Campaign to Save Shingles Is On

Every newspaper in California has been asked by the Executive Committee of California Lrumbermen to aid in the campaign to defeat the State Ilousing act with its antishingle provision at the coming general election.

And every lumberman in California who hopes to continue to sell redrvood or red cedar shingles and use them on his roof or sidewalls if he wants to, is going to be urged to see that the faets in the issue are brought to the attention of the voters.

The campaign has just started. Time between now and the election is short and a lot of ed.ucational work must be done. As the campaign progresses the inclividual lumbermen will be ealled upon to take a hand wherever their efrorts are most needed.

The objectional provisions in the State Housing eode read. as follows:

"Every wooden building hereafter erected in ineorporated town, city or city and county, shall have the exterior rdalls thereof and roofs thereon constnrcted of the same kind of materials and in the same manner hereinbefore provided. for semti-ffreproof buildings."

"The roofs of every semi-ffreproof building shall be constr:ucted of approved incombustible materials, or be well covered with an approved composition fire resistive or fire retardent material."

"Unquestionably the effect of the act, if it becomes a law, wlll be to prbhibit the use of shingles for roofs, not merely in the congested distriets of the cities, but also in uncongested residence sections, suburbs, towns and villagesr" says the committee. "There is nothing in the act which modifies in any way this blanket prohibition of what is, by common admission, one of the cheapest, as well as one of the most efrieient and durable building naterials used. for roofs."

The general eommittee in charge of the campaign consists of H. M. Cochran, manager of the Union l-rumber Company; J. M. Eotchkiss, manager of llobbs, Wall & Co., and A. J. Russell, manager of the Santa Fe I-rumber Company. Frank L. Mulgrew is in charge of the publicity work with headquarters in the St. Clair Building, 16 California street, San X'rancisco.

At a recent meeting of l-ros Angeles lumbermen a committee w-as appointed to co-operate with the general committee. This committee consists of Fred Golcling of the Frecl Golding Lumber & Tile Company; J. A. Thomas of the Coos Bay Lumber Company, and B. W. Bookstaver of McCullough & X'agan.

I,AUGELIN TELLS EOW VENEEB Ig DI.,ADE

C. J. I-raughlin, manager of the Les Angeles ofiice of the Long-Bell Lurn:ber Company, broke into print a week or so ago with an interesting interview in the Times on the manufacture of rotary cut veneer from California white pine. Ee desoribed the process exactly and emphasized the numerous advantages of doors made from veneer panels. Need.less to say, the Long-Bell folks are selling rotary cut pine doors. Mr. I-raughlin wasn't overlooking any commercial possibilities in ofrering his literary efrorts to the reading public.

We also manufacture Hemlock and Spruce Lumber and Red Cedar Shingles. Also operate a big creosoting piant at St. Helens, Oregn