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- Douglas Fir-For the fitst 3O weeks of l9ilr 343 mills report- ing to the Vest Coast Lumberments Association have opeiated at 41.47 per cent of capacity, as compared to 60.63 plr cent for the.same period i" rSlo.' For th" *eek endJ n'r,g"rrl, these mrlls operated at 39.j9 per cent of capacity, as compared to 392E per_ceirt of capacity for the preceding'week. During the week ended July 2i, l6ti plants *.." ,.por"ted as down ani 175 as operating; those operiting reported-production as 62.2 per cent of capacity.
Gurrent new business reported by 22) identical mills to the Association for the week tnded August I was 7.74 per cent under_ production and shipment" *"i" 3.01 per cent lver the cut. New export business received during the week was about 3501000 feet more than the volume ,"poit"d.for the previous week; decreases of about 511001000 feet in the rail tr;de and l2r4OOrOOO feet in the domestic cargo trade were reported while the local rade gained approximaiely 2,OO0,O0O feet, making the total new business approximately 1511001000 foot less thai the previous week. During the past 3O weeks of lgil "ra"r, for these mills have averaged 1.54 per cent over production.
P,roduction, orders and shipments at these 223 mills for the week ended August I were rtported in board feet as follows: Production l02r548r96t feet; Shipments lO5,6tSr5OZ feet; Orders 9510211877 f.eet. Details of orders and shipments as rqrorted by these mills for the same week follows:-Ordersltil_10f610,799 feet; Domestic Cargo 4t,i63,826 feet; Export l3rl90,4l2 feet; Local 91636,838 f-et. Shipments-RaiL'3),9-8lr74J feet; Domestic Cargo 40,r7gr4lg feet;-Export 2lr63g,5ld1 feet; Local 9,6f6,838 feet.
The California market shows practically no change and the volume continues light. It is the opinion that the iarket will show an improvement in September when a seasonal increase in business is due. Lath is slarce and the market on this item is firm. Prices on lx4 and 1x6 Common are also holding
Earl Ga_lbraith, Los Angeles, sales manager of the Schu_ macher Wall Board Corporation, has returied from a business trip to San Francisco and Northern California points where he called on the company's representatives and lurn_ ber trade.
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up ye_ll. Unsold stocks on the public docks at San pedro totaled. 9r579rO0O feet on August 12. Fir cargo arrivals at San Pedro for the week ended August 6 rotaled 7-r4O5rOOO f.eer 59 lumber vessels in the California service are iaid',rp, .nd onl vessel is operating off.shore.
The California Pine Manufacturers Association for the wee& ended Argust I reported production jtom24 mills as lTrtf f.r@O teet, shipments 17,625.OOO feet and orders 15r7l1r000 fect. The same number of mills reported a decrease of 3i per cent in productiori as compared wiih the same week in f93b. The Pine and Redwood markets show very little change and price levels remain about the same.
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With lurnber production lpparently continuing along previ- ously established curtailed levels, orderc for th-e weeli ended August f dropped to 5 per cent below the cut, it is indicated in telegraphic reports fuom 827 leading hardwood and soft. wood mills to the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. Shipments of these mills, however, were 7 per cent above theii combined production of. 2O7.45O,O00 feet. -A week eatliq g37 mills reported orders 9 p:r cent-above and shipments 15 pef cent above a ctrt of 2O5,279,OOO f.eet.
Lumber o-rders reported for the week ended August I by 563 softwood mills totaled l78r47grOOO feet, or 7 per cLt below the production of the same mills. Shipments as- reported for the same week_were 20tr7O9r0OO feet, or 5 per cent above produc- tion. Production was l9lr254.OOO feet.-
_ Reports from 283 hardwood mills give new business as 19r583r000-fe.et, or 2l per cent above production. Shipments as reported for the same week_ ."te 2110641000 feet, or 30 per cent above production. Ptoduction was 16rI96,0(X) feet.
J. H. Prentice, Los_ Angeles, Southern California repre- sentative of the Bloedel-Donovan Lumber Mills, was a re_ cent San Francisco visitor where he spent a few days con- ferring with J. H. Bloedel, Seattle, Wish., presideni of the gompany,^ an_d Prentice Bloedel and S. G. Smith, Bloedel, Stewart & Wel,ch, Ltd., Vancouver, B. C.
By Jack Dionne
A man who started life as a bootblack has just been made an editor. ft goes to show that it doesn't pay to start life as a bootblack.
Business success today depends on getting a sufficient number of people to believing you have something they want. But just how to do that is the thing.
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' ft's hard to get through some people's heads just what is going on in this country in a business way. The world is liquidating. The man who is sitting tight and waiting for conditions of 1928 to come back is blocking to the best of his ability the very thing he is hoping for.
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There are a number of lines of business that have already emerged from the slough of despond and are beating back up the hill. And in every instance they are those that first saw the handwriting on the wall, realized what had to be done, assumed their liquidation, took their licking, got their feet on the ground, and began working like the Devil on the new level. r|.*{.
Those that have tried sitting on the high shelf and waiting for things to come back Up to them, will still be on that same shelf when this cruel war is over for most peo- ple. Good times will come back when every man has a job, and when the buying power of the dollar has lit somewhere.
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The request of the railroads for increased freight rates to take care of decreased revenue, is very interesting. Personally f don't believe the railroads want or expect to get, an increase in freight rates. My guess is that they want to be turned down on this increased rate request, so that they can demand the much wiser course of cutting expenses. Everyone else on earth has cut expenses to the bone. But the railroads have to pay their union employees the same rate as they did before the depression. And, since every dollar is worth considerably more in buying value than it was at that time, these men are getting a lot more pay than they used to, while the rest of the en_ tire world is getting a lot less.
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The railroads and railroad men must take their liquida- tion the same as the rest of the world. Nothing more serious could happen to the railroads than increased freight
rates in times like these. I'm for the railroads. They are part of the solid foundation of our national life. And the way truck competition has been coming, increased freight rates would 6imply mean turning additional business over to the trucks. Give the railroads that rate increase and the truck factories would immediately put on a night run.
Termites seem to be everywhere-their menace a gen_ eral and not a restricted thing. I asked an engineer where all these termites came from, and he said that they used to live in the woods and do their work on dead and fallen timber, and that they have simply followed the ,example of most of our people, and moved into town. Anyway, the termite menace has in the past very few years become a very real and genuine threat in almost every city; village and hamlet in this nation. Termite fighting has become a business in itself.
The lumber industry is directly and vitally interested in this termite problem. It is OUR product that these tiny buzzards destroy. Our stewardship in the matter is undeniable. And it will grow more so every day, for the termite menace is rapidly spreading, and the menace to wood spreads with it. Those who fight the termites can do no more than destroy a colony where they find it localized, and then treat the building against a return of the Pestilence'
In the case of termites. an ounce of prevention is worth many pounds of cure. The interest of the lumber dealer is to be able to furnish the prevention when buildings in termite-infested districts are constructed, bv offering for sale materials so treated as to be immune from the attacks of the parasite. At the rate the termite danger is spreading, the time seems to be at hand when lumber and timbeis chemically treated for perfect prevention against this pest, must be available everywhere. Drety lumber yard will carry them. ***
Lots of faking is being done aready in the fight against the termites. Men have sold their services in termiteproofing who knew nothing about it. Buildings have been treated for termite prevention with paints and chemicals that offered no more resistance to termites than stick candy to a hungry child. The lumber dealer, in defense of his own business, will be called upon to inform himself on the
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Erclusive Rail Reprcrentativer in Northern California for Creo*Dipt Company, Inc. North Tonawanda. N. Y.
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subject of termites, and be prepared to advise the building trade, both as to treatments in infested buildings, and preventatives in new buildings.
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The creosoting industry of the nation should take a very active hand in this matter. No question whatever about ONE thing-thoroughly creosoted wood will perfectly and permanently resist termite attack. Termites just won't chew through a thick layer of creosoted wood. The creosoting industry is in excellent position to do much of the research work, and determine on proper preventative measures, as well as treatment of buildings already infested. With the cooperation of the manufacturing and retail departments of the lumber industry the rapidly growing termite menace may be given a severe jolt on the jaw.
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Don't let lack of time impede,your progress. We have lots of time ahead of us. A late astronomical announcement concerning the cooling process that is taking place in our sun states that the sun is burning up at the rate of three hundred and sixty thousand million tons daily. See? But don't worry. It further states that at that rate it wiil last fifteen million million years longer. So go right on withYourwor!'
How beautiful, how marvelous is nature's handiwork in WOOD. It seems strange, doesn't it, to think of taking a sight-seer to a wood yard for interest and entertainment. Yet I have often done so, and neved faited to give him a thrill, even though he might not be lumber interested. But the marvels of wood appeal to every fine mind.
Give yourself a treat some time, even though you may be a lumberman and think you know wood, and go to one of the great hardwood yards in California, and ask them to show you some of their foreign woods. You will change your mind about knowing wood, when you see the wonders that nature has performed with these gorgeously colored and figured dense hardwoods. You'II see beautiful
things you did not know were in the world, gathered from every corner of the globe, and then marvelously sliced, and worked, and patterned, and prepared for the use of man. ***
You will fairly gasp at the sheer beauty of many of these woods. Take rosewood from both Mexico and Brazil; satinwood; vermilion; oriental; zebrano; tulipwood; primavera; peroba rosa; ebony; harewood; jenisero; lancewood; ironbark; spotted gum; camphorwood; bethabara; the various mahoganies; the glorious many-colored woods of the Philippines; the varied and glorious types of walnut; and others. If there's a thrill left in you, you,ll get one from these marvelous works of God, gathered by man, for the good of men* * *
In years to come we will develop many more marvelous cabinet woods that are now only slightly known to man, and not at all to commerce. The western coast of South America has many gorgeous looking dense hardwoods, of all sorts of colors, tints, markings, and grain. We know little about them, the seasoning, the practical characteristics, etc. But some of these days, we will. ***
And from the Orient will come a variety of beautiful dense hardwoods, scarcely known to commerce at the pres ent time. I have seen samples of Oriental and South American woods that are known in their home lands but not abroad, that some day will come into common use in this country. Many of them are so perfectly delightful to the eye as to challenge description. ***
Which reminds us of the cockney who came to Canada, and started a hardwood lumber yard. His name was Oxenham (pronounced H'ox'n'm). He lived in'amilton, Hfontario, and he carried in stock hoak, hash, helm, 'ickory and other 'ard woods, and. one day 'aving sold a 'ell of a lot of ickory 'andles for 'oes 'e led a blushing bride to the haltar and lived 'appily hever hafter.
We have on wharf at Oakland, avaihble for immcdiate ehipmot, in carload lots or truck delivery:
A cordial invitation has been sent out by the Redwood Relationship Committee to the members of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association to visit the Redwood Empire August n b 23. The retailers are invited to attend the mieting of the Lumber Committee of the State Association with the Redwood Relationship Committee, which will be held at Scotia on Friday morning, August 21.
A special train rvill leave San Francisco at 8:30 p.m. Thursday evening, August 20. The round trip fare from San Francisco to-Eurela on this train is $12.00 plus pullman. The business meeting lvill be over at noon, on Friday and the golf tournament will be held in the afternoon foi the ;. lf. Holmes cup. On Saturday morning the visitors will be taken to see a Redwood logging operation, and will visit a number of the mills. The visit to the logging camp will include a cookhouse dinner. Those rvho ivanl to play golf on Saturday afternoon will have an opportunity to play on the Eureka golf course. There will te a battquet at the Eureka Inn in the evening' when thechampionihip golf cup will be presented to the winner of the tournament.
A scenic drive up the coast to Crescent City is scheduled for Sunday. Visiiors will be broug!! back to Eureka in tirne to caich the night train to San Francisco. The Redwood mills will do everything possible to make the trip ri'orth while for all who decide to go. Retailers have been asked to send in reply cards if they intend to make the trip'
The addition of five products and a nerv tnerchandising policy, is announced by- C. E. Stedman, vice-president and ge.reial sales manager- of the Celotex Company, mantfaciurer of building insulation and allied building materials'
The five products "t. t Qz,ite Building Blanket, a blanket insulation, all hair, chemically treated and stitched between layers of tough, heavy, waterproof, duplex crepe paper -icle especial$ for this purpo-se by. reinforcement wiih animal hair to provide greater durability and resis,tance to puncture.
C-X Lanite Insulating Quilt, a patented combination of imported fiber and hair, felted together. It is manufactured under the same rigid specifications as Ozite Building Blanket.
Compo-Board, a wall board and utility material, which does not warp, is durable, light in weight, rigid ald permanent. As *aiketed by the Celotex Company, it will be provided with a new surface treated by an improved sizing method to take any sort of decorative finish.
C-X Orange Label Wallboard, five-ply, full3/16 inch, the odd number of plys being specified to resist any. tendency toward warping. A special three-ply, one-eighth inch thick board is also available.
C-X Green Label Wallboard. This is a four-ply product, both surfaces are sm'ooth and level and take all types of decoration.
These products are now being manufactured under the Celotex Company's specifications and will be merchandised through the dealer with the same promotional efforts that have been identified with the Celotex line, which now numbers 24 different products.
Washington, August 1.-With claims placed with it for collection exceeding by 40 per cent in number and averaging 10 per cent more per claim in amount than at this time last year, the Blue Book of the National Lumber Manufacturers Credit Corporation reported for the August issue of "The Lumber Market" that credits are obviously being checked with increasing care. This condition is further indicated by an 11 per cent increase in requests for special credit reports over July a year ago. Collections are much more difficult than last year.
Other business difficulties, ho'ivever, show no appreciable change, except in the number of receiverships actually effected, reported as 10 for the past month as against 4 {or the month last year. Bankruptcies were less by 2; being 15 against 17 a year ago. Composition settlements were I against 2; creditors committees appointed rose 1, being 5 against 4; extensions were 2, the same as last year. Five assignments were reported for the month in 1931.
F. W. Pool, Phoenix, Arizona, representative for the E. K. Wood Lumber Co., has been spending a two weeks' vacation in Los Angeles. While in the Southland, he visited the company's Los Angeles office.
Lester Sterett, secretary of the Millwork Institute of California, will spend the next few weeks in Southern California on association business. He will make his headquarters at the Institute's Los Angeles office.
A variety of unusual problems must be solved by the architect who undertakes the design of a newspaper building. This fact is seen in the special exhibition of the work of F. D. Rutherford, architect, now on display in the Architects Building Material Exhibit, Fifth and Figueroa Streets, Los Angeles. Schools and newspaper buildings are Mr. Rutherford's specialty, but this exhibition is featuring only the latter type of work.
Prominent in the display is a collection of photographs and sketches of the Hollywood News Building which has recently been completed. One of the outstanding features of this edifice is the use of selected Philippine mahogany in the lobby and offi.ces. Walls, counters, beams, corbels and ornaments are of this wood and it has been used in a very attractive manner. T'he other buildings included in the display are the Santa Monica Outlook, the Long Beach Sun, ind the Alhambra Post-Advocate. The exhibition will be open to the public until August 29.
Ruth Alberta Brey, Brey-Wright Lumber Co., Porterville, has just completed a two weeks' vacation in Southern California visiting friends in Los Angeles and San Diego.
George Melville, Los Angeles, associated with "Gus" Hoover, is back on his territory again calling on the trade following a two weeks' vacation spent at various Southern California summer resorts.
Seattle, Wash., July 25.-The call of "New Timbers for old" may soon be sounding throughout the land like Aladdin's offer of "New Lamps for Old". And owners of very old barns and other heavily-framed buildings need not be surprised should they receive a startling cash offer for their buildings. The reason is that the growing interest in early American antiques and early domestic architecture is resulting in a demand for timbers that can be used in creating an atmosphere remindful of colonial or pioneer buildlngs.
Architects and builders in various parts of the country, the West Coast Lumbermen's Association states, are making increasing'use of the checked and time-colored timbers found in old frame buildings. The timbers are used in hunting lodges, cabins, sport homes and even in fine residences. The features of the old timbers that make them sought after are the horizontal cracks, or checks, picturesque knots, their rough or hand-hewn surfaces and the coloring they have taken on with the passing of many years. These characteristics are helpful in creating a suggestion of antiquity, historic romance and informality.
Rugged timbers that once were the framework of a 19th century barn now form important decorative and structural elements in modern dwellings. Rough wood that in former years sheltered a pioneer family today is shown with pride in the homes of people of wealth and culture.
The Association sees in the building public's interest in old timbers and knotty panels a grorving appreciation of the roots of American gulluls-a swinging back from the jazz age tendency to act, live, dress and build different just for the sake of being different. A realization of the artistic and cultural value of the simplicity and honesty of expression in the early American home creations is coming to many people and shown in such uses of materials, it is believed.
Architects and discriminating home owners are finding Douglas fir timbers of special value in reproducing thesearly American interiors, the Association states. Douglas fir timbers cut from certain portions of logs will check, under suitable conditions, in a manner that meets admirably the requirements for old-looking beams. These timbers are characterized by checks that are not very deep
IUfORE thrn 5r1xr0,000 copled IVI of the booklets, plctured and descrlbed ln the cataloE, "Lumber Sales Llterature," have helped lumbrmen ln ever5r field E€t new buslns.
To promote your lumbc sales, the Asmlatlon mak6 thlo materlal avallable for les8 thrn the cost of prlntlnE! A copy of the catalo€, and umplec of thl3 llterrture wlll be sent you free on request. Wrlte todry- Addrer
and that do not run the full length of the timber. The checks are short and are spread over the perpendicular faces of the timber. The checks on each timber are different enough to give variety yet they make each timber bear a family resemblance to the others.
The checking of Douglas fir timbers can largely be.controlled- by following. certain sawing practices, by cutting them from close-grained logs and by coating them with various liquid preparations, the Association itates. The interest in heavily-checked timbers further expands the field into which the control of checking to meet particular needs can be extended.
The Association recently received a request from an architect in the East for information on the availabilitv of suitably checked timbers from the West Coast. Hl is planning to use 6O large timbers-24 by 38 inches, 24 feet 19"g. They are to be used for ceiling beams to carry out a design he is working out for a building.
An architect in California recently worked checks into his design for a home. He selected Douglas fir with a certain moisture content and installed it under conditions that would insure checking. He informed the owners that the full beauty of their home would not be realized until the panels and beams had produced the anticipated check- irg. The checks developed as had been plinned. The owners are immensely pleased with the effect.
_ Paralleling the interest in aged timbcrs is the demand for knotty boards, such as weie used extensively bv the colonial builders for paneling. Material of thij t<iia is readily obtainable from West Coast hemlock and Western red cedar, forests associates of Douglas fir. It has been fo.u."9 easy t-o select boards of these-species having knots which stay firmly in place when the boards are dlried to the low moisture content necessary for interior finish. When the boards are planed smooth and polished the knots become interesting decorative elernents.
The use being made of checked lumber and timbers and knotty paneling, is a further indication, the Association states, .that nothing coming out of the earth or growing above it has surpassed wood in its adaptabilitv t6 -aoii needs. Nothing, except fire, air, food and water has contributed so much to man's life and comfort.
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Printers Ink, famous weekly advertising publication, reprints in their August 6th issue on Pages LZa..+d 12-6 our Editorial of July first, 1931, entitled, ''Ihe Carpenter Asks About White Pine". Many _testimonials have come to say that this is one of the cleverest articles printed in any trade journal in a long time.
The Springfield Manufacturing Co. has taken over the plant of the Cascade Manufacturing Co', Springfield, Ore. W. D. Abel and O. F. Anderson are the principals in the new company. The plant is being thorouglll overhauled and moderniied for production of rvood specialties.
A new dry kiln of the Moore's Reversible Cross Circulation design is being installed and will be placed in -op-er1- tion by Arigust 15th-. The kiln is of the longitudinal shaft type ind the kiln building is being erected of tile withliminated wood crib roof. Other improvements consist of new boiler installation with dutch oven setting, also new woodworking machinery.
Tames H. Martin, of the San Carlos Lumber Co., San Cirlos, with his wife and baby returned from- a trip to Honolulu on the S.S. Malolo, Saturday, Augr.rst 8.
The yard department of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co. is now occupying its new office building at 2000 Evans Avenue, San Frincisco, which is two blocks south of Army Street.
The new office building is constructed entirely of wood, and presents a most attrictive appearance. Redwood siding is used on the exterior, and-extensive use is made of D5uglas fir panels for interior finish. Fir-Tex board is used for the ceilings and for the upper part of the walls.
All of the offices have plenty of daylight, and are equipped in the most modern ind up to date fashion. There is an indirect lighting system, ind the whgle building is heated by eleitricity. Lockers for each individual have been installed in the lavatories.
The offices include a large general offrce,. salesmen's office, and shipping department. - Private offices ale occupied fy rt'. f-. Dettmuin, manager, yard department; E. A. Allen' aisistant manag'er in chirge of retail-sales; and-Jas' .E' "Jimmy" Atkinion, assistant manager in charge of wholesale sales.
The nerv building also houses the office of the McCormick Terminal, of which Allen E. Sorrell is manager.
All retail sales as well as wholesale sales demanding quick shipment or delivery by truck are now handled from this office.
The new yard office telephone number is VAlencia 2700'
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The preliminary report of the Lumber Survey Committee of the Timber Conservation Board was recentlv submitted to Secretary of Commerce Robert P. Lamont, Chairman of the Board. Such analysis of curr-ent lumber pro- duction and consumption, lumber stocks and prospective consumption for the period, July to December, inclusive, 1931, as the limited time would-permit, is covered in the report. The Conservation Board was appointed by President Hoover, on request of lumber industry representatives, to study certain problems of the industry and make recommendations for improving its situation. The committee, which has served voluntarily at the suggestion of the chairman of the board, consists of the following: Thomas S. Holden, economist, F. W. Dodge Company, New York; Dr. Frank M. Surface, assistant director, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce; M. W. Stark, lumber and coal economist, Columbus, Ohio; Calvin Fentress, president, Baker, Fentress & Co., investment analysts, Chicago; and Dr. Wilson Compton, secretary-manag'er, National Lumber Manufacturers Association.
'The recommendations of the committee are as follows:
First.-That the withdrawals, during the period Jdy to December, 1931, from stocks in possession of lumber manufacturers, should be not less than one-half of the indicated excess stocks of the industry of 4,500,000,000 feet.
Second.-That during this period, and until a reasonable equation between suppiy and demand shall have been established, production in all species should be limited to the minimum which financial and communitl' exigencies will permit.
Third.-That consideration be given by individual rnanufacturers to the timing of reduction or cessation of production in such manner as to involve minimum hardship upon clependent employes; and i4 general to maximum proportionate reductions in production during the months before Winter, especially in the North, the Northeast and the West.
Fourth.-That importers of lumber offered or to be offered for sale in competition with, or in substitution for, r,voods of dornestic manufacture should moderate their lumber imports in consideration of the present critical exigencies of the American lumber industry.
Fifth.-That consideration by appropriate private and public agencies be given to the practicability, through improved, extended, and better coordinated means of deferred financing and otherwise, of converting potential demand for building into active demand especially for farm, business building and small homes.
Sixth.-That 'consideration by the industry be given to the practicability, the possible economy, and the availability of means, of uniting the sales facilities and in effect combining the inventories of logical groups of companies in the samE, and in different regions or species; and, especially in the Pacific Northwest, to the gains in financial stability, in economy and flexibility of production and distribution, in diversification of raw materials utilization and in sustainedyield forest management, to be secured through regional
consolidations of the ownership and operation of timber and lumber manufacturing properties.
Seventh.*That the U. S. Timber Conservation Board mak9, or cause to be made, at the end of the third quarter of 1931, a further survey and report on current "nd' p.os_ pective lumber supply and demand; and of recomm6nda_ tions based thereon.
Eighth.-That the Bureau of the Census in its further investigations of lumber stocks, seek and assemble the ne.cessary information in such form and manner as to per- mit the accurate segregation of softwoods and hardwoods and the classification of each by species or by customary species groups.
Following the recommendations, the report ,comprises 'a digest of supporting evid_ence including: - A. lumber pro- duction aryl _supp_ly; B. Lumber consumption by .p.cie, and uses; C. Lumber stocks; D. Stock impbrts and pfoductions in relation to anticipated consumptibn. For cbnvenien-ce and trevity the report is made laigely in the form of tables and charts.
In revierving conditions in the building field. thev reDort: .. "The largest single use of lumber is in building,-ord^inar- ily representing approximately 60 per ,cent of the-iggregate consumption of lumber. For their bearing upon early iirmber market prospects, five conditions in ltre Uuitaing nela are mentioned.
"First.-The need for additional farm business buildine and improved.farm housing is well-nigh universal through-- out the agricultural areas. But there is in the farm inco-me evidentll'available for such purposes no present prospect of such increase materializing appreciably during fhe list six tnonths of 1931.
"Second.-The substantial reductions in the prevailing costs of buil<ling materials have not been generally followea" b1' equal reductions in other building costs.
. "Third.-l3uilding propects show the last present promise in cornmercial and industrial building, on -"c.ounf of the surplus oflice and store space and of plant capacities.
"Fourth.-The least saturated major building 'type is residentiai construction. In most localities there are,-rinder present conditions of housing and demand, ample residential facilities. Evidently, however, there is no general surplus of small dwellings. The greatest present opporturtity for increased building activity lies largely in thiJ direction, the extent of its realization being in large measure depend- ent upon the character, extent and the reasonableness of terms of available financing. A moderate, irregular and interrupted advance in residential building contlacts has d.eveloped during the last few months in nearly every sec- tion, most noticeably in the Eastern and. Northeistern States.
"Fifth.-Until the present real estate mortgage situation shall have been improved, substantial financing of real eqtate developments is not expected. The prospect is of further curtailment of new buildings of the types brdinarily dependent for financing on bond issues.
"With the composite of these conditions confronting the
building industry, on the activity of which the lumber markets are largely dependent, the Committee is of the opinion that an increase during the last half of 1931 in the aggregate demand for lumber for building purposes is not to be expected. The extent to which the obvious need for improved farm building and the potential demand for individual small homes, both of which types of construction use lumber in large volume, can be converted into actual demand, will depend in large part upon the extent to which economical and convenient financing is made available."
The committee has indicated a desirable reduction in stocks during the period July to December inclusive. 1931, equivalent to not less than one-half of the indicated excess, and the entire absorption of the excess of stocks as promptly as possible and in any event by June 30, 1932.
There are two principal ways of analyz'.ng lumber stocks, the report states: First, in relation to working capital provision; second, in relation to prevailing volunle of business.
In concluding the discussion on lumber conditions, the committee expresses the opinion:
"(1) That the adverse conditions of the luml>er industry as a whole have reached a degree of instability and insecurity sufficiently acute to justify extraordinary corrective measures on the oart of manufacturers and distributors of lumber;'
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(2) That as an aid to secure remedy of the economic consequences of overproduction in the lumber industrv, the most important measure is the prompt and substantial reduction of excess stocks;
"(3) That lumber manufacturers financiallv and otherwise so situated as to enable them to do so. should restrain their production even more than is inclicated in Table 12; and "
(4) That such restraint should be continued until the stocks shall have been reduced to a level reasonably commensurate with economy and convenience in marketing and distribution."
For the first time since the contests u.ere establishecl in 1921, both the prizes of $1000 and $500 in the Ninth Alvan T. Simonds Annual Economic Contest (1930) are awarded outside of the United States. The subject was : Government Interference with the Free Pial' of Economic Forces.
C. E. R. Sherrington, M.C., M.A., Cantab, rvho rvins the first prize of $1000, was for a time instructor in economics at Cornell University. He is now lecturer in transport, London School of Economics and Political Science. Frederick Geidt, n'ho wins the seconcl prize of $500, is connected with Morton Brothers, stock and share brokers, 97 Gresham St., London.
The judges rvere Prof . Richard S. N{eriam, Harvarcl School of Business Administration, Cambridge, Mass., and John G. Thompson, assistant to the President, Simonds Saw and Steel Company, Fitchburg, Mass. In rvriting Mr. Simonds concerning the essays submitted to him. Prof. Richard S. X4eriam stated that the number of good essays submitted was a clear indication that the contest attracted the attention of able and thoughtful people.
Ed. Culnan, Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., I-os Angeles, left on August 8 to attend the annual encampment of the United States Army Reserve at the Presidio of Monterey. He is a captain in the field artillery. The encampment will extend from August 9 to August 22.
For interior finish, furniture and cabinets . . . for aeroplane and boat construction . . , for nearly every building purpos€ where the beauty of grain, adaptability to stains and finishing, plus dura ility, are lumber requirements. PHILIPPINE HARDWOODS will give unusual satisfaction.
Lumber dealers will find at Hammond's a definite form of Flardwood service. Besides Philippine woods, there are large stocks of domestic hardwoods as well as the more expensive from Central America. These stocks include over thirty-Gve varieties in a wide range of grades and sizes.
PHII.IPPIN E HARDWOODS are importad direct by Hammond's. AII stocb graded in strict accordance zctith the Grading Rules ol the National Hardzaood Lumber Associatron.
Lumbermen everywhere will be interested in this brief sketch of the career of accomplishment of th:s internationally known lumberman, Andrew B. Han.rmond, of San Francisco, head of the great Hammond Lumber Company, with its Redwood mills having a capacity of 600,000 feet per day, its great Douglas fir manufacturing plants in Oregon, its vast timberlands in California and Oregon with their railway systems and logging equipment, its huge wholesale yard at Terminal Island, Calif., its distributing and millwork plants in Los Angeles and numerous retail lumber yards throughout California.
Mr. Hammond was born in St. Leonards, N. B., Canada, on July 22, 1848, the son of Andrew B. and Glorianna Harding (Coombes) Hammond. He came west to Missoula, in Western Montana, in 1867 at the age of 19. Here he organized the Missoula Mercantile Company, the First National Bank and the Blackfoot Mill Company, and rvas active for many years in the up-building and expansion of these important enterprises.
As a further outlet for his activities he built the Bitter Root Valley and Philipburg Railroads.
In 1895 he rvent to Oregon, where he became the associate of Collis P. Huntington, the Mark Hopkins Estate and John Claflin of Nerv York, in the construction, orvnership and management of the Astoria and Columbia Railroad, which connected Astoria rvith Portland, and in the acquisiti,on and reconstruction of the railroad from Yaquina Bay through Corvallis and Albany to Mill City, Ore., where one of the fir mills of the Hammond Lumber Company is located.
These gentlemen also became identified u'ith the Hammond Lumber Company, which acquired timberlands in Oregon, began the manufacture of luml>er in that State and also entered the Redwood lumber buslness in California. This step was brought about by the formation of the Vance Lumber Company, which took over the manufacturing plant at Samoa, Humboldt Bay, and timberlands of Edgar H. Vance and his brother, .whose father, John Vance, hacl carried on there one of the earliest Redwood operations in Calif ornia. This company was later succeeded by the Hammond Lumber Cornpany.
Credit for the modernization of the Redwood industry is by common consent given to Mr. Hammond, and he is regarded as the dean of the industry. His development of the practice of re-manufacturing at the mill of finished products such as sash, doors, etc., has been a big factor in the growth of the industry. He is also credited with the introduction of large steel steamers to replace the small wooden lumber carriers.
Mr. Hammond married Miss Florence Abbott of Mis_ soula, Mont., February 22, 1879, whom he survives. His
children are Edwina Clare (Mrs. Frank B. King), Florence (Mrs. Norman Whiteside), Leonard C., Grace (Mrs. W. S. Burnett), and Daisy Estelle.
He has lived in San Franc:sco since 19@. He is a Mason (K. T. Shriner), is a member of the Bohemian, Pacific IJnion, Commercial and S. F. Golf clubs. San Francisco: Arlington Club, Portland; Bolsa Chica Gun Club, Los Angeles, and Rocky Mountain Club, New York.
Mr. Hammond is still very active in the management of the Hammond Lumber Company, irr which he is assisted by his son, Mr. Leonard C. Hammond. The years rest lightly on this man, now in his 84th year, whom strangers often guess to be not more than 60, and whose erect and slender figure might be envied by many men not half his age; who has had such a long and colorful career, and who is still intensely interested in the business to which he has devoted a great part of his life.
Washington, July 30.-The indignation aroused in the woods industries by the suggestion of Congressman Leonidas C. Dyer, of St. Louis, that steps should be taken to substitute cross-ties of other materials for the familiar wood sleeper of the railways of the world, gives timeliness to a reminder by the Raihvay Age (on the authority of the Pennsylvania Railway) that rails were not supported on wood ties in the first years of railroading.
An ancient piece of railway track at Jamesburg, N. J., on what is now part of the Pennsylvania System, but was originally the Camden and Amboy-the first railroad providing service between New York and Philadelphiashows that in 1831 rails were laid on blocks of stone irnbedded in the ground. These slabs or blocks did not connect the rails, but each rail had its own row of supports. The use of wood ties first came in, it is believed, on this piece of railway because of the temporary failure of the prison authorities at Sing Sing, New York, to deliver the supporting stone blocks on time at a point near South Amboy. As an expedient measure, the workmen put down pieces of timber which reached from rail to rail and were fastened to the rails by spikes merely as a makeshift. These wooden sleepers turned out to be so much more satisfactory than the stone blocks that thqy were not removed -and the practice of using wooden cross-ties was taken up by railroaders all over the world.
While the rails of the first railways were laid on stone blocks which subsequently gave way to wooden cross-ties, the history of rails is just the reverse as they were at
E. G. Davis, of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., San Francisco, is spending a vacation in the Northwest. He will also visit the company's mills at St. Helens, Ore., Port Ludlow and Port Gamble. Wash., and the Portland and Seattle offices.
Jack Rea, W. R. Chamberlin & Co., Los Angeles, was a recent San Francisco visitor where he spent a few days at the company's San Francisco office'
first of timber surfaced with iron straps. It is said that Robert L. Stevenson, president of the Camden & Amboy, who gave the railroad world the idea of the wooden tie, was the first to design and introduce the T rail, which soon became the standard metal rail of the world.
There are about one billion wood ties in place on the 350,000 miles of railway track in the United States, and replacement is now proceeding at the rate of about 8O million ties a year; it was formerly much larger, but the in-creasing excellence of the preservative treatment of timber is lengthening the life of the wooden tie to 35 years. Ever since 1848 railway engineers have been searching for a satisfactory substitute for the wooden tie, but none has yet been found that satisfies all the requirements, from resiliency to expense. A wooden tie treated to last 35 years costs only $1.75. These ties are largely produced from farm wood lots and cut-over forest areas, being largely from volunteer second growth timber. They are a source of cash revenue to farmers and small woods operators all over the wooded portions of the United States, the average length of haul of a tie from the point of production to the right of way of the purchasing railway being only 5O miles. Forestry authorities say that the production and utilization of the wood tie fits admirably into forestry practices as it provides a market for ,trees that may be inferior for other purposes, as well as utilizing the waste from lumber manufacture. In these ways tie production helps to swell the reveriues that are necessary to make forest management profitable.
W. G. Kahman, McCloud River Lumber Co., San Francisco, was a Los Angeles visitor during the past week. Together with L. S. Turnbull, of Los Angeles, the company's Southern California and Arizona representative. they called on the trade.
MacDonald-Harrington, Ltd., have moved their Los Angeles office from 603 to 624 Petroleum Securities Building. Their telephone number is WEstmore 5931.
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The record sales of Pioneer Forestry Blend Shingles since their introduction recently, proves the demand for ittractive roof colors, according to J. H. Plunkett, General Manager of the Pioneer Paper Company, manufacturers of the Ensemble Roof of Forestry Blend Shingles.
Mr. Plunkett said: "This is an age of color, and the home owner, particularly in the West, is conscious of the color ensemble which his home presents. The natural surroundings of trees and flowers are exceptionally vivid in the western states, and unless the house is in keeping with the col,orful setting, it appears drab and uninteresting.
"The public has long since accepted the asphalt shingle as-a- standard of -quality for roofing, fully appreciating its ability to resist fire and the most severe elemints. But, it is only within the past few years, that the importance of the asphalt shingle's contribution to the coloi scheme of the house has been realized.
"Pioneer has kept pace with this growing demand for color. We first developed our Yosemite quarries. where brighter colored rock was produced than had previously been used on asphalt shingles. The crowning achievement in the evolution of color on the roof has be& the Pioneer Ensemble Roof, made from the Pioneer Forestry Blend Shingles, in which several colors are spread across the surface of the shingle by patented mixers.
"Even under present general conditions, we have been shipping carloads of Forestry Blend Shingles to all parts of the eleven western states with increasing regularity. It is color, texture and the other factors that make up appearance on a roof, that build sales in this age of color. - The public is well sold on the dependability and durability of most materials that have been on the market for a period of years. What the public wants, is efiective .ppeir"ttce and co10r."
J. G. Kinney, president of the Yost-Linn Lumber Co.,674 North Rotrertson Blvd., West Hollywood, Calif., has purchased the interests of F. H. Yost and W. H. Linn and will continue to operate the yard under the same name. Mr. Yost will leave the latter part of the month for Milford, Neb., where he is interested in a retail lumber vard at that point.
A new Redwood price list was issued August 10. The changes in this list represent a readjustment in prices, and the new list eliminates a set of complicated schedules recently in effect. It is a two-page list printed on letter size paper to fit the binders used by the retailers for price information.
Stanley Moore, of Walla Walla, Wash., has joined the Fir-Tex of Southern California sales force and will represent the company in the Southern California territory. The company has offices in the Petroleum Securities Bldg., Los Angeles.
Prompt rvork on the part of the local fire department under the direction of Fire Chief George Gibbs, manager of the Strathmore branch of the W. R. Spaulding Lumbei Co., and fire apparatus sent from Porterville and Lindsay prevented the spread of flames which for a time threatened the whole of the south side of the city of Strathmore, Calif., on July 30. The fire swept away Strathmore's oldest building, wiped out a grocery store and two residences and caused damage to two other stores
I suppose it is true that, if Robinson Crusoe had been an American, the first thing he rvould have done, just as soon as "Man Friday" amllled on the scene, rvould hav-e been to organize a booster club or trade association. It would not have been a bad idea at that. To a greater extent than most of tts realize, each of us is deeply indebted to organizations of bttsiness men. I shall give you some goodlxamples of that in a minute. Do not think for a iroment that their rvork concerns only their paid officials or the financial interests of the companies in their membership. Not at all ! Those organizations mean much to you and me, in nearly every practical aspect of our lives. ' Here is an example: possibly you saw in the papers the other day that many ol the prominent trade associations are keeping a sharp eye on tlie problem o{ unemploy-glt in the ranlis of their member firms and are doing valuable work in keeping men on the job in their respective industries. I neid hardly say hotv extremely valuable such activity is right now. Still another illustration of how the work of sucf, associations brings advantages and savings to every one o{ us as consumers : Their pooling of patents
-sharing valuable new inventions among their associates
-means an lmmense spread of the benefits derived from new devices, giving vast numbers of us sttperior commodities at prices-far lower than we rvonld otherwise have to pay. Withuot your realizing it, yott savecl several hundted dollats on that car of yours becattse tl.re National Automobile Chamber of Commerce has long nraintained just such an arrangement among its members. Some associations operate testing laboratories which issue certificates of approval and safety-guarantees for appliances that might prbve dangerous rvithout such cooperative precautions.
In very great measttre, the commercial advance of the United St"t.. in recent years is clirectly due to otganizations like chambers of commerce and trade associations. What would be your guess as to the number of such organizations in this country? The truth-is, the-^figures are astoundingly high. There are more than 2,000 national trade bodGi, about the same number of State organizations, and about 13,000 local business groups-a good 17,000 in all.
The local bodies such as chambers of commerce are doing splendid '"r,'ork-their service is eminently practical and tremendously helpful-and they deserve the steady, hearty
support of their respective business communities. It is soiely because of the factor of limited time that I shall speai< this evening not so much about these admirable local groups as about the trade associations, whose activities cover a somervhat broader field.
The old-time crabbed, sttspiciotts merchant or manufacturer who rvaged lone-handed guerilla warfare would, I think, be overcome rvith amazement if he could witness today the candid interchange of opinion (even to "ledger experience"-once the sacred, innermost secret of the merchant), the manifest present lvillingness to submerge petty self-interest in the common rvelfare.
I hear some members oi business bodies talking, these days, about the possibility of resigning from the organization, with the object mainly of supposedly saving money. I can think of notl-ring more dangerously extravagant than that-a rvasteful squandering of that invaluable asset of good teamwork at the very time when collaboration is absolutely vital. When you are out in mid-Atlantic in a bad storm, do you see anybody shoving off from the big liner in a row boat by himself to save passage-money? Well, hardly !
I believe that the titanic developments of modern business have made sturdy commercial organizations practically indispensible. The requirements of commercial life are too stringent norv-the problems are too far-reaching and too intricate-to b'e grappled with effectively by any single firm, however courageous or self-confident it may be. Mass action is imperative--and mass assaults can move mountains.
Of course, not all such associations are perfect, by any means. Human frailties insist on cropping up here and there. There is no use denying that certain doubtful, or devious, or plainly malevolent, phases do manage occasionally to creep into the rvork of a trade association. But here is the thing to bear in mind: One brick employed as a missile in a riot is uo reason for declaring all bricks deadly weapons. The vast majority of tl-rem are used for constructive purposes.
The Department of Comrnerce works in cooperation with more than 6O committees representing hundreds of trade associations. Thus we enjoy the immense advantage of treating with a unified, responsible body, authorized and competent to voice the needs and express the viewpoints
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BoL Wier, a good Scotch lumber friend of mine. savs he's- going to sue me unless I quit running these Scotih stories in this column, so, just to see if he means it, I sub- mit this one:
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Don Philips, Lawrence-Philips Lumber Co., Los Angeles, traveled by airplane to San Francis'co on July 31 where he met his family who were visiting at Berkeley fotlowing a several weeks' vacation spent ai Garberville and Klamath in Humboldt county. Aciompanied by his family they returned to L,os Angeles by automobile.
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Ray B. Cox, Built-in Fixture Co., Berkeley, Calif., has returned from an extended business trip where he visited Chicago, Detroit, Cincinnati, St. Louis, kansas City, Houston, San Antonio, D.allas,. Beaumoni, Albuquerque and other lumber consuming points in the Middl; West and South West. Before returning to Berkeley, he spent a few days at the Company's Los-Angeles office.
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Building code development and enforcement have been stressed by the Pacific Coast Building Officials' Conference in the program for its tenth annual meeting, to be held at Berkeley, Calif., Oct. 5 to 10, inclusive, with an attendance of city building inspectors, building material men and others connected with the building industry. Program features announced by the president, S. P. Koch, chief building inspector of Berkeley, include Papers on subjects. o{ practical everyday interest, breakfast discussions dealing with problems of the building inspector, and committee work on code maintenance.
The most important achievement of the Pacific Coast Building Officials' Conference has been the preparation and publi.cation of the Uniform Building Code for the use of inlerested cities. Mr. Koch states that since 1927 when the code was first published it has been adopted in full as'the building ordinance of 100 ,cities and towns and has been used by numerous others in part or as a basis of revising existing building laws.
Larger cities that have adopted the entire code include Alameda, Berkeley, Fresno, Long Beach, Pasadena, Riverside, Sacramento, San Bernardino, and San Jose, Calif.; Everett and Olympia, Wash.; Salem and Eugene, -Ore. ; Austin, Dallas ind Houston, Tex. ; Tucson, Atiz.; Grand Forks, N. D.; Ilelena, Mont.; Albuquerque, N. M.; Birmingham, Ala., and Utica, N. Y.
At each annual convention the code is reviewed and proposed changes discussed and recommended with the object bf keeping lhe provisions correct, up to date and unbiased in conlormity with the latest and best mode.rn practice and research findings. At this year's convention nearly two days' time will be devoted to code maintenance work. Two new chapters will be considered, one concerning termite and fungus control, the other dealing with licensing contractors. The first mentioned is being prepared by the Termite Investigations Committee of California from data resultirtg from sev.eral years of study, research and experimentation. An electrical sign and billb'oard ordinance is also to be presented.
Continuing a practice that Mr. Koch reports as increasingly popular, four breakfast discussions of two hours each have -been provided for to allow building inspector delegates to ask questions on building code interpretation and enforcement.
Another feature will be a contest among the inspectors to determine their ability in judging lumber grades.
Papers scheduled include the following, among others: "Building material specifi'cations and tests as they affect the building inspector," by Frank L. Howard, testing engineer, Smith-Emery Co., Los Angeles; "Fire zones from an underwriter's standpoint," by L. S. Bush, chief engineer, Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific; "Condemnation of buildings ," by C.D. Wailes, Jr., chief building inspector, Long Beaih, Calif.; "Model termite control ordinances," by Earl E. Borve, executive secretary, Termite Investigations Committee of California, and "Construction for the use of gas in the modern home," by H. C. Ross, engineer of utiliiation, Pacific Gas & Electric Co., San Francisco.
An entertainment program, unique because of the number of interesting and scenic places near Berkeley, is being arianged by the Berkeley entertainment coqnmittee, with special diversions for the wives of delegates.
Vith clcctic ruddcnnel c.lnc the cnnounccment ol VcrvcrHcnry'r ncw ilinglc derign -- thc Thrtch-Lock. Wcrvcr-Henry dealcn ftnd thir fine ncw rhinglc e real factor in rtimuloting rummcr burincr. { Herc ir e rhingle to rhow your protpcct -- a rhinglc thrt will hclp rcll your compctitivc mr*ct. lt'r got evcrythingl A rclling ncmc, detign, contrining cn Old World touch, thot ir cctually cherming, colon in peilect blendr ol Fieldrtonc Grecn, Standed Red, Romrny Red blcndr (in thcc combinetionr) rnd Blue Blcck. And it'r a true Vcrvcr'Henry product, rturdy cnd cconomicrl tothe highert degrce. { Prorpecb rre buying thir rhingle on thi neritr ol ib price cnd rttrcctivencrs. Purh thc Thctch-Lock. Up goer you. prolit. Scnd lor detciled literaturc.
(Continued from Page 21) of an industry as a whole. If rve had to thresh out every question with all the individual units in an industry, the task would be, in most cases, gigantic and almost endless.
The strength that springs from union is nowhere more apparent than in the research activities of trade associations. Technical and market research, in these days, is apt to be expensive-often so extremely costly that a single firm, unless it be very opulent, could not dream of defraying the expense of procuring the vital facts it needs. But the pooling of such expense by dozens or hundreds of firms-the results to be made available to all alikeputs a totally different complexion on the matter.
And this is precisely what is done through most trade associations. Cooperat,ive research by such associations takes a variety of forms. There is, for instance, the collection of statistics-figures which give the industry a clear idea of its position-absolutely indispensable at this confused juncture of our business history. Then there is research of a strictly scientific character-discovering new principles, new applications of natural larvs, through which an entire industry mav reduce costs, increase efi6ciency, strengthen sales-appeal, or develop new uses for its prod- ucts. Can anything be more vital to industry ,in these days of sudden, even dramatic changes in buying habits, living conditions, etc.?
Here are still other examples of the countless u'ays in which the work of such organizations affects you and me. We all use Turkish towels (or ought to). How many varieties of these-not designs, of course, but grades and sizes-do you think there used to lte? No fewer than 74-but now they have been reduced to 6, through the cooperation of the interested trade association, namely, the Cotton-Textile Institute, and the Department of Commerce, because there was practically no demand for the remaining 68 varieties, though you and I had to pay for making and keeping them in stock. We all handle tin cans very frequently; the newspaper funny men accuse Mrs. Newlywed of l,iving out of them, or in them, or something of the sort. Until just recently she had to accustom her dainty fingers to hundreds of different varieties of such cans, but now the number has been cut to 27, through the cooperation of the National Canners' Association. Thus money has been saved for retailers and for the consuming public. The success of that splendid movement which we know as "simplified practics"-meaning the collective effort of an industry to reduce ll'aste in the production and distribution of its products, through eliminating unnecessary varieties in sizes, d'imensions, grades, or qualities- has been made possible only "by trade associations. You simply could not bring about such extensive revisions of old-established practices without concerted, well-directed drives.
Really remarkable results have been achieved through cooperative advertising by trade associations. Such associations spend each year more than 1O million dollars on institutional or group-trade advertising. Some exceedingly profitable slogans and ideas have been popularized that way. And, through such activity, industries have been made alive to the possibilities of creating business rather than merely "srvapping customers."
There can be a great protective or restorative value in such'advertising. Here are one or two examples of rvhat I mean by that: Some time ago, just after we had had such extensive publicity on pure-food legislation, the canners of food products were faced with the problem of restoring public confidence in canned goods. The findings of intensive laboratory research by their association formed
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"Boss man," said the truck driver to the foreman of the lumber yard, "kin Ah git off dis evenin' at fo' o'clock to go to de lodge meetin'? Ahse jes obleeged to be da. You see Ahse de Soopreem King in de lodge."
"Supreme King?" asked the boss in surprise. "How can you be the Supreme King in the lodge when you only joined it a month ago?"
"Well, suh," said the truck driver, "you see das de lo'es awfis in ouah lodge."
Why must f always dream of ships at sea?
For years I have not felt beneath my feet
A tilting deck, nor seen the long waves beat , t. far, eternal pulse unceasingly.
Why must this dream forever press otr me?
Not only in my dream, but in the street
Like an old friend it hurts the heart to meet? , *nt must I always dream of ships at sea?
' Am f not settled? Am I not secure?
In all the ordered ways that ought to be?
Through which the smaller certainties endure?
Why can I not put by what I have known?
Why will the waves not let my heart alone?
-By Harry Kemp.Life is the acceptance of responsibilities or their evasion; it is a business of meeting obligations or avoiding them.
"The new patient in Ward B is very good looking," said the nurse.
"Yes," said the matron, "but don't wash his face. He's already had that done by four nurses this morning." ***
Write these numbers: l-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9. Pick out any one of the above digits and multiply it by 9. Take 6 for example. 9 x 6 is 54. Considering the figures you first wrote down as one number 123456789, use 54 to multiply with. 54 x 123456789 is.666666666. Try it with any other number that you think you need practice on. ***
Once in a while, not'\ften, a man is bo'rn who isn't afraid. Then things beSir\o move. (Exchange.)
with a big meaning. I help everyopen hearts, dispel prejudice. I create friendship good-will. I inspire respect and admiration. loves me. I bore nobody. I violate no law. I cost itg. Many have praised me, none have condemned me. I pleasing to those of high and low degree. f am moment of the day.
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"Rastus, Ah'm telling yo, straight-mah bruddeh-Oh Boy, ain't he black? He's so black-why, Ah dun slep wit hirn fo yeahs an nebbeh seen him a'tall."
"Push away, high brown, push away. Dat ain't black. Mah ole man IS black-he's so dawgone black dat de lightnin bugs folleh him roun' in de daytime."
An ordinance amending Subsection (a) of Section 2Ol of Ordinance No. 28,700, limiting the width of lath in building construction in Los Angeles to ll inch instead of the maximum of. |s/s inch was passed by the Council of the City of Los Angeles at its meeting on July 14 and approved by the Mayor on July 21. The ordinance was published on August 1 and becomes effective September 1. The change in the ordinance was requested by the Los Angeles Wholesale Lumber Association. The ordinance is amended to read as follows :
(a) Wood Lath. Wood lath shall be not less than No. I grade, evenly manufactured, and shall be practically clear, except as hereinafter provided.
Wood Lath may have seasoning stain or sap stain; and may have pin worm holes which do not materially afiect the strength of the lath; and may have occasional knots not more than one-half (l) inch in diameter; and may have bark on one (1) face only, but such bark shall not be more than one-half (%) inch in width and not more than eighteen (18) inches in length.
Wood lath shall be approximately three-eighth (%) oI an inch in thickness and not to exceed one and one-half Ql) inches in width, except that an occasional variation of not to exceed one-sixteenth (l/16) of an inch may be allowed in the width of such lath when green.
Wood lath shall be not over four (4) feet in length and be not less than forty-seven and three-quarter (a73/+) inches in length; provided, however, that this provision shall not be deemed to prevent the cutting of such lath into shorter lengths for lathing purposes.
Each lath shall be nailed with not less than three penny (3d) fine blued nails, driven full length, to a stud, joist or other support at each end thereof and at points not more than sixteen (16) inches apart along the length.of such lath.
For lime plaster wood laths shall be spaced not less than three-eighths (%) of an inch and not more than one-hal{ (%) of an inch apart; and for gypsum plaster not less than one-quarter (%) ol an inch and not more than threeeighths (%) of an inch apart.
Studs, joists or other supports for wood lathing shall be spaced at not to exceed sixteen (16) inches on centers.
Joists at ends of laths shall be b,roken at least every eighth (8th) lath.
No,crooked or warped lath shall be used; and not vertical or diagonal lathing shall be used.
At the time of being nailed in place all wood lath shall be well soaked with water and shall be thoroughly wet at the time plaster is applied thereto.
Harry H. Steidle, Division of Trade Standards, Department of Commerce, has officially announced to the producers, distributors and users of plywood that signed ac'ceptances representing practically all of the large producers, a number of distributors and many consumers of plywood have been received indicating a satisfactory majority approval of the commercial standard. lIe announces that the commercial standard may be ,considered effective for new production September 1, 1931.
On May 29, 7931, the Bureau of Standards sent out for written acceptance, the Recommended Commercial Standard Grade Rules for Plywood.
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Schumacher Wall Boarcl Corporation, believing that the public is color minded, announces a new and interesting product, a green covered wall board. This is their regular board, but instead of the regulation grey paper on both sides of the plaster board, one side is papered with an attractive tint of neutral green. The idea is that in rnany cases and for many uses a wall is covered with plaster board where an attractive colored covering obviates the necessity of any further coverage of paper, paint, or anything of that sort. This green board can be applied to the lvall and left just as it is, {urnishing a very attractive interior
The fortieth annual meeting of the Concatenated Order of Hoo Hoo will be held at the West Baden Springs Hotel, West Baden, Ind., September 23,24 and25. In announcing West Baden as the scene of the meeting, Snark of the Universe, Franklin A. Hofhiens says that it offers the members of the Order an opportunity to attend a convention of the International at unusually low cost. West Baden Hotel operates on the American plan, and its rate .covering meals and room also include various other features without charge. Golfing, swimming, tennis, bowling, billiards, et,c., will be free. The registration fee usually imposed at conventions of this kind will be eliminated.
J. M. Crawford, Tum-a-Lum Lumber Co., Walla Walla, Wash., spent a few days in Los Angeles the latter part of July where he called on some of his lumbermen friends. The Tum-a-Lum Lumber Co. oDerate several vards in Washington with headquarters at Walla Walla.
Art Penberthy, Tacoma Lumber Sales Agency, Los Angeles, has returned from a two weeks' business trip to the Northwest where he visited his mill connections at Tacoma.
for the room. The reverse side of this board is the regula- tion grey, so that either side may be used. In addition they are manufacturing narrow plaster board batts of the same color to cover the joints and seams. This handsome board is being offered the trade and the public for the same price as the regulation grey covered board. It is simply an effort to give the public something new and attractive in the line of products and service at no extra charge.
This new product is now on the market and ready for delivery.
Russell Gheen, C. D. Johnson Lumber Co., Los Angeles, has returned from a three weeks' trip in the east where he visited his mother who resides in Philadelphia. Mrs. Gheen accompanied him on the trip.
Sherman A. Bishop, Union Lumber Co., San Francisco, recently traveled by Western Air Express plane to Los Angeles. He is another of the converts to this form of travel who think it is the only way to go when one is in a hurry.
J. H. Spears, rvho is ,connected rvith the sash and door department of the E. K. Wood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, has returned from a few weeks' trip to Texas where he was visiting relatives.
Lumbermen who recently made business trips to San Francisco included Jack Ferger, Swastika Lumber Co., Fresno; F. Dean Prescott, Valley Lumber Co., Fresno; George Burnett, Burnett Lumber Co., Tulare, and Isador Cheim, Union Lumber Co., Marysville.
PRIDE OF HOME OWNERSHIP is one of the strongest of all civilizing influences and is one dominating factor for happiness, contentment, love and devotion, assuring perpetual protection.
The more distinctive and convenient you build your home the greater will be its attraction, and surely if this ideal plan will meet and care for your requirements you will be making no mistake in adopting it to build from.
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Advertising and sales efforts should be expanded in the coming months, according to the Brookmire E.conomic Service, Inc., which has mapped out those sections of the country and those industries where better-than-average conditions prevail. Total income of the country in the next six months is estimated by this service at about 8/o below the same period a year ago, which is a smaller decline than prevailed recently.
Industries which are enjoying improved conditions are textiles, shoes, tires, clothing and affiliated lines, which Brookmire feel rvill have sustained activity for the next few months. On the other hand, it is said that such heavy lines as lumber, iron and steel, railroad and electrical equipment and agricultural implements will lag behind. Best sales prospects are to be found in the textile.centers of New England and the Southeast, clothing and shoe districts of New England, and the eastern manufacturing centers, as ,well as the tire producing sections of Northern Ohio.
Farm income, according to preliminary estimates, will show a loss,of only 4/o from last year and will total in the neighborhood of $7,430,000,q00. In Eastern states and in the Southwest there are prospects of improved purchasing power for the farmer and, as the cost of living has been lowered the country over, the purchasing power of farmers as a whole will only be slightly lower than last year.
Building activity is still restrained and, in the Brookmire opinion, improvement will be spotty until next spring when a more definite revival should occur. The oetroleum industry.appears, it is pointed out, to have p"ri it. worst phase and during the coming twelve months is likely to see some improvement.
"Last fall we felt it necessary to emphasize the unfavorable factors," says a statement, "but now the accumulation of deferred demand and the deflated condition of prices point to. recovery in the coming year. Profits will be largest to those who are alert to take advantage of opportu- nities. Individuals can benefit personally and do their share toward stimulating activity by buying goods at current sales or by taking the homes that are being offered as sacrifice pri.ces. Manufacurers should accumulite raw materials for requirements a long period ahead and can take over the plants of competitors who are in difficulty. Those retailers who bring down prices to attractive levels will achieve volume sales and help to restore the balance that facilities recovery in business. Bankers, in particular, can play I big part by encouraging legitimate enterprise or financing home building where local conditions justify. Discriminating investment of time and money in the nation's industries during the months that are immediately ahead will yield proportionate rewards."
The research activities now under way for Douglas Fir Plywood Manufacturers as a part of the organization's 3-year market extension and advertising program will be headed by G. L. Bartells, newly appointed research dirgc- tor. Mr. Bartells brings to this rvork more than 20 years' experience in the manufacture, distribution and sale of Douglas fir plywood. His personal conta.cts in virtually every se,ction of the country have kept him familiar with changing trade conditions. He has, moreover, a background of familiarity with European trade conditions, and has visited a number of foreign plywood plants.
A series of tests of Douglas fir plywood are now in progress, and additional tests will be undertaken shortly by various laboratories especially qualified for certain types of research. These tests ryill provide engineering data not only as to the physical characteristics of Douglas fir plywood as a material, but also as to its performan,ce in specific uses. Tests already in progress will establish exact dita on the use of this material for concrete,forms, sheathing, subflooring and other major uses.
Results of the research being undertaken by this industry will_appear shortly in its nation-wide advertising campaigh for Douglas fir plywood. The three-year promotionai program of which research and advertising are a part is underwritten by the following manufacturers: Aberdeen Ply- wood Comp_any, Aberdeen, 'Washington; Aircraft Plywood Company, Seattle, Washington; Bufielen Lumber & n4ig. Co., Tacoma, Washington; Harbor Plywood Corporation, Hoquiam, Washington; Henry McCleary Timber Co., McCleary_,_Washington; M. & M. Plywood Corporation, Longviewr_p1s-hington,_Olympia Veneer Company, Inc., Olym- pia, Washington; Oregon-Washington Plywood Co., pbrtl?ld,_ Oregon; Peterman Manufacturing Co., Tacoma, Washington; Robinson Manufacturing Co. Everett, Washington; Vancouver Plywood Company, Vancouver, Washington; W_ashington ^Veneer Company, Olympia, Washing- ton; The Wheeler, Osgood Company, Tacoma, Washington.
The East Bay Hoo Hoo Club No. 39 held its resular monthly meeting at the Athens Athletic Club, OakJand, Calif., on Monday evening, August 10. George M. Cornwall, editor of the Timberman, addressed thJmeetine on "Som€.Glimpse_s_of F_rlop." as he viewed it during hil recent trip. Rod Hendrickson arranged for the enteriainment program.
This Stair Holl in the residence of Mr. R. W. Kittrelle ot Piedmont, Colifornia, is o grocious exomple o[ the chorm o[ fine woodwork. Both the stoircose and holl propert ore finished in Ploin \(/hite Oak. The use of rotory-cut veneersbr face of well ponels ochieves a slosh figure which is tasteful os well ds distinctive. Architecturol Woodwork contrdct by Loop Lumber a Mill Compony, Alomedo (Certltied Plont No. 93). Architects: \X/illioms & Vostell, Ooklono.
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the basis of a most successful appeal to the common sense of the- consumer.
We discover associations making energetic efforts to prevent bankruptcies among their members-getting together with the object of "tiding over" a shaky brother, even if that involves stepping in and running his plant for a while. They give impartial information to an outsider who is thinking of entering their chosen field, so as to direct his prospective enterprise into profitable channels. We witness their cooperation u'ith Better Business Bureaus throughout the land in the determination to combat fraud. They labor collectively in the cause of accidentprevention.
American trade associations extend all kinds of help and counsel to visiting commercial clelegations frorn abroadas in the case of the recent International Road Congress. They have motion pictures produced to explain the workings of a given industry-or they publish magazines or issue attractive, useful handbooks for a like purpose. They provide unified action for their industry in handling traffic cases, questions of freight rates and so on. Many credit matters. too. norv come rvithin the sohere of the trade associations. They effect important sar;ings through joint purchases of equipment and in the cletermination of style trends.
The associations carry out the extremely useful policy of certified grade marking to protect the inexperienced consumer (as in lumber and tiles, for example) in cooperation with government agencies. They introduce standard labeling, to prevent misconception on the part of buyers. They maintain standard packing and crating practices, for our convenrence and protection and their own greater profit.
The National Lumber Manufacturers Association has taken an ancient and highly conservative industry and brought it into the forefront of modernism. The American Institute of Steel Construction is responsible for the general adoption of a standard building code which has helped to increase the use of steel. vet has meant an annual saving of 30 million dollars to building-owners. The National Retail Credit Men's Association advances the claim (justly, I believe) that the sen'ice conducted under its auspices has saved the merchants of this country millions of dollars formerly lost because of inaccurate and incomplete credit information, and that the extended credit made possible by this prompt and efficient exchange of credit data has materially increased the buying power of wage earners and of those u'ith limited in66ms5-4ll making for greater comfort and happiness among our people. I wish that time permitted citing others of the countless examples of this same helpful, valuable variety.
And so we may say that business collaboration is just applied common sense. The great British labor leader, John Burns. once tolcl of visiting a lunatic asylum and of being astonishecl by tl.re ierv keepers. "What's going to happen," he asked, "if those maniacs get together and start something?" The dr-.ctor's ansr'verrvas significant: "Lunatics don't collaborate !" And to that I might add: But sensible, far-sighted business men are not lunatics.
I need not emphasize horv tremendously valuable such cooperative service can be right at this present juncture in our American business life. It forms a potent factor in helping to boost us along the path that leads upward to the plateau of prosperity out of the distressing trough of depression.
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Planing MilI Machinery for sale. All modern, nevv 3 years ago. Los Angeles Planing Mill Co., 1800 Industrial St., Los Angeles, Calif. Phone VAndike 8460.
Lumberman familiar with details of wholesale lumber business wants position in wholesale office. Has had several y,ears' experience with wholesale lumber firms. Has had experience in selling and also good stenographer and bookkeeper. Address Box C-4O2, care California Lumber Merchant.
An opportunity to buy lumber yard in good location. Business averages over $6000.00 a month, first class stock and planing mill. Stock and accounts receivable will inventory $25,00O.0O. Will handle Accounts Receivable. Will sell all of business or if I get the right man will retain an interest. Compelled to get out of active business on account of health. For full information address Box C-,104. California Lumber Merchant.
Position Wanted by an experienced retail lumberman capable of managing yard or acting as salesman or office work; also knows the hardware line and speaks some Span- ish. Reference and bond can be furnished. Address Box C-406, California Lumber Merchant.
Young lady with thr'ee years' experience desires stenographic position. Lumber preferred. Permanent position preferred. Will consider temporary, vacation relief, etc. Will consider positions in or out of Los Angeles. Address Box C-399, care California Lumber Merchant.
Position with reliable firm by an experienced credit man, accountant and lumberman. Address Box C-403. California Lumber l\ferchant.
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Man experienced in lumber-hardware-paint, etc., wishes connection as salesman, bookkeeper, estimator, credits or lineyard manager. Best of references. Address Box C-4O5, California Lumber Merchant.
Lumberman and shingle expert with years of experience, familiar with all details of the mill, wholesale and retail business, qualified to fill any position in sales department or in office, wants position. Gilt edge references. Will go anywhere. Address Box C-407, The California Lumber Merchant.
The office of the California Lumber Merchant is constantly recei"i.g applications, from both men and women, desiring work with lumber concer;. Most of t{rese have had previous lumber experience.
Moderate sized planing mill in a city of 50,000 desires the services of a young, active, high class estimator. References required. Address C-4O8, The California Lumber Merchant. ,i
When you qre in need of help of any kind, either office or yard, why not get the hab_it of calling us first and strittg uE an opportunity to be of service to you as well as to tfiose n€eding employment? There is no charge with this service, to employer or employee.
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