulding on Tuesday evening, July 2, 1935, with a public reception and program. W. A. Blanchard, presi'dent of the Burbank library board, presented the building to the city whi,ch was accepted by Mayor Tillson. Mr. Blanchard is president of the Blanchard Lumber Co. at Burbank.

SPENDS VACATION IN SO. CALIFORNIA

Harry G. Hood, of Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co., San Francisco, returned June 24 from a vacation trip to Los Angeles and San Diego.

Vagabond Editorials

Bv Jack Dionne

Of all'the weird stories of utter lack of understanding of practical things that have come out of Washington in the last two years, the following is the climax:

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Men of the highest veracity say that one of the very highest officials in the Administration who specializes in the Government efforts to help the farmer, in a recent statement concerning present plans for agricultural assistance, declared (which is a fact) that there is a heavy jhortage of work animals on the farms of the country.

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He said the Government is going to help relieve this situation by furnishing worthy farmers with work animals, and that they plan to furnish the farmers ..mare mules that are in foal" so that the farmers will benefit by the increase when the foals ar'e born.

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The story goes that someone in the crowd who at some time or other had been on a farm and knew something about work animals, rose and remarked: .,My dear sir, f am sure the New Deal can do miraculous things, but when you start raising colts from mare mules, you are really going a little too far." And, it is related that the high-upper-farmer-helper had to have explained to him the fact that mare mules are not only without pride of ancestry, but are by nature without hope of posterity.

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And, it is further related that this gentleman, on finding out this startling fact about farm animals (what every child that ever got within nine miles of a farm, knows) in rnuch confusion requested that this particular plan of his be not published. But it is being told a million times a day.

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Anyway, f don't see why it should be hushed up. To my mind, raising colts from mare mules is one of the most practical thoughts the Brain Trust has evolved.

Reminds me of **orrlrrr*r l""a the other day. One wag suggested that we use the new work relief five billions to level ofr the useless mountains, and use the materials to fill up the useless valleys and swamps. Some other wit replied that the idea seemed practical enough but was probably too inexpensive to be considered at Washington.

Things are moving along. The Wagner Bill is now a law. As a means of putting men to work it is about as practical as raising farm animals from mare mules. The idea seems to be that the employer who has this thumbscrew clamped on him will get so wildly enthusiastic that he will rush out and hire himself a lot more men.

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Of course the Wagner Bill will remain a law until that exact date when "nine old gentlemen" with white hair and black flowing robes will rise to their feet in Washington and throw it on the scrap heap.

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Looks like a wild scramble right now to attack all the "recovery" measures in the courts. They are going to have to draw a number out of a bushel basketful of numbers to see who has the distinction of throwing rocks at AAA. Everyone, everywhere, is attacking that.

The lumber strikes "n "; al-r, tt u Pacific Coast are slightly improvedbut only slightly. In the State of Washington mills are starting at two points under thc guard of militia. It still looks like a long pull. Mills burn so quickly, and skulls crack so easily that men hesitate to try and operate in the face of communistic opposition.

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Business throughout the nation smiled openly when Congress got up enough courage to rcfuse to be whipped into line of the "holding company" bill. Not that business generally is interested in these "holding companies." But business generally has made up its mind that all business everywhere is going to have to unite and present a common front to a common danger if it is ever to get out of this hole.

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The old hard-shell Democratic Dallas News refers to Democratic tepresentatives at Washington "who (rnce were leaders but now are only listeners."

The Los Angeles Ti-; ,un*"u, reminds Mr. Roosevelt that when he started this recovery campaign he likened himself to the quarterback in a football game, and said that he would try one kind of strategy, and if it failed he would

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PALCO PERSONALITIES

LE\T BLINN

" A chip off the old block"

Every lumberman in California knows the gtand old lumber name of Blinn, and everyone that knows Lcw Blinn III knows that he is a real chip ofi the old block, living up to the family traditions cstablished by his illustrious grandfathet.

Like most of the members of the PALCO family, Lew is a graduate of Scotia, and he really hasn't all the sawdust out of his hair yet. In fact, so much of it has soaked through the old scalp that it has given him a real grasp of thc funde' mentals of "Naturets Most Favored '!(/ood."

[.cw has a host of friends in the trade throughout California, cspecially on thc Coast where he has been representing PALCO for years.

To kcep things congenial, he cven marricd a "lumbcrmant'-(Mazic Startzman)and owns his own homc just to sct a good example to all the Redwood prospccts.

Asked how hc finds business, he rePlied, "Plenty." fn fact, right now [,ew's chief concern is gctting the mill to fill his numerous otders. But hc has a ttwayt' about him, and usually manages to keep things coming his cf,rstomcrst way.

His tcnaciry was acquired while playing football at Santa Clara, and his optimism, which knows no bounds, even expects Clipper Smith to cmcrgc triumphant whcn the old team meets St. Mary's this fall.

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change it. But as soon as the referee decided against him, says the Tirnes, "he wants to stop the game until he gets the rules changed IIIS way," and adds that that isn't the way football, or any other game, is played.

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One of the big news agencies at Washington whose daily reports are printed throughout the land, said that when the new tax-the-rich law first appeared, one Democratic whip looked it over and said-"It's crazy." Another Democratic leader read it and said worse than that. Two hours later both of them were on the foor of the llouse stoutly advocating it. They had heard the Voice.

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The new tax-the-rich law acted queerly during the first few days of its life. The boys in Congress who run the errands to and from the White House came fying out of the mansion one day with a new tax-the-rich scheme in their hands, their hair flying and their feet spurning the road in the effort to make speed, crying-"RusH IT !" Then the public roared. What? Pass so momentous a law without even time for thought or debate? Then the President said he never said "RUSH IT!" He wanted.-to know who said he said "RUSH IT !" Then the errand boys who had been hollering "RUSH IT !" and running over one another to get it rushed, they just looked at one another-and said nothing. Maybe here and there an eyebrow twitched-but tfiat was all. First they said he said "RUSH IT !" Then he said he never said "RUSH IT !" After that they didn't say that he DID say "RUSH IT !" They just didn't say. Just where they got the idea that he said "RUSH IT !" - - - they havennt said that either. But it's taking its time'now'

The other day in this column I urged the mill folks to stick to the code wage scale. Maybe I was wrong. I don't know. I heard of a Southern sawrnill that recently cut the wage scale. They also went back to running six days a week. So what? The average weekly pay envelope at that mill is now $2.00 higher than under the code. The gross weekly income and buying power of that little sawmill town is more than $1,000 a week more than it was. The mill makes its lumber cheaper, thus improving the economic situation (business viewpoint, you understand, not college professor). And, who gets hurt? The men work more, get more much-needed money, and their families will be much better off. Figure it for yourseJf.

Today we witness the commencement of the spending of nearly five billions of dollars, ostensibly to restore prosperity. The money will be spent in a year. According to executive decree it shall put 3,500,000 men to work. 1. I * * *

,Query: A f{w years hence, when we are paying "through the nose" for this ponderous load of additional debt, shall we have the sitisfaction of pointing un all sides to enduring and useful an jvalue-creating things, and saying-"We got that, at least, for all that rnoney?"

Or has Gen&ral Hugh Johnson spoken truth again as he remar$ed,i4,leaving Washington for New York (where he is head of the relief work) that the new campaign to restore prosperity is another "leaf raking" undertaking.

National Door Mfgs. Agsn. Appointr Paul E. Kendall Secretary-Manager

The National Door Manufacturers Association, with headquarters in Chicago, has appointed Paul'E. Kendall of Kansas City, Missouri, Secretary-Manager. Mr. Kendall has been Director for Missouri of the Federal Housing Administration since the opening of that Administra;tion's office in each State, August 15, 1934. He has resigned his position with the Federal Housing Administratibn and will assum'e his new duties in Chicago a'bout July 1$.

The National Door Manufacturers Associa$on is composed of a group of thirty or more stock mdnufacturers of wood window and door frames, sash and doors and cabinet work. It has been in existence for ma.ny years and its chief purpose is the trade promotion of wood frames, windows, doors and cabinet work. It condu'cts .research work in the interest of increasing the acceptabifity and sale of these wood products.

The officers of the Association are: Presiden(, Earl Kenyon, Manager of the Sash and Door Department of the Long-Bell Lumber Sales Corporation of Kairsas City, Missouri; Vice-President, Howard J. Rowland of the R. McMillen Company, Oshkosh, Wisconsin; Treasurer, A. F. Baal, Carr Ryder and Adams Company, Dubuque, Iowa.

RETURNS FROM -EUROPEAN TRIP

James Wisnom, president of the Wisnom Lum'ber Co., San Mateo, Calif., has returned from a three months' European trip where he visited England, Denmark, Sweden and his old home at Belfast, Ireland. I{is cousins, John and Robert Wisnom, accompanied him on the trip.

New President of Hammond

Organization Has Had Distinguished Career

Colonel R. W. Lea, who re,cently was elected president of the Hammond Lumber Company and of the Hammond & Little River Redwood Co., Ltd., is a gentleman of wide and successful business and executive experience. As general manager of the Otis Elevator Company, and later as vice president and export manager of the Moline Plow Company and president of the Moline Implement Company

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and of Lea Fabrics, Inc., he established a reputation as one of the most capable of the younger 'captains of industry of the nation. Later this reputation was enhanced by his work as industrial advisor for the Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago. He earned his military rank during the World War in the Traffic Division of the Army, where he served with distin,ction.

When General Johnson was drafting the most forwardlooking men in the industrial world, Colonel Lea was made Assistant Administrator of the National Recovery Administration; and was Industrial Assistant on all codes and industrial problems. He resigned after about a year to return to private industry.

Colonel Lea comes of a lumber family. His father, the late William W. Lea, for many years owned and operated a mill in northern Wisconsin; and his boyhood was spent within the sound of an edger saw. He is a distinct acquisition to the lumber ranks of the Pacific Coast.

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A Practical Appraisal of the N. R' A.

By Kenneth Smith, Manaser Lumber a Allied Products Institute, Los Angeles

A Paper Delivered ot o Meeting of the Construction Industries Committee of the Los Angeles ChEmber of Commerce on June 26,1935

.' A paper delivered at a meeting of the Construction Industries Committee of the Los Angeles Cham'ber of Commerce on June 26,1935.

I have ssld in a number of talks recently that the Supreme Court decision was an excellent thing for the'country 'from the long-range standpoint, and have been misunderstood by a number of my friends who have jumped to the conclusion that I was unfairly critical of NRA and unwilling to concede the great good which it did. For that reason' and because of the fact that this talk is labelled "A Critical Appraisal of the NRA", I should like to make it clear at the outset that I do not think, by any manner of means, that the effect of NRA was all bad.

On the contrary, I feel that a tremendous amount of good was accomplished by the NRA, and that its accomplishments were very much on the right side of the ledger up to that point where the public and businessmen generally became aware of the fact that the Administration knew it could not enforce its code edicts and was merely running a bluff.

From that point on it became a menace to recovery. It was holding back confidence. It was hamstringing highclass, clean businessmen, and it was doing all over again the job done by the Eighteenth Amendment, of teaching disrespect for law.

It is a great pity that through an apparent 'constitutional inability of the President to keep his pledges, NRA should have been allowed to run on after it was a demonstrated failure. If the President had kept his pledge, to forget about NRA if it should develop that it did not work' if he had then stepped out and admitted that experien'ce had demonstrated that it was a failure and pointed out the fact that it had been a good thing while it lasted, and that that portion of it which was good should be made into a perma' nent law, the country would have been saved the two or three months of turmoil, nervousness and business uncertainty which was produced by the abrupt cessation forced by the Supreme Court decision.

I I think there is no question but that this jittery feeling has already begun to subside and that businessmen are beginning to realize, upon second thought, that from the longrange view, the Supreme Court decision on the NRA and the other unconstitutional measures and acts has definitely dampened the spirit of New Deal experimentation, and that 'we can look for mounting optimism and continuing recov-. er)'. 1936 will be better and, 1937 will be a normal year. I do not think there is any reason to be anything but optimistic over the efiect of the NRA decision; but I also think that businessmen will make a serious mistake to think that this will in any way interrupt the steady progress of public opinion and legislative enactments which have been gradu-

ally for 150 years imposing increasing limitations upon the right of initiative.

I think, in fact, that in spite of its failure it will have the effect of very definitely accelerating that natural trend. As long ago as May 8, 1934, speaking in these same rooms, to a meeting of Trade Association Secretaries, with respect to the form the Association of the future will take, I said to them:

"It does not matter what you think of NRA-whether you belong to those who damn it and all its workswhether you are one of those who drape the flag about it and denounce its critics as traitors-or whether you see both good and bad in it-it is an inescapable and undeniable fact that its existence to date has forever sealed the doom of the hverage and usual type of Association of the past.

"It has been a forced educative agency that has, in a little over a year jimmed down the necks of business more understanding of the necessity for, and the benefit of, united action than had been accomplished by all the efforts of the ablest leaders industry had produced. It has broug'ht an understanding of the value of facts as distinguished from opinion that 3 years ago looked like it woul,d take a millenium to bring about. It has forced an intensive study of distribution channels and costs and brought about an understanding of the necessity for restricting the cost of distributing the product of industry to the consumer to the worth of the service actually rendered that is working now and will continue to work an outright revolution in the'distribution practices of industry. E,conomists have preached for years that distribution cost must be lowered; that overlapping and une,conomical services must be eliminated if business was to be kept in balan'ce, but it took NRA to force industry to recognize the fa,ct.

"These are fundamental accomplishments that will never be lost. These are seven-league steps taken that will never be retraced. Whether NRA be continued on the present pattern, or so altered as to leave only governmental control of working ,conditions and volume of production, as many think it may, it afiects the future of associations only in 'degree. The less business is ,controlled by bureaucracy the greater the control whi'ch must be exercised by the association. The only question is the extent to which the association will influence business. The fact is that it must and will do the job. It must and will become the most potent instrumentality for solving the perplexing problems of industry. I do not believe that the recalcitrant minority will ever again be permitted to determine the practices of industry."

My conclusion at that time was that, a{ter NRA, associations would have to be reorganized "so that they will

function hand in hand with the law in regulating the competitive process; in maintaining equality of opportunity; in minimizing the 'cost of distribution; in protecting the public against unreasonable prices and predatory practices of all kinds if we are to retain freedom of enterprise and fr,eedom of the individual in this land."

Talking at Avalon last October l?th, on the subject of "\Mhat follows NRA", I pointed out that as mu,ch as NRA was getting to be disliked it nevertheless was a fact that it was not something which the heinous politicians had saddled upon industry, but that it was an effort sincerely proposed at the time of its inception as an answer to the vociferous demands of business for the past twenty to twentyfive years for the right and privilege of making its own rules of cooperation and competition and that, in fact, only the vicious American habit of expecting immediate perfection, had ,caused the members of practically every industry to start looking immediately at the defects in administration, at the imperfections of the laws in the shape of rules and regulations under codes which they had made for themselves, and to ,complain bitterly at the very restraint upon individual freedom of action which they had imposed upon themselves.

My plea then was that every businessman give personal thought to, and take active interest in the, consi'deration of this problem of "'What Follows NRA", and see to it that the organization through which he voiced his opinions took a cooperative attitude with respect to trade practice regulations rather than just sit back and buck everything proposed by both politicians and professors. I stated then, and I think it is the point with which we should be most concerned today that, if we either do nothing, or just oppose what is proposed by others, we shall get legislation mu'ch more difiicult to work with, much more restrictive and likely to result in mu,ch less real freedom of 'competition and real opportunity for profit than would be the case by assuming a cooperative attitude and r,vorking along with the law-makers.

I think we made a great mistake to just condemn the NRA, that we should instead look back at the conditions which prevailed in the years before we had this legislation, at the ,chaos which existed at that time, at the fervency with which we almost prayed for an opportunity for industry to be permitted to govern itself, to make its own rules and regulations and laws of competition.

I think if we will do that we will then recognize that

NRA failed not only because it was unconstitutional but that in its failure it had conclusively demonstrated that it would never be possible, at least in our present state of civilization, to delegate to ,businessmen themselves the right to make laws for themselves. NRA also demonstrated equally ,conclusively that it is impracticable to tie the relation between employer an'd employee into the same compact fair trade practices in industry. It was political horsetrading which tied these two entirely separate and distinct fields both of law and of business conduct in one compact as NRA. It was a political expedient and experiment, and it was so frankly labelled at its inception. Its faiture has demonstrated, not that no further progress can be made in the handling of these trvo separate and distinct subjects in the future by statutes dealing with them as separate and distinct problems, not that we must now revert to the horse and buggy age and to 36c wheat and 5c cotton, not that the steady progress of the past 150 years in the limiting of the right of the avaricious to prey upon their fellowmen must be halted, but merely that the job cannot be done in that particular way.

At one time in this ,country anybody 'could practice law; anybody could practice medicine; anybody could practice dentistry; anybody could start a water company; any'body cou-ld put in a telephone system; anybody ,could start an electric light or gas company; anybody could build and operate a railroad without limitation and without hindrance. Step by step, because it served the best interests of all the public, these unlimited rights to engage in these profegsions and businesses were limited by statute and these statutes were improved or tightened as time went on until today no one has any idea that there is anything unfair about the fact that he cannot engage in these lines of business without a permit from some branch of the government to do so.

In the course of time, we will have seen passed, and regard no less favorably, laws extending this theory of limiting the right of initiative in the interest of the public, to the point where it will require a certificate of necessity and convenience and a certificate of competency in order to engage in any staple line of business.

The Construction Indus'ry in California very nearly found itself working under such a law at this last session of the Legislature and will quite likely be the next major industry to which this type of legislation will be applied.

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A Practical Appraisaf of the N. R. A.

Continued from Page 11)

At one time, any one in any,business took what he,could get his hands on. There was no limitation of any sort upon his right to be a pirate in business. But about forty years ago this right to be a pirate in business began to be restricted and the body of laws that we know as Restraint of Trade Laws is the outcome of this effort of the public to protect itself from piracy in business.

It does not seem to me that there can be any question to the thinking man but that this trend, this steady progression o{ limitation of the right to initiative by statute will continue, and not only that it will continue, but that it will be tremendously accelerated in an effort to do by legal means the things whi'ch it was attempted to do by NRA. This applie5 not only to trade practices and to restraining the right of men not only to engage in business but to be a pirate in business, but it applies also to that o,ther field of law which was so disastrously tied in with the control of trade practices in the NIRA, and we shall see further extension by statutes of the limitation of the right of the employer to grind the laborer down. I do not think that the public generally, whether composed of professors, politicians or businessmen, will have any objection to restrictive statutes which will prohibit competitors in business from engaging in piratical trade practices and then endeavoring to recover their losses by trimming the wage of the man who works for them. I do not believe any of us ever again want to see wages beaten down by unconscionable employers to the level that w€.s?w on all sides of us in 1932.

I am not in agreement with my friend Charlie Cunningham as to the value of the new NRA. I do not think it can or wiil bccomplish anything. I think it was merely a facesaving lesture by an Administration which has demonstrated'that "itcan dish it out but can't take it"; and I think even its own proposed program is intellectually dishonest. They propose to sit in judgment upon their own acts and expect intelligent men to accept their conclusions.

However, I do think there is every reason why the businessman, not only of the construction industry but of every other industry, should study ttrese problems with intensity and sincerity, both in their own trade groups and in those bodies where it is pgssible to. get a community of opinion of allindustries, because'of this very certainty that I have been stressing, that we are going to have an acceleration ih the enactment of statutes limiting the right of initiative. Unless the members of the ,construction industry develop fbr themselves before the next session of the Legislature of fitate and Nation, an unanimity of opinion as to the sort of tatutes limiting the rights of initiative which will be fair the public, and fair to themselves, and unless, in keeping ith therp,.other major branches of industry, whether they e eg-gagef, in -manrtfacturi4g, in distributing at wholesale r retaifr sucqeed in that time in achieving some unanimity f opiniotr which will enable them to work jointly for pro-

selves confronted with some of the other kind which I mentioned earlier in this talk.

We are going to have, whether we like it or not, more and more legislation in these two broad fields, labor relations and competitive trade practices; and it is going to be entirely up to business and industry to decide for itself if it will participate vigorously in the preparation of these, and thereby obtain fair and workable legislation, or whether it will sit back and do nothing and have jammed down its neck unfair and restrictive measures whi,ch will hamper business and retar.d the progress of the country.

I am having a small part in a very serious effort sponsored by our Chamber of Commerce in organizing an Association Executive Trade Conference under the chairmanship of Mr. Max Koffman, by means of which we are going to endeavor, through a series of not less than twenty-four forums held between now and the convening of the next session of our State Legislature, to deal aggressively with this problem by three steps. The earliest of these forumb will be devoted to the educating of all the Association Executives who attend as to just what are the existing statutes, as to what has been and can be accomplished through them, and as to what their limitations are. The next step we propose is that an intensive efiort shall be made, either by mass meetings or by individual work in the respective associations, to familiarize all of the men in all the various industries, wholesale, retail and manufacturing, as to the things learned from this first study and as to the problem which will be before us to meet at the next session of the Legislature. As the third step, we are hoping to bring out of the first and second steps an unanimity of opinion, a common ground of understanding, that will enable Southern California to be solidly united behind proposals for constructive legislative handling of these problems. If this can be accomplished, it will have two very wonderful results. It will bring about the passage of sound legislation and it will present a solidarity of opinion and opposition to unsound legislation in these two great fields of law and of business conduct which will make it impossible for unfair and restrictive legislation to be passed.

We have not yet proposed any particular method of attempting to solve this problem, but I am personally advocating, until someone else comes forward with a more workable proposition, the ,creation in the State of Catifornii of a State Trade Commission, which will actually do what it was originally intended the Federal Trade Commission should do, namely, assist business in the promulgation and observance of fair trade practices by sitting in at thoroughly representative assemblies of industries and trades whi,ch wish to take corrective measures, agreeing with them as to practices which are fair and.in the publi,c inter-;, est and approving the operation of the particular industry along the lines agreed upon. This procedure will never permit'coercion and it will not legally restrain the recalcitrant, -ressive legislation, we are practically certain to find our-

b,ut it will have the tremendous advantage of removing the fear that constructive programs jointly agreed upon are a violation of the Restraint of Trade laws already on the books. Predatory and piratical business practices which c4n be restraine'd only by force will have to be dealt with entirely by direct statute along the lines of AB 1870, the California Fair Trade Practice dct, just passed.

I trust that you gentlemen of the construction industry who have so much need for practical and workable fair trade practices and so much to gain by them, will attack this problem sincerely and earnestly in the coming months and cooperate closely and aggressively with this other endeavor of the Chamber, through the Association Executives Trade Conference, to achieve an unanimity of purpose and understanding of this problem well in advan,ce of the next meeting of our legislature.

It is your responsibility and my responsibility to see that your industry and my industry and all industry learns to deal intelligently and cooperatively with this problem.

Attend Sales Conference

Geo. R Kendrick, district sales manager, Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., San Francisco, and W. B. Wickersham, district sales manager at Los Angeles, left San Francisco July 12 to attend a sales conference at Portland. While in the Northwest they will visit the'coinpany's sawmills in Oregon and Washington.

Re-Elect Offtcers at Annual Meeting

At the annual meeting of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. held at Tacoma, Wash., the following offi,cers were re: elected:

F. E. Weyerhaeuser, St. Paul, presidenti J. P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr., Tacoma, executive vice president; A. W. Clapp, St. Paul, vice president and general counsel; Laird Bell, Chicago, vice president; H. H. Irvine, St. Paul, treasurer; W. L. McCormick, Tacoma, secretary; H. J. Richardson, St. Paul, and George S. Long, Jr., Tacoma, assistant secretaries; A. D. Orr, Tacoma, assistant treasurer; F. R. Titcomb, Tacoma, general manag'er, and Charles H. Ingram, Tacoma, assistant general manager.

In addition to the officers of the company the following are director,s: F. S. Bell, Winona, Minn.; C. R. Musser, Muscatine, Ia., Dr. E. P. Clapp, Medina, Wash., and R. M. Weyerhaeuser, Cloquet, Minn., was elected a director to fill the vacancy caused by the death of J. P. Weyerhaeuser, Sr.

Breaks Leg on Golf Course

George B. Mcleod, vice president, Hammond Lumber Company, San Francisco, fell and fractured his right leg on a Portland golf course June 30 while playing with three friends. He was on a vacation trip to Oregon, and is now convalescing at his Portland home.

All Wrappcd up in s f sALK RA FT

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Let your customers see the tough, sisal reenforcement and the protected asphalt core in SISALKRAFT. They, too, will *"rrf to wrap thlir homes in this quality sheet. Ask for our self-demonstrating samples and literature on backing uP stucco.

MY FAVORITE

By Jock Dionne

Another Goofy Story

Add this to your list of really goofy stories.

First Man: "I saw a deaf mute on the street ing, talking to another deaf mute, and he was friend a stuttering story."

It belongs: this morn4d,.If[an: "What do you mean, he a stuttering story? On his fingers?

know?"

First Man: "I could

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was telling his How do you see his fingers tremble."

Approveg Lumber Di ftion Statement

At the lumber industrv erence held in Chi'cago on June 20, which was attended by committees appointed by the executive ,committees of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association and the National Retail Lumber D,ealers' Association, representatives of the National-American Wholesale Lumber Association and other lumbermen from various sections of the'country the matter of a lumber distribution statement was discussed. G. W. Dulany of Chicago presided at the meeting.

The following resolution was unanimously passed adopting the lum,ber distribution statement approved by the conference:

Economical distribution of the produ,cts of the lumber industry requires the service of both rvholesale and retail distributors. The retailer, who represents the industry's principal contact with the consumer, should be encouraged to promote the sale of good lumber by adherence, on the part of the manufacturers and wholesalers, to distribution methods which through long custom have become the unwritten law of the lumber business.

The established practices in the economical distribution of lumber may be stated as follows:

The retail lumber dealer is recognized as the proper distributor within his trade territory for all lumber except the following classes o{ business, whi'ch, subject to long established custom or to local 'conditions mutually recognized, are commonly sol.d by manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers :

A-Sales of lumber and lumber products in carload quantities or more:

1. To wholesalers and retail lumber dealers;

2. To and for the Federal Government and to and for United States Government river and harbor works;

3. To and for railroads and steamship companies;

4, For shipyards, underground work in mines, large docks, large dams and large biidges;

5. To industrials for re-manufacturing, pattern and shipping purposes.

B-Sales of lumber and lumber products in less than carload quantities;

1. To wholesalers and to retail lumber dealers and planing mills.

FHA News Flash

Fred W. Marlow. District Director of the Federal Housing Administration for Southern California, announces that application for loans in Southern California under Title II up to and including July 1 were received as follows:

Of this amount it is estimated that $1,390,263 on existing properties are directlli traceable to real estate transactions.

Under Title I up to and including Jrne 29,21,038 loans made in Southern California totalled $8,100,000.

Fir Door Assn. Elects Offtcers

The Douglas Fir Door Association has elected the following to serve as the Association oflicers: Frost Snyder, Clear Fir Lumber Co., Tacoma, Wash., president; George Williams, Peterpan Manufacturing Co., Tacoma, vicepresident; J. R. Robinson, Robinson Manufacturing Co., Everett, secretary, and H. E. Tenzler, Northwest Door Co., T,acoma, treasurer. The officers and a representative from each company make-up the board of directors.

With Caterpillar Tractor Co.

Herman Baumann, formerly logging superintendent for the Fruit Growers Supply Co., Susanville, Calif., is now associated with the sales department of the Caterpillar Tractor Co. He will make his headquarters at the company's ollices at San Leandro, Calif., and call on the logging industry in the western states.

E. W. HEMMINGS VISITS THE PINE MILLS

E. W. Hemmings of Los Angeles has returned from a trip to the pine mills in the Klamath Falls and Feather River districts. He reports that conditions at the pine mills are good, the mills have large order files and prices are very firm. Mr. Hemmings represents the Swayne Lumber Company in the Southern California territory'

not guaranteed---Some I have told

STORIES

fot 20 years---Some less

Philippine Mahogany Manufacturers Meet Forsyth Hardwood Co. Takes on Bruca at Chicago-Elect Officers LineEnlarges Office

A special meeting of the Philippine Mahogany Manufactur,ers' Import Association, Inc., was held at Chicago, Ill., on June 28 f.or the purpose of hearing reports of ofifrcers, electing officers and transa'cting other business of importance to the Philippine mahogany industry.

The following offi,cers were re-elected for the ensuing year: President, W. G. Scrim, Findlay-Millar Timber Co., Los Angeles; Vice President, M. S. Chapin, A. 'C. Dutton Lumber Corporation, Providence, R. I.; Secretary-Treasurer, F. J. Dunbar, Robert Dollar Co., San Francisco, and Assistant-Secretary-Treasurer, G. P. Purchase, Los Angeles.

The following were elected directors: W. G. Scrim; Roy Barto, Cadwallader-Gibson, Inc., Los Angeles; Charles T. Nelson, Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Co. of Manila, San Francisco; J. Raymond Peck, Insular Lumber Co., Philadelphia; C. U. Martin, Madrigal & Co., San Fran,cisco, and Daniel R. Forbes, Washington, D. C.

The annual meeting of the Association was held at Los Angeles on June 10.

F. DEAN PJRESCOTT ATTENDS CHICAGO MEETING

F. Dean Prescott, Valley Lumber Company, Fresno, attended the lumber industry conferen'ce held at Chicago on June 20. Mr. Prescott is a member of the executive committee of the National Retail Lumber Dealers' Association.

BUY STOCI(SBUT IYISELY

Investors awaiting a buying opportunity should adjust their viewpoint to the present outlook.

Brookmire clients have a definite program to follow. Interested investors may have a copy of Brookmire Coungelor with our balanced investment portfolio.

Write for Bulletin l9-H

Forsyth Hardwood Company, San Francis,co, announce that they have been appointed Northern California distributors for the well known line of Oak and Maple flooring manufactured by E. L. Bruce Company of Memphis, Tenn.

They have recently doubled their offi'ce space. The general offi'ce and private offices are completely paneled in Oak, and have Oak floors, thus demonstrating their belief that there's nothing like hardwoods for interior finish.

They also announce their continued adherence to their 100 per cent dealer policy. They do not sell direct to contractors.

Jahraus-Ahlene

Miss Frances E. Ahlene of Santa Ana and Joseph R. Jahraus of Laguna Bea'ch were married at Minden, Nevada, on June 21. Mr. Jahraus, widely known Southern California retail lumberman, is pr'esident of the I-aguna Beach Lumber Co. They spent their honeymoon in the High Sierra.

RETURNS FROM NORTHWEST TRIP

Harry J. Graham, director of sales for the Pioneer-Flintkote Co., Los Angeles, is back at his desk after a business trip to the Northwest where he 'conferred with the company's sales representatives and called on the trade. He made the trip by airplane.

WHAT A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DOES FOR A MAN

The best description of what a local Chamber of Commerce does for a man was well voiced once by William Allan White, when he said:

"The Chamber of Commerce modifies the innate cussedness of the average selfish, hard-boiled, picayunish, pennypinching, namow-gauged human porker, lifts up his snout, makes him see farther than his home, his business, and, his personal interest, and sets him rooting for his community. A man, no matter how greedy or how squint-eyed he is, cannot work a year upon a committee of his town's Chamber of Commerce without being a better father, a better husband, a better citizen, and a better brother."

EULOGY TO A PIE

An apple pie is not merely a vehicle for the exhibition of its components in their own nature. It is a glorious unity in which sugar gives up its nature as sugar and butter ceases to be butter, and each flavorsome spice gladly vanishes from its full nature that it may rise into a new life of an apple pie. Not that apple pie is no longer apple. It, too, is transformed. And the apple pie, though born of apple, sugar, butter, nutmeg, cinnamon, lemon, is not like any of these, but the compound ideal of them all, refined, purified, and by fire, fixed in blissful perfection.-Henry Ward Beecher.

REALTY

I slept and dreamed that life was beauty; I woke, and found that life was duty.

Worlc Startg on New Hollywood Postoffice Building

Work on Hollywood's new postoffice which will cost approximately $m0,000 was officially started at Selma and Wilcox, avenues iq the film city on July 5. The building, being. ,constructed as a part of the Federal public works pro{iam, will serve the entire Hollywood distri,ct as a brinch of the main Los Angeles postoffice.

Will lI. Hays, former postmaster general and now president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America,pulled the levers of a big steam shovel and started the excavation for the building. E. J. Gaspard, superintendent in charge of the work for the K. E. Parker Co., contractors, said the building would be completed by January l, 1936. The company, however, was given 300 days to complete its contract.

RILEY'S LIVING PHILOSOPHY

It's natchural enough, I guess, When some gits more and some gits less, For them-uns on the slimmest side To claim it ain't a fair devide; And I've known some to lay and wait, And git up some, and stay up late, To ketch some feller they could hate Fer goin' at a faster gait.

The signs is bad when folks commence, Afindin' fault with Providence, An balkin cause the earth don't shake At every prancin step they take. No man is great'til he can see How less than little he would be If stripped to self, and stark and bare, He hung his sign out anywhere.

My doctern is to lay aside Contentions, and be satisfied; Jest do your best, and praise er blame That follers that, count jest the same. I've allus noticed grate success Is mixed with troubles, more or less, And it's the man who does the best That gets more kicks than:hH;l

LOTS OF TIME

Cautious Gentleman: "When do you have to be home?"

Girl: "How much rnoney have you with you?"

C. G.: "Five hundred dollars."

Girl: "A week from Friday."

REPARTEE

He: It has been proven that the most beautiful women usually marry the most brainless men.

She: Thanki for the cornpliment, my dear.

L. A. Firm Low Bidder on San Pedro

New Postoffice and Custom House

Washington, July S.-Sarver & Zoss, Inc., Los Angeles, today was apparent low bidder of $353,500 for constructiqn of the San Pedro, Cal., postoffice and customs house. Clinton Construction Co., Los Angeles, was second with $370,000; and John W. Howard, Cheyenne, Wyo., was third with $418,500.

Pioneer-Flintkotc Has Attractive Exhibit at San Diego Fair

One of the feature exhibits at "America's Exposition" at San Diego is the revolving Pylon of the Pioneer - Flintkote Company designed and built by Menard and Tabery, Inc. Located in the Varied Industries Building, this colorful Pylon is Neon lighted from top to base in hues of purple, green, red and yellow. Pioneer-Flintkote shingles have been used as a base for the Pylon with strips of shingles extending up the sides in four panels around the rising structure.

A spray of water plays over the strips and base in a most effective manner and, revolving, the entire display be-comes a beautiful combination of color effects certain to attract the attention of any passer-by.

ATTE,ND ASSOCIATION MEETING AT CHICAGO

W. G. Scrim, Findlay-Millar Timber Co., Los Angeles; Roy Barto, Cadwallader-Gibson, Inc., Los Angel.es; C. U. Martin, Madrigal & Co., San Francisco, and G. P. Purchdse, Los Angeles, attended the meeting of the Philippine Mahogany Manufacturers' Import Association, Inc., at Chlcago, on June 28. Mr. Scrim is president of the Association; Mr. Barto and Mr. Martin, directors, and Mr. Purchase; assistant gecretary-treasurer.

A. M. SCHWARZ SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VISITOR

A. M. Schwarz, Schwarz Lumber Co., Miami, Ariz., spent the Fourth of July holidays with his family who are spending the summer at Long Beach. He returned to Miami on July 7.

The display is canopied and on the back and side walls beautiful placques of shingles are hung, mounted on silver paper. Cellophane wrapped rolls of roofing, felts and building papers have also been artistically arranged on the walls, making it possible for visitors to see the complete line of Pioneer-f'lintkote roofings in an environment of the most pleasant kind.

Desks in the display booth have been furnished expressly for the guests to use in wri,ting to friends directly from the exposition grounds. Special 4color souvenir post cards with the compliments of the Pioneer-Flintkote Company are supplied in abundance at the booth for anyone who wishes to use them for mailing.

To keep the booth exceptionally inviting, lovely flowers are supplied three times a week and Hydro coolers furnish fresh, cool drinking water to the thirsty. Located where perhaps more than eighty per cent of the fair traffic passes, this display rvill no doubt be visited by hundreds of thousands of prospective users of roofing materials.

All lumbermen, roofing dealers, contractors and applicators are cordially invited to make the Pioneer-Flintkote Exhibit their headquarters while at the San Diego Exposition.

MAX COOK VISITS SOUTHEIRN CALIFORNIA

Max Cook, The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, was a recent Southern California visitor where he spent several dayS on a combined business and pleasure trip. IIe was a caller at the company's Los Angeles office and also visited the San Diego Exposition. Mrs. Cook and their young son, Mickey, accompanied him on the'trip.

BACK FROM NORTHWEST

H. Sewall Morton of Hill &'Morton, Inc., Oakland, was back at his desk July 6 from a two weeks' business trip to Portland, Eugene, and other Northwest points. He made the trip by automobile, traveling north by the Redwood and Roosevelt Highways and returning by the Pacific Highway.

California Building Permits for June

*Included in Los Angeles totals.

BT]YBBS9 GT]IDB SAN TBANCISEO

LUMBER

Gbubcrlln & Cq, W. R.. trh Floa, Fif. Bldr. ....,.......DOualu 5fl1

D.lb-r a Crm tnbc Cq ?:l Machutr ElArr3c Bld3.......SUtter 7t5l

Hennod t LlttL ltvcr Rcdwood Co., !10 Sanrcrc SL ......,.............Dotdrr !8tt

Hdns LuraLr Luntcr Co. llco Fhudrl Ccntcr Bid3.......GArftotd r,8r

tosp LuDrr CuFy, FL oa rftb St.........,...........Exbroo& fl3r

MrcDodd t Hrrrbrtm Ltd- f3 Cdilorda SEGGI................GArfic|d !!l!

DfcCroJdq Chr& R. Lrnbr Co, ,lll Mrrhct StrG.t.....,..,........,DOujler 25ll

Mon Mm & Lunbc Co, srt U.rb st!..t ...,.,...,......8xbr6& artt

LUMBER

Pmilic Imhcr Cc ltr lO Buth Strtc4.,...............,..GArfidd lrll

Rcd Rivq Lubcr Co, !15 Moadnclr 81dt...............GArfte|d ||22

Santa Fc Lunbc Co., L Calllonh Strat..,.........KEar:ry I7l

Sctrefcr Brc. Lumbcr & Shinfle Cor ' rA F|l. 81dt..............,.,......SUttcr l77l

3udd.6 e Cbrlrtora, tl0 Srme StrEt...,...,.....,..GArf,c|d 2tat

Twc l.l'-$+ Cc, ll| Mrr&at stret.............,......,Suttcr fata

Unlon Lumbcr Co, Cilclcr Bulldh3 ..SUttGr3Uf

Wodlb3-Nroh.. Qq, Ul Mrrk t Strret ..........,......,SUttGr St|!

E. K. Wood Lmb6 C4, I DITDD !'tnot..,...,.............KEany lltl

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Hogl! LrnlG" Gnpaay, bd' & Allcr Sb.ctt.............GLoccrrt anf

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LUMIER, Wryrrtur Srbr Gc- r|l Cdlforair Str.ct...........,...GArf,rU Oitl

Forryt Hrrdrrood Co., :t55 BaytLcr Blvd" ...............4Trrt6 alsl

SASH-DOORS-PLYWOOD

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Nloold lloc Srla. Coa, tals ltth Strut ..............,.....Mlslon ?t2|

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Wlalr.Orjood Sdcr Coraontion lll5 tttL SL ..........,,.....,....VAhrda z2lr

CREOSOIED LUMBER-POLEI'-PILINGTIES

Bertrr & C.o., J. H. tlt Mottncqt Sb..t............DOur!$ tlft

McCcnlcL, Chu. R., trnba Cq, aaf M.rLGt StE Gt......,...........IlOuSlu z5af

Eulott Bry Sd.t Co, llA Budny ....Hlrrt A|?

Cdifmh Bulldsn SupplyCc, $f tti Avonur ..,...............^N&nc ff||

Wortara Dc & Srrh Co, ttt O Clrrcrl Sti .............,L41xb ttC

HARDW(X'Dg

Arnblc Hrrfucd G* 51, Flr.t StF.t.................TEnplobtr 35!l

LOS ANGELES

LUMIEl'

Bo&rtrvrr-Eunr Ludcr Gc, 550 Ch.nbGrof C.;onare Bl&...PRo.D.ct |8il

Chruborlh & Co, $1. R- ilr w..t Nhirh sL....,.,.........TUc&cr l{tl

Dolls & Cro Ltobc Co'

It Eh!tr luildht."....'........'.VArdllo Olt

Hrmncd e Lft]l" Rlvc Rcdvord Cc'

f€t So. Bndny ........,......PR€DGct 16l

llcmb3r, G. TYo 355f Sq HIU St ................l,tclD..4lltr

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Hoorr, rL L.-

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MrcDodd & Bcr8.tro' IDc.

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Rod Rhw Lrnbcr CG, ?? E. Shrr6 .CEtrtury 210?l

Sutr Fc Imbor Co. tU Fhrd.l Cat r Bl&.......VArdltc {|7t

Scbrfcr Broe. Lunbc & ghhd. Cq, llL W. l|. Grllld lLs.........TRbltaAr

tdd.o t Chr&oro, g Bcrrd oa Tnd. Bldr. ........TRhlty${{

Unloo Lrobcr Go. tE! W. frl. Clrlead Bldr........,..TRhlty 2!r

WordIr3-Nrtlu C.o., 7l Sa L Bm An ..............YO* rral

E. K, Wod Luoler Go, a?ll Srlt Fr Aw. ..,..,........JEficno lllf

lVcyarhuw Sdcr Co, !,l! Pcbdrrn Sccurltor BHt...PRcprcn l5t

CREOSOTED LUMBI,R-POIJS.PILINGT}ES

Baxtcr & Co., J. H. aOr W. FlftL Strct...............Xlcilu lOr

Mccorddr, Cha n,, Lunbcr Cc, Itt w.!t rrl sr. ................TRhity Setr

Ralf,t Tu & Chohrf Ccrp. trf W. Flftt Sbcct....,...........MUhn! lrtl

' HAXDWO@g

Stutc, tr. J., e &o, !d! Eut lt$ Str€.t...,........CE!trt Ant

SAIiH-DOORg-MIIIWORK

l(orfl Jnc W.- t 3o+ a5E So, Mtrr SL ,...............A1{3rlurtltl

R.d Rtv:r LurLr Co., 7? E. Slruro ..CEnUDt tttf

Whcctcr-Orfcd 9rlot Corpce|lo, a$ Sacnrrolo St,,,.,,..........TU.tc |.l

PANEI.6 AND PLYWOOD

Cetilmia Pu.l & Vm Cc. E tlo. Ahn.dr SL...............,TRblty 16?

Orcro-Warhlnrto Ptrmd co., Ut W..t NiDlh SE.t .............Tuctc lail

Prilic Mubd Dc Co.' CADltol ?f. rr2l Wcbbrtr An (Alhrubn)

l\rhclrr-Orood ttda Cclcetlo' 2r$ lhmrtr St. .,...........,..TU&?.||a

From the

Ten tiles of Years The California

This issue carries a photograph of the San Diego HooHoo Club taken at their meeting. on June 25.

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The California Redwood Association announces a newspaper ,campaign in the State that will carry photographs of attractive homes and floor plans together with other valuable information regarding Redwood.

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There is a write-up and photograph of the attractive retail lumber plant of the Barr Lumber Company at Santa Ana..

Thomas Work, Jr., son of Thomas Work of the Work Lumber Co., Monterey, was the winner of the high jump at the National Intercollegiate Meet at Chicagor H. represented Stanford university at the meet. :F .+

E. T. Robie, Auburn Lumber Company, Auburn, and president of the Auburn Rotary Club, was among the california lumbermen who attended the 'Rqtary convention at Cleveland. Mrs. Robie accompanied him on the triP' ,f :r :r

This number carries an interesting write-up and photograph on the exhibit of the A. F. Stevens Lumber Co. of Healdsburg and Cloverdale at the Citrus 'Fair at Cloverdale.

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Dick Hammatt of the California Redwood Association timed the Santa Barbara earthquake right to the minute' He rolled into Santa Barbara on "The Padre'f just as the big rumble started. Ife was the firtt lumberlin+estigator on the job and right in on t{re ground floor.

"The Wooden Buildings Stood" is the leading editorial by Jack Dionne in which he tells how wooden buildings stood the test during the Santa Balbara earthquake. ***

Fied Roth, general chairman of the Hoo-Hoo Club No. 9 picnic committee; announces'that the arrangements are well,.under.way and that a laige crowd is going to attend the.a.$ai13! Kendall Dell on August 16.

Th€ anrtual airrrr.r'dance of Hoo'Hoo Club No. 9 was held at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, oll Saturday evening, J.unq-27. During the dinner hour, there w.as an excellent entertainment program, which was followed by dancing..until mi'dnight. Over a 'hundred attended" the PartY.

Th€ J. ,E. Hilgins Lumber Co. of SaR, Fqancisco announces the purchase of the hardwood stocks of the Edw. F. Niehaus Lumber Co., The Niehaus firrn, one of the

Ago Today

Lumber Merchant, July 1 5, 1925

pioneer hardwood dealers in the San Francisco Bay District, retired from business on June 30.

Allan Turner, Portland, was a San Francisco visitor calling on the trade and his T"? tl*Oermen friends'

The Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co. had their steamer "silverado" at the Santa Barbara docks just forty-eight hours after the earthquake disaster with 250,000 feet of special orders of lumber and timber. Ed Haughton, the company's representative, was on the s,cene early and cooperating with the Santa Barbara dealers for their immediate needs, he phoned in the orders and the stock was shipped from the cornpany's f"*t at Wilmington.

The Redwood salesmen representing the various Redwood manufacturers in Northern California, together with the San Francisco sales representatives, met at the Palace Hotel on June 26. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the new "Redwood Home Plans" just published by the Association :r * ,r

The Sacramento Valley Lumbermen's Club at the Hotel Senator, Sacramento, Saturday, June 77. This being the last meeting before adjournment for the summer months, the ladies were guests of the club. During the luncheon hour, there was an excellent entertainment which was followed by dancing. Curtis Cutter was chairman of the arrangements committee. ***

Howard Gunton, San Francisco, is on a month's trip to Chi,cago. His daug$ter Emily accompanied him on the t'riP'

L. A. Ganahl, Ganahl Lumber Company, announces that his concern has made arrangements to open a retail yard at Santa Bar,bara. *'3*

L. A. Godard, San Francisco, has returned from a week's trip to Humboldt County where he visited the "Big Tree" Redwood shingle mill. He also spent a few days in the woods watching the up-io-date methods in getting out shingle bolts and other Redwood split products'

J. P. Kelly, formerly with the Kewin Lumber Co., Modesto, has left for the Northwest where he will. represent the National Kellastone Company. He will cover the states of Oregon and Washington for the firm.

H. L. Massey has !4k9n,ove1 the Central Lumber & Box Go. at Alameda. He was formerly with the California & Oregon Lumber Co.

George Ground, well known Central California reiail lumberman, has returned from a trip to Salem, Oregon.

Gliclc Bros. Move to New Yard

Glick Bros. Lumber Company, Inc., have moved their offi'ce to their new 6-acre site at 8423 South Alameda Street, Los Angeles. Equipment at the nerv plant is a lumber sorting table, 100 feet in length, mill covering 8,000 square feet and new lumber sheds. A large gantry plane with a 176-loot span and 6@ feet of track which will unload and stack over 250,000 feet of lumber in a day has been installed whi'ch will greatly facilitate the handling of lumber. The company also operates a sash and door factory at Huntington Park, and two lumber stores in Los Angeles.

Appointed Manager

E, T. Flanner, recently with Noah Adams Lumber Company, and formerly with W. B. Mar'ch Lumber Company, Ivanhoe, is now manager of the Crockett Lumber Company, Crockett.

l. P. Heick

I. P. Heick , yard superintendent at the Watsonville yard of the Hammond Lumber Company, for the past 30 years, died at his home in Watsonville, July 4.

Mr. Heick was born in Sweden 78 yearc ago. He is survived by his widow and a son, James H. Heick, assistant manager of the yard.

Xtus a See re fnon

. . . how that concern ttdown the stri:ettt manages to find all those new customers-but wetll let you in on it(they 6nd them among the new concern& and thoae with imptoved tatings, reported in the TVICE'A'VEEK Sheets to the Lumbermen'g Credit Rating Book).

Yes, siritts a factthese timely sheets not only furnish a constant source of new, live sales prospects, but atso provide CONTINUOUS RATING SERVICE on all of yout cirstomers without having to request a Special Rqtort on each account in which You are in' terested.

They also rePort suits, judgments, 6res, credi' torst meetings, remdvals, changes of ownership, deaths and othet ourrent items of vital interest to credit grantors.

A Complete Service

The Lumbetmen's Credit Rating Boot<-with TWICE-A-VEEK Supplemental Sheets-ie part of the complete Red and Blue Book Servicethe only servrce that provides up'to'the'minute credit and sales information on all carload buyers of lumber and allied products.

Yiu carl use this specialized setvice ON AP' PROVALfor ,0 DAYSwithout obligation. Write today for details.

Address DePt. B.

"Follow the ball close;

Califotnia Farmers' abilitv buy increasing;

Senre your farm trade right and sell Redwood where durability is required and expected.tt

CLASSIFIED

Ratc--$2.50 Par Column

POSITION WANTED

ADVERTISING

Inch. Minimum Ad One-Half Inch.

GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR SAWMILL OPERATION

Lumberman with about 15 years' experience as Retail Manager in different parts of California will be available for a position July 1st. Address Box C-558, California Lumber Merchant.

POSITION AVAILABLE

Experienced retail lumber bookkeeper who can estimate, wait on counter, and sell. Yard within 35 miles of Los Angeles. Address P. O. Box 801, Vernon Station, Los Angeles.

June Building Activity in Wertcrn

ARIZONA

Phoenix

IDAHO

Boise

Lewiston Falls

Wants sawmill operator to put up mill near Placerville, California, to cut stand of Pine timber. 6O,000,000 feet of Pine timber available. Good opportunity for small sawmill operation. Address Box C-559, care California Lumber Merchant.

POSITION WANTED

By thoroughly experienced retail lumberman as yard manager or assistant manager. Best of references. Address Box C-560, California Lumber Merchant.

RETAIL LUMBER YARDS FOR SALE

We can offer some attractive buys in retail lumber yar.ds in Southern California. Twohy Lumber Co., Lumber Yard Brokers, 549 Petroleum Securities Bldg., Los Angeles. Telephone PRospect 8746.

Buy Plywood and Yeneer Plant

Frost Snyder, president and manager of the Clear Fir Lumber Co., Tacoma and W. W. Kilworth, president of the Washington Handle Co., Tacoma, have purchased the Vancouver Plywood & Veneer Co. at Vancouver, Wash. Frost Snyder has been elected president of the plywood company and Mr. Kilworth vice presi.dent and treasurer. David Crockett will continue as manag'er of the plywood plant and A. J. Gram will be sales manager.

Buys S. S. Misgoula

C. D. Mallory & Co., Inc.i of New York, has purchased the large lumber carrier S. S. iVlissoula from the Hammond Lumber Co. The S. S. Missoula, a vessel of 4,554 gtoss tons and with a steel hull 362 f.eet in length was purchased by the Hammond Lumber Company from the United States shipping board in 1924. She has a carrying capacity of 4,500,000 board feet of lumber. The vessel will leave soon for the Atlantic coast.

HOLC tf(/ill lggue Lower Rate Bonds

Washington, July 3.-The Home Owners Loan Corp. said today it would issue Zr/a per cent bonds to pay off its distressed mortgages on homes, applications for which were filed between May 27 and June 27.

The bonds will mature in nine years. The amount is still indefinite because the board of directors has not determined the total necessary.

SHINGLE MILL BURNS

The shingle mill of E. P. Rasmussen, Smith River, Calif.. burned on July 2 with a loss estimated at $10,000.

((CULLUD" FUN

by JACK DIONNE

SAME STYLE.SAME SIZE.SAME STOCK SAME WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF THOSE FAMOUS DARKEY STORIES AS IN THE ORIGINAL FIRST EDITION. JUST A MORE ECONOMICAL COVER.

The first two editions of "Cullud" Fun have been rold i I out. This third cdition erpecially produced to meet I the continued demand for this famous booL. Order your copy now. Just fill in the couPonr attach yout chec& and mail.

MILL SITES and TIM BE R FOR SALE

Following a 60-year policy, The Red River Lumber Company offers selected tracts of California Pine and mill sites for sale. C,onditions are attractive, providing maximum development at minimum investment.

I. LOGS SOLD ON STUMP OR DELIVERED AT MILL.

il. SITES FOR LARGE OR SMALL MILLS.

il. FAVORABLE TERMS.

IV. ELECTRIC POWER.

v. PINE OF EXCEPTTONAL QUALITY.

VL TIMBER SUPPLY GUARANTEED FOR TERM OF YEARS.

VN. DRECT TRANSCONTINENTAL RAIL ln'ANSPORTATION.

Virgin fo'rest of, slow growth soft pine in the extensive tracts acquired by Red River under early selections.

"CALIFORNIA PINE' Trade name for Ponderosa Pine of thic region where the growth is exceptionally light in weight, soft and uniform in texture and bright colored. Long bodied treee yield"a high pgrcentage. of ,iippers and shop grades.

SUGAR PINE The largest true w}ite pine.

DOUGLAS FIR, INCENSE CEDAR and WHITE FIR in mixed stands in some of the pine tracts.

Unlimited market distribution is available via the Great Northern-Western Pacific and Southern Pacifrc Railroads.

Many of the tracts are suitable for truch loggrng.

If desired Red River will deliver logs at the mill, relieving the inveshnent of the cost of loggrng equiP ' ment and operation

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