WEST ORTGOTI IUMBTR CO.

Portland, Oregron

lilanufacturerc of Rail and

Old Growth Douglas Fir Cargo Shippers

Estimated Consumption of Westcrn Pine Lumber for Third Quarter ol 194?

Portland, Oregon.-An estimate of the probable consumption of lumber from the Western Pine region for the third quarter of. 1943 is given in a statement issued by the Western Pine Association. The statement in full is as follolvs:

Recently many newspapers carried a WPB release that a Forest Service survey showed 27 per cent of the country's 31,814 sarvmills u'ere idle in May because of the shortage of logs, manpower and equipment, and that 688 of these idle mills rvere in the West. Casual readers might easily have gained the impression from the condensed release that a large proportion of the lumber industrv, evert in the West, was not contributing to the war effort. Such was not the case. Actually there is relatively verv little capacity in the \Mestern Pine region which is idle and that is nearly all in small mills. In the pine sections of Oregon and Washington, for example, all of the burned, dismantled and idle mills listed in the Forest Service report could not have accounted for over 3 per cent of the lumber actually produced last year by mills in those areas.

It is true that the Western Pine indus'try, during the second quarter, faced new difficulties in its efforts to maintain production and shipments. Limitation Order L-290, which became effective May 6, caused quite a little confusion and temporarily slowed or shut down the shipping departments of some operations. Meat rationing was a headache for logging superintendents, and shortages of manpower, tractors and other equipment items became more stringent.

Nevertheless the industry, during the second quarter, managed to produce 1652 million feet, only 2.7 per cent less than production during the second quarter of 1942.

The extremeiy low stocks of 851 million feet with which the mills started the quarter caused the anticipated difficulty in maintaining shipments. Shipments were but 111 million feet less than production, however, the 1541 million feet total being 10.6 per cent under last year's performance. Stocks still are far below normal and must be further rebuilt during the summer and fall.

Based upon general predictions and all other available information regarding the industry's ability to make and ship lumber, it is expected that during the third quarter of 1943 the shipments (consumption) of Western Pine lumber will be about 1670 million feet. This volume is 10 per cent under the very heavy shipments during the third quarter of. 1942. This estimate contemplates a somewhat normal stock increase during the quarter. If stocks are not built up there will be a corresponding lack of lumber to ship next winter.

Although the WPB estimates total lumber requirements this year at well under those for 1942, there has been a consistent increase in anticipated needs for boxing and crating, uses for which Idaho White Pine, Ponderosa Pine. Sugar Pine and several of their associated species are so much preferred that the lower grades have been frozen for those uses. It is therefore apparent that the industry,s shipments will continue to be restricted only by the ability of management and labor to produce the utmost with the equipment, supplies and manpower that are available.

Up And Down The State

Leo Hulett of Hobbs Wall Lumbsl Co., San Francisco, is spending several weeks visiting the firm's sawmill connections in Humboldt County. He is doing some salmon fishing in the Klamath River on week-ends, thereby doing his bit towards increasing the non-rationed food supply.

James L. Hall, San Francisco wholesale lumberman, ancl Msr. Hall returned recently from two weeks' vacatiorl, spent at Glenbrook, Nev., Lake Tahoe resorr.

W. B. Wickersham, Pope & Talbot, sion, Los Angeles, returned August spent in Yosemite National Park.

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Inc., Lumber Divi23 from vacation

Carl Specht, Phoenix, Ariz., representative of R. W. Dalton & Co., Los Angeles, recently visited Los Angeles on a combined business and vacation trip. He was accompanied by Mrs. Specht.

Wayne Mullin, Mullin Lumber returned from a fishing trip in the

Co., Los Angeles, High Sierra. has

W. Paul Clarke of Timberlane Lumber Co., Eugene, Ore., was in Los Angeles last rveek on business.

George J. Koonze, E. K. Wood Angeles, vacationed at Long Beach

Lumber Company, Los in August.

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