QUALITY is an asset when it adds actual dollars to the profits of handling and utilization.
BUILDERS and INDUSTRIAL CONSUMERS find that California Pines make a tangible difierence in the cost of working and finishing.
FINAL CONSUMERS profit by long-run economy of upkeep. Wood that t(stays puttt with the minimum of distortion, checking and grain-raising.
These factors influence acceptance and good will-matters of real importance to the disributor and retailer. No finer soft pine gtows.
CALIFORNIA WHITE PINE is botanically ponderosa pine. Physically it is distinguished by light weight and ioft, uniform textute, pro'duced by localized conditions of growth.
SUGAR PINE is botanically and physically true white pine, the largest tree of the white pines. Both species are found at their best in the Red River forests.
RED RMR MANUFACTURE, large volume' continuous year round production, precise milling and thorough seasoning assure maximum quality and a dependable source of supply.
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New buoiness received at the lumber mills during the week ended August 19, 1933, while slightly in excess of that booked during each of two preceding weeks was 25 Per cent below pto' ductiotr according to reports received by the National Lumber Manufacturers Association from the regional associations covering the operations of 691 leading hardwood and softwood mills. Production for the week totaled 2lor2rtrooo feet; orders werc 157,866,000 feet
"Yptn"frs 19*699E,000 feet.
The West Coast Lumberments Association reports that fot the week ended August 19' 189 mills gave new business as 72r202.76, feet as against a production of 9Er9t5r5t5 feet and shipments 95,5082O5 f.et. Orders booked for the week by these mills were over the preceding week by 6r077rt29 feet or g.lgflo Shipments were under production by 3.479o, and current sales wetl under production by 27.O2/s.- Excepting for the gain in new business, the statistical showing for the week shows a weakening in t{re market poaition of the industry, the Asssociation states'
The California Redwood Association for the month of July' 1933, repoced orders received for 12 mills as 27;275'OOO feet;
orders on hand 33,55Erq)O feet; shipmxtts 28r34O1(XX) feet; production 814521000 Lerlt-
Details of orders and shipme4ts for the month were as follows: Orders Received-Northern California 619160O0 feet; Southern California 2r645r(n0 feet; Western 11Erfi)0 feet; Eastern l5rll3r(XX) feet; Foreign zr4f.tr0/JO feet. Shipmentt-No'rthern California. 7,483r@O feet; Southem Califonnia ,,8961000 feet; Vestern 53r0(X) feet; Eastern 14r5E3rfi[ fet; Foreign 21325,00O f.eet.
Unsold stocks on the public docks at Loo Angeles harbot totaled 8411000 feet on August 21, practically the same as the week previous. Cargo anivals at the Los Angeles harbor for the week ended August 19 totaled ll,T7t,Oo0 feet which included 14 cargoes of Fir with 9901100O feet and 3 cargoes of Redwood carrying LAT2rOOO f@t 59 vessels were operating in the coastwise lumber service on Aug. l6i 4S vessels wete laid up. The California lumbet situation showed little change during the past two weeks. With the lumber codes getting into operation at the mills, and an increased seasotral demand Gxpected during the fall months, an improvement in the California market is looked for.
Hearings on the sociation Code were National Retail Lumber Dealers' Asat Washington from held by the Recovery Administration August 16 to August 19. The Code establishes a 4o-hour week. For purposes of administering the Code in California, the State is divided into two districts, Northern and Southern California. Minimum wages are set at 45 cents per hour for Northern California, and 4O cents for Southern California.
Dee Essley, FIarry A. Lake and Kenneth Smith attended the hearings.
A. L. "Gus" Hoover, Los Angeles, Southern California representative of The Pacific Lumber Company, returned to his desk August 28 from a trip to the company's sawmill at Scotia, where he spent 10 days conferring with operating executives.
C. H. Griffer, Jr., general manager of the California Redwood Association, returned August 21 to San Francisco from a trip to the Redwood mills.
I\IcCormick Supply Co. has opened minal Sales Building, Portland, Ore. Jr., is in charge.
an office the TerChas. R. McCormick,
Paul Revert, manager of the Red River Lumber Co. at Los Angeles, accompanied by Mrs. Revert, was a recent visitor at the company's mill operations at Westwood where he was taking up business matters with the General Sales Office and plant.
JACK KILEY WrTII T. P. HOGAN CO.
J. C. Kiley, formerly with Union Lumber Co., is now associated rvith the T. P. Hogan Co., Oakland.
Newton D. "Newt" Issac, Corning Lumber Co., Corning, attended the State convention of the American Legion held recently at Pasadena. The Corning drill team, of which "Newt" is a member, took first prize in "B" class.
With the President's approval of the Lumber Code on August 19 the machinery was soon set in a.ction to get the Code in operation. The National Control Committee,'the executive body of the Lumber Code Authority, under the Lumber Code-, met at Washington on Augult 21. The Authority had been incorporated under the laws of Delaware, and the Committee was duly clothed rvith all the powers entrusted to it by the Code.
As the Code provides that the hours and wage schedules become effective August 22, three days after its approval by the President, telegraphic instructions were sent to the forty-eight divisions of the industry to make the necessarv arrangements at once. Action was also taken to have all Divisions curtail produ,ction in accordance with prospective consumption.
Wages and hours provisions of the Code were put into effect by the Redwood industry on August 22. Other provisions of the Code will become effective August 29 with the exception of Rules of Fair Trade Practice which will be in effect at date specified by the Lumber Code Authority not later than November first. Redwood mill production quotas will be set for September 1.
The Pine mills put the wages and hours stipulations of the Code into effect Augttst 22, most of the mills making pay retroactive to August 1. Rules of Fair Trade Practice will go into effect as soon as possible.
Wages and hours conforming to the Code went into effect in the West Coast Lumber Division of the Northwest on August 22. Meetings to perfect arrangements for
putting the Code into operation have been in session at Tacoma, Wash., this .iveek.
At a meeting of the Southern Pine Division held at New Orleans on August 25 and 26, final arrangements for put- ting the Code in operation r,vere completed. Among the important developments of the meeting were the fixing of a rnonthly production quota of 450,000,000 feet of Southern pine for the months of September, October and November; fixing of production of individual Southern pine mills for the month of September on the basis of "allorvable hours of operation" and the establishing of a code fee of fifteen cents per thousand feet based on shipments effective and including August 21, to be paid by the individual mills to cover the expense of administering and enforcing the code in the Southern Pine Division. It was estimated that administration of the Code rvould require approximatelv $50,- 000 per month.
The Southern Pine Association's set-up for administration of the Code, through its Board of I)ire.ctors, includes a Control Comr.rlittee-the executive agency of the board of directors in the adrninistration work; four maior administrative committees on Laltor. Production. Pricei and Trade Practices, and 28 local committees (consisting of three to five members each) rvho will serve in each of the 28 districts into rvhich the Southern Pine producing territory have been divided.
The Association is cornpiling statistics and information necessary to determine the .cost of produ,ction of Southern pine to -permit the establishment of minimum prices for the various items of Southern pine lumber.
History abundantly proves-and continues toprove- strain upon the honesty of an entirely new strata of sothat even the best of men "T Y"" a louse for a son. ciety-an additional group of people.
What a public relations department that guy Mussolini He says that innumerable experiences and a flood of tesmust have. The world has almost forgotten that Italy has timony indicate that many men who pay a 2 cent per gala King. Victor Emanuel ought to get in touch with sorne lon gasoline tax willingly and honestly, begin evading the good advertising agency. * * * aax when it gets to 3; that others will pay a 3 cent tax, but when it gets to 4 they cannot stand the strain on Mussolini knows his publicity onions. He's worse than their honesty, and they begin stealing the tax; and .many, Amy Semple McPherson, only he gets a better line of pub- many more seem honest even with a 4 cent tax, who go licity than "Sister" does. Ask John D. Rockefeller, Sr., into the evasion business whenever it gets above that whether or not a publicity man pays. He can give you point. Is honesty just a matter of altitude? the greatest testimonial in history. Think of the things * + * you used to read about him; and the picture the public has A Northern publisher was recently haled into court by of him today. A good public relations man performed that his wife for maintaining another lady as well as herself. rniracle. All I've got to say is that the publishing business in the South isn't that good.
The other day Al Jolson smacked Walter Winchell down. You know those comedians have their practical uses, after all.
Speaking of business getters, one of the big tire manufacturers is advertising a rubber tire for wheel barrows. And a "spare" of course?* * *
"Church bells," says a news story, "are being replaced by loud speakers." That IS new. In the old days the first were used to get people*to hear the second.
"The Number One Tee," remarked a veteran golfer, "is a small plot of grass about fifteen feet wide and fifty feet long that seems to make a blamed liar out of every rnan that steps on it."
All reports agree that the most popular places at the Century of Progress Exposition (World's Fair to you) in Chicago, are the places where people may sit down and rest. And they could do*that at home-free.
Of the last ten moving pictures I have seen, nine had ladies of "easy virtue" for heroines. "The parade of the prostitutes" would be a swell title for the series. Hollywood ! Hollywood ! You are a beautiful and bewitching city. But some day they will have to put a trainload of dynamite under you and blow you up, just in the name of decencY' :r :r< ,f
Don't turn up your nose at the non-taxpayer. He pays most of our taxes; indirectly, but pays them just the same. Let the non-taxpayer move out, and all property values disappear. Don't forget that less than one-half of one per cent of our city populations own half of all our property values. :r :r {<
Human nature is a funny thing. (There's a brand new and original remark for you). But here is new proof of the statement that may appeal to you as an interesting thought. We are accustomed to believing that honesty and integrity are things of the spirit-things that have to do with the moral fiber of the individual. But are they? An authority on gasoline taxation throws some doubt on that belief. He says that experience proves that every penny per gallon you add to the gasoline tax puts an additional
The new home ro"r, u"lr.iig lystem is an effort on the part of the Federal Government to help relax the grip of the mortgage upon hundreds of thousands of American homes. For our people are learning of late. that the word "mortgage" is derived from two Latin words meaning "death" and "grip"; that a mortgage is a "death grip" in plain terms. Uncle Sam seeks to loosen the deathlineis of the grip by removing the*imrnediate financial pressure.
"Futile competition, overpaid executives, excess trackage, and terminal duplication," says George Creel in "Collier's", are some of the things the railroads will have to cut out to get back to health again. Might I be permitted to mention one more? One that gripes me and most other men of modest means almost to the point of hysterics whenever they ride trains. Might I be allowed to suggest that the fact that practically all the people in this country who are financially able to buy railroad ticketshave passes? Almost without exception the well-financed men with whom I frequently ride trains-pull out passes. I have long ago made up my mind that the chief trouble with the railroads is that the only people left who have enough money to buy railroad transportation-don't have to. I see men traveling on railroad passes, who, so far as I can discover, have no more business with railroad passes than they have to _be Pope of Rome. It makes the average man mad every time he gets on a train and watches tfie boys with the bankrolls haul out their passes, while he has to haul out his hard-earned ticket. f suggest that the railroads change this thing right-about-face, issue passes only to people who couldn't possibly buy railroad tickets, and let the folks with money buy tickets for a change. I frequently ask my pass-traveling friends where they get the passes, and the answers are invariably phoney-or sound so to me'
I know a retail lumberman who surprised himself beyond words recently when he tried a simple, old-time method of digging up some business. He just went out and asked for it, in the highways and by-ways of his selling district. He decided to expose himself to some orders and see what would happen, since there was no business coming in, and he had lots of time for experimentation. So he made a list of the home owners in hii district, and started out calling on them, systematically and by list.
He decided to make six calls a day of that character, and offer people building and repairing service. His first day convinced him that the idea was a good one. To begin with, he found that people appreciated his call, and the interest he showed in their building needs. He found the housewives entirely willing to look over their homes and yards to see what he might be able to do for them in his particular line. And he sold them stuff right from the start.
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There was not a single day during this canvass that he did not make some sales. And they were L00/o sales that would never have been made had he stayed in his office and waited for business. He carried the suggestions and the service to them, and they liked it. He is engaged in that canvass right neqT-fiss been for many weeks. He is selling everything from fence pickets to shelves, sheds, and porches. And he is selling every dime's worth at decent and non-competitive prices to people who were NOT in the market for building materials. fs there any reason to suppose that HIS is the only town in the country where this could be done?
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Speaking of credits (or were we speaking of them?) if reasonable, low-rate, long-time credit could be immediately discovered for financing the building, remodeling, and repairing of HOMES in this country, there would -be a huge home-building campaign in full swing all over this land before the fall was over. No earthly doubt about it ! And how terribly we need such a campaign. With six years of no-building and little-repairing behind us this homeloving nation would undoubtedly break all building record! if they got a chance. When millions of men get Sobs and buying p_olver- spreads, and the nation begins emerging from the huddle it has been in for several years, wJare t_"q4q4y going to discover an unprecedented shortage of DESIRABLE homes. And likewise we are going to discover, when we take off our spectacles of depresiion and really begln to see things right, that we have millions upon millions of human domiciles that are old, delapidated, rundown, unsightly-passe. Yes, sir, a line of building credit would put millions of men to work, just building and renovating HOMES.
The other night at """"", "*ir they pointed out to me a young lady who is trying to establish a record for snobbishness. And as I looked at the poor little silly thing, I wondered if she knew: That this earth on which- we live is just one of a group of planetary atoms that revolve around a very, very insignificant star that we call our sun. That, viewed from the rest of the heavens, our sun is a very, very small star, and these planets do not even exist. In the Milky Way alone, there are thirty thousand million stars that average in size much larger than our sun. It is reasonable to assume that there are countless atoms like our Earth, accompanying those thirty thousand million suns. But that isn't even a starter. In the universe there are nrrmberless other galaxies of stars like the Milky Way, with their countless billions of suns like ours and greatir than otrrs. and that there are no possible figures to eslimate the nur,nber of existing atoms at least as important as our Earth. And there is no possible reason to doubt that countless billions of such atoms hold and nourish life. Think oJ. the jrerfectly incalculable number of living things in this universe; then contemplate the snobbistr young-Iaay and wonder what she would do had she the intellect t-o estimate what she really amounts to in the great scheme of things.
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The Lumber Code under the National Recovery Act, 'which covers forty-eight divisions of the lumber and timber products industries, was signed by President Roosevelt on August 19.It became effective as to wages and hours on Tuesday, August 22. The remaining provisions, except Trade Practice Rules, will become effective on August 29. The Trade Practice Rules, which are subject to further revision, will become effective not later than November l.
The Code establishes several precedents such as the regulation of lumber production through the allotment of production quotas to balance lumber consumption, and the determination of minimum prices. Provisions in the Code are also made for the forest conservation and sustained production of forest resour'ces, provisions which the President personally supervised.
The maximum hour week has been established at 40hours. Minimum wages range from 23 and 24 cents an hour in the South to.42l cents in the lumber districts of the Northwest and 50 cents in the metropolitan section of the North and East.
The first meeting of the National Control Committee, the executive body of the newly constituted Lumber Code Authority, was held on August 21 at Washington. Dudley Cates, deputy NRA Administrator, was present as the Administrators' representative, in accordance rvith the provision which stipulates that the Administration shall be represented on the Authority and on the Control Committee.
John D. Tennant, Longview, Wash., was elected chairman and C. C. Sheppard, Clarks, La., vice chairman. C. Arthur Bruce was elected executive officer of the Committee, a position which corresponds to that of president of a corporation. Carl Bahr, Washington, D. C., qas chosen secretary-treasurer. Conforming with the provision of the Code which requires that the schedule of wages and hours shall become effective August 22, telegraph instructions were sent to all the forty-eight Divisions of the industry to make the necessary arrangements at once. Action was also taken to have all the Divisions curtail production in accordance with the prospective consumption.
"shortening of the work hours in the lumber industries", Mr. Bruce said, "means many more workers the number being estimated at between 75,000 and 150,00O men. The wages of all employees will show a marked in'crease, thus the industry will shortly make effective those objectives that President Roosevelt considers of prime importance in the partnership between government and business.
"The lumber industry entertains a genuine belief that in the administration of its affairs under the Code there will be substantial benefits to it and equally to the public. In other words, we feel that we can govern ourselves for the President's objectives in conformity and letter of the NRA. We intend to do so."
Article l. Sets forth the purposes of the Code: to reduce and relieve unemployment in the lumber and timber products industries, to improve the standards of labor therein; to maintain a reasonable balanie between the production and consumption of lumber and timber products; to restore the prices to levels which will avoid further depletion and destruction of capital assets; and to conserve forest resources and bring about the sustained production thereof.
Article 2-(a) "Lumber and Timber products" as used in the Code is defined to include (l) logs, poles and piling; (2) sawn lumber and planing mill products operated in conjunction with sawmills; (3) shingles; (4) woodwork (millwork) including products of planing mills operated in conjunction with retail lumber yards; (5) hardwood flooring; (6) veneers; (7) plywood; (8) kiln dried hard' wood dimension; (9) lath; (10) sawed boxes, shook and crates; (ll) plywood, veneer and wirebound packages and containers.
(b) "Person" as used therein includes, without limitation, any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, trust, trustee or receiver subject to the jurisdiction of the Code.
(c) "Divisions" and "Subdivisions" as used refer to the several administrative units of the lumber and timber products industries which are established and defined in Schedule "A". Divisions and subdivisions initially established are as follows: Cypress Division; H'ardwood Division-Appalachian and Southern Hardwood Subdivision, Mahogany SuMivision; Philippine Mahogany Subdivision, Walnut Subdivision, Northern Hardwood Subdivision, North Central Hardwood Subdivisibn. Northeastern Hardwood Subdivision; Northern Hemtock Division; Northern Pine Division; .Redwood Division; Northeastern Softwood Division: Southern Division and Southern Rotary Cut Lumber Subdivision; West Coast Logging and lumber Division, Douglas Fir Plywood Subdivision and Douglas Fir Door Subdivision; Western Pine Division; Woodwork Division, Stock Manufacturers Subdivision, Wholesale Distributors Subdivision and Special Woodwork Subdivision; Wooden Package Division, Sawed Bbx, Shook, Crate and Tray Subdivision, Plywood Package Sui.division, Standard Container Subdivision, Pacific Veneer Package Subdivision, Egg Case Subdivision, Wirebound Package Subdivision, Veneer Fruitlnd Vegetable Package Subdivision; Red Cedar Shingle Division and Stained Shingle Subdivision; Oak Flooring Division; Veneer Division; Maple Flooring Division; and Hardwood Dimension Division.
Article 3. (a) The "Lumber Code Authority", which is referred to as the Authority will administer the Code in conformity with the provisions of the National Industrial Recovery Act under the authority of the President.
(b) The-Authority shall issue and enforce such rules, regulations and interpretations as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes and enforce the provisions of the Code.
(c) The Authority is authorized and instructed' with respect _to the Rules of Fair Tiade Practice set forth in Schedule B, to devise and apply further requirements or prohibitions. Such requirem.ents or prohibitions, when adopted by the Authority, s_hall !e submitted to the President for approval, and if approved by him will then be deemed to be supplements to and amendments of the Code.
(d) The Authority may establish Divisions.and Subdivisions and shall appropriate agencies for the administration of the Code in each Division and Subdivision.
(e) The governing body of the agency of each designated Division or Subdivision shall be fairly representative of each group, irrcluding any substantial minority group wthin the Division or Subdivision.
(f) The Authority shall coordinate the administration of the Code with such codes, if any, as may affect any division or subdivision of the lumber and timber products industries or any related industry, with a view of promoting joint and harmonious action upon matters of common interest.
(e) The Authority shall admit or cause to be admitted to participati,on in any Division or Subdivison to whch he belongs, any person on termi of equality with all other persons participating therein.
Article 4. In order that the President may be informed of the extent of observance of the provisions of the Code, the Authority shal[ make such reports as the Administrator may require, periodically, or as often as he may direct. Each person subject to the juiisdiction of the Code and accepting benefits of the activities of ihe Authority shall pay to the Authority his proportionate share of the amounts necessary to pay the cost of such reports and data.
Art. V. (a) Employees shall have the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and shall.be free from the interference. restraint, or coercion of employers of labor, or their agents, in the designation of such repreieniatives or in setf-organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.
(b) No employee and no one seeking employment shall be required as a condition of employment to join any company union or to refrain from joining, organizing or assisting a tabor organization of his own choosing.
(c) Employers shall comply with the maximum hours of labor, minimum rates of pay, and other conditions of employrnent, approved or prescribed by the President.
(d) No individual'under 18 years of age shall be employed, except that boys 16 years and over may be employed in the Wooden Package Division and in non-hazardous occupations during school vacations or if there are no wage earners of 18 years or over in their families
Ho'rs of Labor
Art. VI. (a) General Provisions and Exceptions:
(l) No employee shalt be permitted to work for two or more
employers for a longer period in any week than specified herein for a single employer.'
(2) Exceptions to the standards in respect to maximum h6urs of labor specified herein are authorized as follows:
A. Executive, supervisory, traveling sales force and camp cooks.
B. Regular employment in excess of such standards, for employees such as watchman, firemen and repair crews, where required by the nature of their work, for not more than l0 per cent of the employees in any operation, but time and a half shall be paid for weekly overtime.
Temporary employment in case of emergency.
Seasonal Operations:
Seasonal operations are defined as those which on account of elevation or othbr physical conditions or dependence upon climatic factors a-re ordinarily limited to a period of ten months or less of the calendar year.
The administrative agency of a Division or Subdivision may authorize employment in a seasonal operation for a maximum number of hours not exceeding 48 hours in any week, with the exception of parts of an operation ditions, .such as stream drivins stream tion depending on climatic conqC and sled hauling, in which a greater excess may be authorized; provided, that the average employment in any seasonal operation in any calendar year shall not exceed the standard schedule.
E. Manufacturers of wooden packages for perishable fruits and vegetables may be authorized by the Administrative Agency of the Wooden Package Division to depart from the standard schedule of maximum hours applicable to said manufacturers for a period not to exceed four weeks for any one crop, when necessary to furnish packages for any perishable crop; provided that the average employment of any individual in any calendar year shall not exceed the standard schedule.
(b) Subject to the foregoing exceptions, the maximum hours of employment in the respective Divisions and Subdivisions shall be 40 hours per week.
Minirmrun Wages
'Art. VII, (a) General Provisions:
(1) The minimum compensation for workers employed on piece work or contract basis shall not be less than the minimum wages hereunder for the number of hours employed.
(2) The existing amounts by which minimum wages in the higher paid classes, up to workers re,ceiving $30.00 per week exceed minimum wages in the lowest paid classes, shall be maintained.
(3) Charges to employees for rent, board, medical attendance and other services shall be fair.
c) No minimum rate of wages for any Division or Subdivision shall be less than that proposed for such Division or Subdivision bv the applicant industries in the Code filed July 10, 1933.
(d) Minimum rates of wages so determined in the respective Divisions and Subdivisions shall be as follows:
Zone I
Zone 2
Zone 3
Division B-Wholesale Distributors Subdivision.
Zone I
Zone 2-Metro. N. Y. City and Chicago
East of Ohio, except N. Y. City
Other territory
Zone 3
Division C-Special Woodwork Subdivision
Zone I
Zone Z-Metro. N. Y. City and Chicago
East of Ohio, except N. Y. City
Other territory
*The Zones and territory under Woodwork are defined as follows:
ZONE No. 1 includes the states of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina,.North Carolina, V-ilginiE Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, New Mexico, Arizona, anci Texas -(ij states ).
ZONE NO. 2 includes the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York. New. l-ersey, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Wesi !irginia,__Pennsylvan'1, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, lVfissouri. Kansas. Ollahoma, Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota (26 states and District of Columbia).
ZONE NO. 3 includes the states of Oregon, Washington, Califor- nia, Nevada, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and Montana, but-elc€pting western Oregon and Washington, which are included in the code of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association (9 states).
Wooden Package
A. Sawed box, shook, crate and trav subdivision: Inland Empire group: (Montana, Idaho, Eastern Oregon, Eastern and Central Washington) 40.
Pacific Wooden Box group: (California, Oregon, Utah, Nevada, New Arizona and Colorado)
Zone 3 Mexico, Colorado
California, Oregon, Utah, Nevada and
(North of 38 degrees North Latitude) . 40. Neiv Mexico, Arizona & Colorado (South of 38 de_ .gree! North Latitude) 23. (provisionalT
Pacific Northwest Wooden Box grouo: (Western Washington and Westein Oregon ind Alaska) ....... 40.
Pacific Veneer Container Subdivision: (California, Oregon, Washington) ., 40.
In the Wooden Package Division minimum wage rates below those shown in the schedule shall be permitted in tfie case of boys and girls less than 20 years of age, provided that not more thin 20 per cent.of the total n9rybe1 of employees of any one plant shall be so classified an'd provided further that the difiirentiaf shall not exceed three cents if the rate after subtracting the difierential is 27 cents or less, but in no case shall the differeitial exceed 5 cents.
Art. VIII. (a) To efiectuate the declared purposes of this Code in respect of maintaining a reasonable balance bitween the produc- tion and _the consump.tion of lumber and timber products and to assur-e adequate supplies thereof, the Authority lhall determine, and from time to time revise, not less frequentiy than each three months, estimates of e_xpected consumption, inciuding exports, of lumber.and timbe.r products of each Division and Suddivision; and based thereon it is empowered to establish, and from time to time revise, production quotas for any Division or Subdivision of the lumber and timber products industries. Allotments within each Division and Subdivision, for -the.persons.therein, shall be made, subject to the supervision of the Authoritv. bv th6 agencies desisl nated by it. Said quotas as between such Divisioni or Subdiv'isions shall be in proportion to the shipments of the products of each durtng. a representattve -recent past period to be determined by the Authority; b3-t the A_uthority may modity said proportions if warranted.b_y evid_ence.- fn case of Divisions- or Subdivisions, the raw material of which is im-ported, the quotas and allotments may be .in terms of imports, so far as t*V b" consistent wittr ttri oro- visions of Section 7 (a\ of the Nationat Industrial Recoverv Ait.
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(b) Each person in op.r"lio,r shall be entitled to an allotment. Each person known to any Division or Subdivision agency to be in opelation shall be registered by such agency immediately, and shalf be assigned an allotment. The agency shall also immediately eive public nbtice reasonably adapted to reach all persons operating or deliring to operate, stating the date on which the allotments will be determlned, and any person desiring to operate who shall give the agency written notice of such desire, ten days before the allotment date, supported by acceptable evidence of ability to operate, shall be registered by the agency and assigned an allotment, Aty person so iegistered shall be deemed an "eligible person" for the purposes of this article.
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(a) The allotment for each eligible person shall be determined from time to time for a specified period not exceeding three (3) months and, except as may be permitted under the provisions of section (d) hereof, shall be as follows:
(l) That proportion of a specified percentage determined as -plo- ' vided ln sections (d) and (e) of this Article, of the Division or Subdivision quota which his greatest average hourly production in the hours operated during any three calendar years since December 31, 1924, is of the aggrggate of such hourly production of all eligible persons within the Division or Subdivision.
(2) That proportion of a specified percentage, determined as P.r9- ' vided in sections (d) and (e) of this Article, of the Division or Subdivison quota which his greatest average yearly production for any three calendar years since December 31, 1924, ls of the aggregate of such yearly production of all eligible persons within the Division or Subdivision.
(3) That proportion of a specified percentage, determined as prqvided in sections (d) and (e) of this Article, of the Division or Subdivision quota which the greatest average number of his employees during any three calendar years since December 31, 1924, is of the aggregate of such number of employees ol all eligible persons within the Division or Subdivision.
(4) That proportion of not to exceed ten (10) per cent of the Division or Subdivision quota which the amount of taxes paid by him, except Federal taxes, taxes on ore, coal, petroleum, ships, retail yards, and timber not set apart f or the operation, during the next preceding calendar year is of the total amount of such taxes paid by all eligible persofls within the Division or Subdivision.
(5) That proportion of not to exceed fifteen (15) per cent of the ' Division or Subdivision quota which the quantity of reserve standing timber allocated to his operations within said Division or Subdivision, and at the time the allotmen1 is made, owned by him in fee or under contract is of the total quantity of such reserve standing timber owned in fee or under contract by all eligible persons within the Division or Subdlvlsron.
(d)(1) Exceptions to or changes in any allotment thus established shall be made only for special, accidental, or extraordinary circumstances, or, in any Division or Subdivision, for other factors peculiar to a limited group of operations. Exception may be made only on application to the designated Division or Subdivision agency by an eligbile person who must submit evidence in support of his application, and the exception may be granted only upon a published finding and statement of reasons therefor.
(2) A person conducting seasonal operations as defined in Article VI (a) (2) (D) hereof shal1 be entitled on application to his Division or Subdivision agency, to produce during his period of operation not only amounts allotted to him during his period of operation, but also amounts allotted to him under section (c) hereof since the termination of his last previous operating period.
(3) In the case of any person (a) who produced during less than three calendar years since December 31, 1924, and before December 31, 1930, or (b) who is entitled to an allotment for operation of new, additional, or restored facilities, which were not in operation for such three calendar years, or (c) for whom for any other reason such three calendar years are not reasonably representative of his present circumstances, his average hourly production, his average yearly production, and his average number of employees shall be determined by the Division or Subdivision agency on an equivalent basis by comparison with substantially equal facilities already established and in like regions or conditions.
(4) On application of a Division or Subdivision, the Authority may authorize the allotment of production therein on any one or more of the bases provided in subsections (l), (2) and (3) of section (c) hereof in such relative proportions as the Authority may approve; and including or not the bases,
or either of them, provided in subsections (4) and (5) of said section (c),
(e) In the absence of an approved application from any Division or Subdivision for the assignment of allotments under the provisions of subsection (4) of section (d) hereof, the Authority may direct that allotments within said Division or Subdivision be assigned in accordance with the provisions of section (c) in the following relative proportions:
Subsection (1), hourly production ....40 per cent
Subsection (2), yearly production , .30 per cent
Subsection (3), number of emptoyees .15 per cent
Subsection (4), taxes paid .. ....5 per cent
Subsection (5), standins timber ......10 per cent unless the Division or Subdivision shall elect to accept the average relative proportions of the Divisions or Subdivisions whose allotments have been theretofore approved.
(f) The basis for determination of Division and Subdivision quoias and of individual allotment and any revisions thereof all quotas, all allotments and all appeals therefrom and all decisions on appeals shall be published. -
(g) Allotments from two or more Divisions or Subdivisions to the same person shall be separate and distinct and shall not be interchangeable. Allotments shall not be cumulative except as authorized in specific cases under section (d) (1) of this Article, or in cases of seasonal operations of a Division or Subdivision under section (d) (2) of this Article, and shall not be transferable except as between operations under the same ownership within the same Division or Subdivision.
(h) Whenever in the case of any eligible person it shall be necessary, in order to accept and execute orders for export, to have an addition to his regular allotment, provision for such necessary excess shall be made by the Division or Subdivision agency, provided that any excess above his allotment shall be deducted from his subsequent allotment or allotments.
(i) The Authority may modify, or cause to be modified, production quotas and allotments determined hereunder, and the bases therefor, in such manner and to such extent as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of the Code in respect of the conservation and sustained production of forest resources. Such modification shall not be made effective prior to the next succeeding allotment date.
(j) The basis of allotments as provided in sections (c), (d) and (e) hereof is tentative and is subject to revision. When in the judgment of the Authority revision of the bases of allotments is desirable, whether by changing the proportions of the factors in determining allotments enumerated in Section (c), subsections l, ,2, 3, 4 and 5, of this Article, in accordance with the procedure established in sections (d) and (e) hereof, or by the addition of other factors, consideration shall be given to the inclusion of practicable and equitable measures, subject to the approval of the President, for increasing allotments of persons whose costs are below the weighted average defined in section (a) of Article IX.
(k) The Authority, as promptly as practicable after its action pursuant to Art. X hereof, shall submit for the approval of the President appropriate changes in the bases of allotments.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in section (h) of this Article, no person shall produce or manufacture lumber or timber products in excess of his allotment. If any person shall exceed his allotment the Division or Subdivision agency shall diminish the subsequent allotment or allotments of the offender in an amount equal to such excess.
(m) The Authority shall issue interpretations and shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the enforcement of this Article, to prevent evasion and secure equitable application thereof, and assign quotas to each Division and Subdivision which shall become effective on the dates specified by the Authority. Each Division and Subdivision shall assign allotments to all eligable persons effective on the dates specified by the authority.
Pending the effective date of placing Article VIII or any part thereof in execution in any Division or Subdivision, the Authority may authorize the designated agency of such Division or Subdivision to assign to eligible persons production allotments in hours of allowable operation' cost protection
Art. IX. (a) Whenever and so long as the Authority determines that it will contribute toward accomplishment of the declared purposes of the Code, and whenever it is satisfied that it is able to determine cost ef production as defined in this section (a), the Authority is authorized to establish and from time to time revise minimum prices f.o.b. mi1l, to protect the cost of production of items or classifications of lumber and timber products. Such minimum prices shall be established with due regard to the maintenance of frei competition among species, Divisioni and Subdivisions, and with the products of other industries and other countries, and to the
encouragement of the use of said products;-and except for export sales shill not be more than cost of production, determined. as p-rovided in this section (a). nor less than suchcost of production.aiter deducting the capitaf iharges specified in items 1l and 12 (b) of this section (a). '
The ".rtt"ttt'weighted average cost of production of persons in op-ration in a Diiision or Subdivision, -or -where necessa-ry in. a gioup of persons within a Division or Subdivision, as defined. by ihe Authoiity, shall be established by uniform accounting practices, and shall include:
1. Wages.
2. Material and supplies.
3. Overhead and administration, including trade association dues and Code fees.
Shipping, including grading and loading.
Selling, not including advertising or trade
Maintenance.
promotion.
Insurance, including compensation and employee but not including insurance on standing limber.
Taxes, including taxes on timber tributary to and to an existing mill or logging operation, not to twelve-year supply therefor.
insurance, allocated exceed a
Interesi paid on indebtedness representing plant, fa-cilities and working -capital necessary for mills actually operating (or c.-4pable oT opirating), including mills, equipment, logsjng faciliiies, dockJ, invenlory, accounts receivable, and timber tributary to and allocated to an existing mill or logging operation, not to exceed a twelve-year supply therefor.
Discounts, claims paid and losses on trade accounts.
Depreciation: On straight line method, and based on the fair value or the cost, whichever is lower, on operating milts and on mill and logging equipment, including mills and equipment capable of operation, plus amortization of investments in logging railroads, docks aild other logging and plant facilities.
Raw material:
(a) Logs, flitches, lumber and other partially manufactured ' ' material purchased, at actual cost, and standing timber cut under contract of purchase, at actual cost.
(b) Standing timber carried in capital accoutlt, cut for current operations, at fair current value to be determined by the Administrator, without regard to greater original cost, higher book value or accumulated carrying charges.
13. Conservation and Reforestation:
(a) Costs of protection of timbered and cut-over lands, including fire protection and slash disposal, and protection from insects and disease.
(b) Additional costs when incurred under instructions from the Authority, in such an amount as is warranted by market conditions, to be specifically devoted to timber conservation and reforestation in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Authority, up to the amount estimated by the Authority to be necessary to reproduce the equivalent of the timber converted.
(b) Until such time as the Authority shall have formulated and secured the general application by the several Divisions and Subdivisions of methods of accounting by which item 11 of section (a) hereof nray be accurately ascertained, said item may not be included in the determination of cost of production for the purposes of this Article.
(c) Cost of production for each species, determined as provided in section (a), including or not inctuding as the case may be, or in whole or in part, capital charges for stumpage and depreciation, shall be allocated by the Authority to the several items or classifications of lumber or other products thereof for which minimum prices are established, in proportion to their relative market prices over a representative period. Such allocation may be changed by the Authority from time to time, as may be found necessary to
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An old friend, Dr. J. P. Gibbs, of Huntsville, Texas, himself an accomplished story-teller, sends me the following nigger story to be added to the collection:
The big, stout colored woman was brought before the judge charged with unmercifully beating her eight-yearold son. The Judge discovered that she was guilty of having severely beaten the child, but that otherwise she was a good, hard-working widow, so he proceeded to de-
C. I. Gilbert, Eureka Mill & Lumber Co., popular Oakland lumberman, was elected president of East Bay Hoo Hoo Club for the coming year. G. F. "Jerry" Bonnington, Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francisco, was ele,cted vicepresident, and Carl R. Moore, Moore Mill & Lumber Co., was re-elected se,cretary-treasurer at the meeting of the club held Monday evening, August 14, at the Athens Athletic Club, Oakland.
Dire'ctors are M. R. Grant, Western Door & Sash Co., Oakland; Henry M. Hink, Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co., San Francisco; Frank W. Trower, Trower Lumber Co.. San Francisco; C. I. Speer, Zenith Mill & Lumber Co., Oakland, and Joseph Z.Todd, Western Door & Sash Co., Oakland.
Active past presidents associated rvith the board of directors are as follows: Charles S. Lamb, Lamb Lumber Co., Oakland; Clement Fraser, Loop Lumber & Mill Co., Alameda; H. Sewall Morton, Hill & Morton Inc., Oakland; B. E. Bryan, Strable Hardwood Co., Oakland; Ray B. Cox, Built-in Fixture Co., Berkeley; L. J. Woodson, Nicolai Door Sales Co., San Francisco, and Earle E. Johnson, Independent Lumber Co., Livermore.
Henry M. Hink was appointed chairman of the educational committee, whose principal work at the moment is the promotion of the University of California Extension course for lumbermen. He will be assisted by M. R. Grant and G. F. Bonnington. Chairmen of regular standing committees and the Sergeant-at-Arms rvill be appointed at the next meeting.
Major A. W. Brewer, an executive of the Salvation Army, gave an entertaining talk on the beginnings of music and its development into its modern aspects, from the birth of pure rhythm to the introdu,ction of harmony and melody. He interpolated several amusing analysis of late popular airs showing their derivation from older tunes.
liver to her a lecture on the responsibilities of a parent. He was waxing warm in his discussion of his own ideas of how a parent should control a child without using the rod to excess, when she broke in on him:
'Judge," she said, ttCan I ax you jes' one question?"
"Certainly," said the judge, "what is it?"
"De question f wants to ax you, Judge, is dis, is you evah bin de parent of a puffickly wuthless niggah boy?"
F. "Tommy" Tomlinson, Donovan Lumber Co., again displayed his skill in rendering jazz piano numbers, and the boys showed their appreciation.
Professor Emanuel Fritz, associate professor of forestry at the University of California, was present and aided the club in laun'ching its campaign to make the Extension course popular.
Several executives of Hammond Lumber Co., and Chas, R. McCormick Lumber Co. attended the meeting.
Old and new boards of directors will meet August 28.
Farle E. Johnson, retiring president, occupied the chair.
At a meeting of Lumbermen's Post, No. 4O3, American Legion, held on August 8, 1933, at the Mayfair Hotel, Los Angeles, Carl Schrieber, N. W. Mutual Fire Insurance Association, Charles E. Atwood, North American Paint & Chemical Co., and H. W. Brown, The Celotex Company, were admitted to membership. The meeting was addressed by Past Department Commander Dan E. Hogan, and Mr. Bernard of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce.
The next meeting of the Post will be held at the Mayfair Hotel on September 12. Mayor Shaw of Los Angeles will be a guest of the Post on that evening and will address the meeting.
Miss Mae Hendricks became the bride of Joe Hefiron on Sunday, August 20. The couple flew by United Air Lines plane from San Francisco to Reno, where the ceremony rvas perfor.med. Miss Hendri,cks has for the past 12 years been seceretary to Larue J. Woodson of Nicolai Door Sales Company, San Francisco.
The SETAB principle is the most revolutionary improvement in the manufacture of asphdt shingles. ft is now available in the Standard FIex, the most popular shingle doigo and in a colorful new doep green swept with touches of purple and buff. Truly, a beautiful shingle.
The SETAB has no cut or exposed edges. The sealed edges permanently preserve the origind asphalt saturant, which is the very life of the shingle. It will not dry out or absorb moisture. The SETAB has a heavy coating of asphalt embedded with crushed rock over all exposed edges, and an unusudly thick surface exposed to the weather which gives a deep shadow-line efiect.
The Standard Hex SETAB in the new Clovet Blend ofrers Flintkote dealers an exclusive ptoduct, backed up with sales advantages destined to make it the most profitable item in your roofing line.
The instant demand for this new and exclusive Pioneer product proves that dealers Know what Buyers $fant. This shingle combines the popularity of the Standard Hex design, the perfect protection of Setab "sealed edges" and the sensational new Clover Blend, a deep non-fading green swept with touches of purple and bulf.
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avoid shortages or excessive accumulation,- within an-y -Div.ision or Subdivision of particular items or classifications of lumber and ti-ber productsi but the weighted average- minimum price of.all items and classifications for each species shall not be more than cost of oroduction as determined in section (a) nor less than said cost after deducting the capital charges specified in items 11 and 12 (b) of said section (a).
fdl' f n determinins minimum prices for any Division or Subdivision the Authority shall esta6lish equitable price difte-rentials for products below aicepted standards -of quality, as pr-escribed by the -Authority, such as the products of some- small mills.
(e) No person shall seli or offer for sale lumber or timber oroducts upon which minimum prices have been established at iriceJ less ihan those so established. No person shall sell or offer ior sale lumber or timber products to wholesale or other distributors who have been found bv ihe Administrator to have violated any of the provisions of the Rules of Fair Trade Practice incorpqrated in this'Code as Schedule B, except upon such terms and conditions as the Administrator in accordance with law shall prescribe.
(f) No person shall sell or ofier for sale non-standard gr-ades, sizij. dimensions or classifications of lumber or timtrer products, for the purpose of evading the provisions of tlis Article.
(e) in ih. .".. of imported lumber and timber products' minimuir' orices for domestic iale shall be determined by the Authority, and srich minimum prices shall be equivalent to the minimum prices determined and approved for the same or similar or.competing items, grades, sizes and-species of lumber and timber products of domestic production.
(h) The Authority shall secure current information concerning the competition in domestic markets of imported lumber and timber products, and if it shall find that such products are being imported into the United States in substantial quantities or increasing ratio to domestic production and on such terms or under such conditions as to rendir ineftective or seriously to endanger the maintenance of this Code, it shall complain to the President pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 (e) of the National Industrial Recovery Act and petition for suitable restrictions on the importation of such lumber and timber products.
(i) The Authority shall issue interpretations and shall promg!gaie rules and regulations necessary for the enforcement of this Article, to prevent evasion and secure equal application thereof.
(j) Minimum prices established in accordance with the provisions of this Article shall become effective ten (10) days after publication thereof by the Authority.
Conserv-ati,on and Sustained Production of Forrest Reeources
Art. X. The applicant industries undertake, in cooperation with public and other agencies, to carry out such practicable measures as may be necessary for the dectared purposes of this Code in respect of conservation and sustained production of forest resources. The applicant industries shall forthwith request a conference with the Secretary of Agriculture and such State and other public and other agencies as he may designate. Said conference shall be requested to make to the Secretary of Agriculture recommendations of public measures, with the request that he transmit them, with his recommendations, to the President; and to make recommendations for industrial action to the Authority, which shall promptly take such action, and shall submit to the President such supplements to this Code, as it determines to be necessary and feasible to give effect to said declared purposes. Such supplements shall provide for the initiation and administration of said measures necessary for the conservation and sustained production of forest resources, by the industries within each Division, in cooperation with the appropriate State and Federal authorities. To the extent that said conference may determine that said measures require the cooperation of federal, state or other public agencies, said measures may to that extent be made contingent upon such cooperation of public agencies.
Special Agreernents
Art. XL Voluntary agreements, or proposed voluntary agreements, between and among persons engaged in the logging of timber or the production and distribution of lumber and timber products,. or between and among organizations or groups in the lumber and timber products indusiries, or in which such persons, organizations or groups propose to participate, proposed to be submitted to the President foi approval under Sec. 4 (a) of the National Industrial Recovery Act, shalt not be in conflict with the provisions of this Code or with any approved rule issued thereunder.
Cancellation or Modification
Art. XII. (a) The President may from time to time cancel or modify any order, approval, license, rule, or regulation issued under Titte I of the National Industrial Recovery Act in respect of this Code.
(b) Anv decision, rule, regulation, order, or finding made or course of action fotlowed, pursuant to the provisions of this Code, may be
cancelled or modified bv the Administrator whenever he shall determine such action necessary to effectuate the provisions of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act.
Monopolies
Art. XIIL (a) This Code shalf not be construed, interpreted or applied so as to promote or permit monopolies or monopolistic practices, and shall not be availed of for that purpose.
(b) The orovisions of this Code shall not be so interpreted or admiiristered as to eliminate or to oppress or to discriminate against small enterprises.
Division and Subdivision Code Provisiorx
Art. XIV. Code provisions affecting or pertaining to D.ivisions and Subdivisions of thC lumber and timber products industries are contained in Schedule "A", whiih is specifically made a part of this Code, in so far as they relate to description of the respective Divisions and Subdivisions, identification of persons and products subject to their jurisdiction, and designation of admiistrative agencies.
Violatio,ns
Art. XV. Violation by any person of any provision of this Code or of any rule or regulation issued thereun'der and approved by, the Presideni, or of any agreement entered into by him with the Authority to observe and conform to this Code and said rules and.regulations or by any importer of any agreement entered into by him with the said Authority- for the restriciion of importation of lumber and timbbr products, or any fatse statement or report made to the President or to the Authority or to the governing body or agency of any designated Division or Subdivision, after decision by the Administratdr thereon pursuant to Article XVII of this Code or otherwise, shall constitute an unfair method of competition, and the offender shall be subject to the penalties imposed by the National Industrial Recovery Act.
Art. XVI. (a) The Rules of Fair Trade Practice for the Lumber and Timber Products Industries, as set forth in Schedule "B", are specifically made a part of this Code. The Authority shall make' such addiiions to or exceptions from said Rules, as the agencies of the respective Divisions or Subdivisions may request, applicable.in the respective Divisions and Subdivisions, provided the Authority finds said ad.ditions and exceptions are not unfair to persons in other Divisions or Subdivisions or their employees, or to consumers, and not inconsistent with the other provisions oI this Code, or with the National Industrial Recovery Act. Upon approval of such additions and exceptions by the Administrator said rules shall take precedence in the respective Divisions and Subdivisions in respect of the subject matter of said additions and exceptions, and shall be efiective concurrently wth the Rules so added or excepted to.
(b) The applicant industries undertake to adopt, apply and enforce branding or marking of lumber and timber products. Subject to section (c) hereof, all timbers, all seasoned lumber except factory and shop lumber, all flooring and all shingles and lath shipped to inarkets-within the United States, not including export shipments, shall be branded by the manufacturer or producer thereof or by his agent in such manner as will indicate (l) its species, except as otherwise determined by the Authority; (2) its grade; (3) whether it is of standard or substandard dimensions; (4) whether it is seasoned or unseasoned. All shipments, except export shipments, by rail or water of timber, lumber, flooring, shingles and lath shall be accompanied by a certificate of the originating shipper showing the quantity and grade thereof.
(c) The Authority shalt submit to the President, not later than January 1,1934, provisions, including proposed rules and regulations, necessary to effectuate the requirements of this Article and to establish other desirable certification of products, to prevent evasion and to secure equitable application thereof; and the said provisions when approved shatl be a part of this Code, or of the Rules of Fair Trade Practice, and shall be effective not more than thirty (30) days thereafter.
Art. XVII (a) Any interested party shall have the right of complaint to the designated agency of any Division or Subdivision and of prompt hearing and decision thereon in respect of any decision, rule, regulation, order, or finding made by such agency. Such complaints must be filed in writing with the said agency within a reasonable period of time after said decision, rule, regulation, order, or finding is issued. The decision of said agency may be appealed by any interested party to the Authority.
(b) Any interested party shall have the right of complaint to the Authority and of prompt hearing and decision thereon, under such rules and regulations as it shall prescribe, in respect of any decision, rule, regulation, order, or finding made by the Authority.
(c) Any interested party shall have the right of appeal to the Adrninistrator of the National Industrial Recovery Act, under such
rules and regul,ations as he shall prescribe, in respect of any decision, rule, regulation, order or finding made by the Authority.
The Veneer Division-The Veneer Association.
Philippine Mahogany Subdivision-Philippine Mahogany Manufacturers Import Association.
Art. XVIII. This Code,
by the president, shan qpply. to all_persons engaged in the-lumber arid timber products industries as defined herein.
Efrective Date and Terminatio,n
Schedule "B"
Rules of Fair Trade Practice for the Lumber and Timber Products Industries
Section l-Definitions
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Art. XIX. (a) The provisions of this Code in respect of maximum hours and minimum wages sha1l be in efiect beginning three days after its approval by the President; and other proriisions of the Code, unless_ specifically provided otherwise, ten dayi after approval by the Plesid_ent; Schedule B shall be in effect at such date ai may be spe- cifr.9{ \1 the Authority; but not later than November l, 1933.
(b) This Code shall terminate on June 16, 1935, or on'such earlier date as the National Industrial Recovery Act-may cease to be effective.
(c) This Code shall continue in effect for a period of six (6) months after the date of approval thereof bv the President in order to afford to the President an opportunity to determine upon the recommendations of his representatives on the Authoritv. which recommendations shall be made periodicatly or as often as- the said representatives deem necessary or advisable but in any event not later than six months after the date of approval of t6is Code by $.e. President, whether its provisions will efiictuate the purposes of Title I of the National Industrial Recovery Act, subject, ho*"ln"., to amendrnent at any time, as hereinbefoie provided, and subjeci also to the reserved power of the President to cancel or rnodifv-his approval thereof. This Code shall continue in efiect after the ex- piration of said period of six (6) months in the absence of the exercise of such reserved right on the part of the President.
(a) A manufacturer is a person who operates a mill, converting logs or lumber into lumber and/or timber products.
(b) The term "sales company" used in this Code is a company organized or owned by manufacturers to sell their own or other manufacturers' lumber through salaried salesmen, wholesalers, or commission men.
(c) A wholesaler is a person actively and continuously engaged in buying, assembling of rehandling lumber and timber products from mdufacturers or other wholesalers in quantity lots and selling it principally to wholesalers, retailers and recognized wholesale trade, who maintains a sales organization for this purpose, assumes credit risks and such other obligations as are incident to the transportation and distribution of lumber and timber oroducts. Wholesale Assembling and Distributing Yards as defined in Division Rules and Regu- lations shall also be classed as wholesalers.
(d) A commission man is a person located in the territory which he serves, who regularly sells in wholesale quantities for manufacturers or wholesalers to recognized wholesale trade and who is paid a stipulated amount (known as a commisSion) on each individual sale and holds a relation to the seller similar to that of a salaried salesman.
Schedule "A" defines ,n.
,roo,",rions of the lumber and timter_ products industries established for administrative purqoses. Following are the several Divisions and Subdivisions for the Pacific Coast with the agencies designated as the Authority to ad- rninister the Code:
Redwood-The California Redwood Association.
_ West Coast Logging and Lumber Division-The West Coast Lumbern)en's Association and the Pacific Northwest Loggers Asso_ ciation.
- -Douglas Fir Plywood Subdivision-The Douglas Fir plywood Manufacturers Association, a branch of the Weit Coast Lumbernren's Association, is designated as the agency of the Authority, un_ der supervision of the West Coast Lumbermin's Association. -
Douglas Fir Door Subdivision-The Douglas Fir Door Manufactgrers Association, a branch of the West Colst Lumbermen's Association, is designated as the agency of the Authority, under super- vision of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association.'
Western Pine Division-The Western Pine Association.
Woodwork Division-The Emergency National Committee of the Wggd*g*.Division, consisting oi thi Board of Directors of ihe National Woodwork Assciation.
Stock Manufacturers Subdivision-The Stock Manufacturers Co- ordinating Committee to be composed of five persons seiecied jointly_by the National Door Manufacturers Association ""a U"- tional Screen Association.
Wholesale Distributors Subdivision-The Wholesale Sash and Door Associatio-n,. Chicago, Ill., is designated as the ageni-"f lti Authority.a.nd of the Emergency Nationil Committee of"tt. Wooa_ work Division.
_ Wooden Package Division-The National Federation of Wooden Package Association, a coordinating agency of the Wooden package Industry Associations.
Box, Shook, Crate and Tray Subdivision-The National wood IJox Associatiorr, through its Board of Governors as its Co- orclnattng Lommrttee.
Pacific_ Veneer Package Subdivision-The pacific Veneer package Association.
. Red Cedar Shingte Division-The Washington-Oregon Shingle Association.
(e) A retailer is one who maintains adequate and permanent storage and handling facilities, a sales organization for the consumer trade and carries a well assorted stock adaoted to the normal needs of the consumers in his sales tbrritory. -
(f) Industrial-The term "industrial" as used in these Rules includes wood fabricators, box and crating manufacturers and users, and users of lumber and timber products in part or all of their manufacturing and shipping processes.
(g) An exporter is a manufacturer or sates company or wholesaler with definite foreign connections or established agencies, maintaining a permanent office in the U. S. A., continuously selling and shipping lumber and timber products to foreign countries (Canada and Mexico excepted) in substantial quantities.
(h) An importer is a person of any nationality who brings goods, or causes them to be brought, into the United States from any. foreign country, whether in bond or not, and whether he is already the owner of the goods befgre they arrive or purchases them on delivered terms.
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Section 2-Wholesalers
The lumber wholesaler is an economic factor in the distribution of Iumber and it is recognized that he is entitled to compensation for his distribution services.
(a) Each Division, and each Subdivision, through its designated agency, shall establish for its members and file with the Authority a schedule of maximum discounts to be allowed to wholesalers for distribution service. Said discounts when approved by the Author- ity shall remain in effect until changes are approved by it.
(b) As a condition of the grant of wholesale discounts, the wholesaler shall not rebate or allow any part of said discount to any customer, or sell or offer to sell any item of lumber or timber products under the minimum prices established as provided in this Code, except to another wholesaler or manufacturer; and he shall conform to all provisions of this Code, as they apply to him in the sale and distribution of each species.
Section 3-Commission Men
The lumber commission man, as an agent of the seller, is entitled to compensation (commission) for his distribution services.
(a) Each Division, and each Subdivision, through its designated agency, shall establish for its members and file with the Authoritv a schedule of maximum commissions to be paid to commission me-n
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I want to walk by the side of the rnan
Who has sufrered and seen and knows, Who has measured his pace on the battle line And given and taken the blows.
Who has never whined when the scheme went wrong Nor scoffed at the failing planBut takes his dose with a heart of trust
And the faith of a gentleman; Who has parried and struck and sought and given And scarred with a thousand spearsCan lift his head to the stars in heaven
And is not ashamed of his tears.
I want to grasp the hand of e man
Who has been through it all and seen, Who has walked with the night of an unseen dread And stuck to the world machine i Who has beaten his breast to the winds of dawn
And thirsted and starved and felt The sting and the bite of the bitter blasts
The mouths of the foul have dealt: Who was tempted and fell, and rose again, Has gone on trusty and true, With God supreme in his manly heart And his courage burning anew.
I'd give my all, be it little or great, To walk by his side today, To stand up there with the man who has knowir
The bite of the burning fray; Who has gritted his teeth, and clenched his fist, And gone on doing his best, Because of the love for his fellow man
And the faith in his manly breast.
I would love to walk with him hand in hand, Together journey along, For the man who has fought and won is the man 'Who can make the other man strong.
The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed.Charlie Ozts.
"In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous and cosmogonal philosophy of the Bhagavad-Gita. I lay down the book and go to my well for water, and Lo ! there I meet the servant of the Brahman, priest of Brahma and Vishnu and Indra, who still sits in his temple on the Ganges reading the Vedas, or dwells at the root of a tree with his crust and water jug."-Thoreau.
Gray-"Did you fish with flies, on your vacation?"
Jay-"Did we fish with flies? Sure, we fished with them. And camped with them, and ate with them, and slept with them."
"Officer, you'd better lock me up. I just hit over the head with a club."
"Did you kill her?"
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I believe that the most lovable quality any human can possess is tolerance. Tolerance is the vision that enables us to see things from another person's point of view. It is the generosity that concedes to others the right of their own opinion and their own peculiarities. It is the bigness that enables us to let people be happy in their own \ ray instead of our way.-"Buzz Saw", Kansas City, Mo.
An aviation expert was studying closely the physical characteristics of a bird, when his friend approached, and asked:
"'What are you looking at, old top?"
"I believe," replied the other, seriously, "that his steering gear infringes on one of my patents."
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Lumber exporters of San Francisco interested in the export of West Coast lrrmber gathered in San Francisco August 77 at a meeting called by L. E. Force, president of the Lumber Exporters of the United States.
Mi. Force explained in detail what occurred at the meeting of the Lumber Exporters of the United States held in St. Louis, Mo., July 19, and read a copy of the code that rvas submitted to and approved by the Emergency National Committee at Washington as a tentative outline of fair trade practices for the lumber export fraternity as a whole. He said it is expected that each natural division or subdivision will develop and file for approval rules and trade practices r,r'hich will contain provisions that are peculiar to the particular district or subdivison. Supplementary codes are to be submitted within 30 days from August 19, when the major National Lumber Code was signed.
Leonard C. Hammond, Hammond Lumber Co., San Francisco, and W. J. Mulligan, W. J. Mulligan & Co., San Francisco, were elected directors of the Lumber Exporters of the United States at the St. Louis meeting, representing the California district. Mr. Force represents the Seattle exporters, and W. W. Payne the Portland district on the National board.
Mr. Mulligan was appointed at the San Francisco meeting chairman of a committee of five to be selected by him to meet and consider the advisability of developing code requirements for the San Francisco exporters. He has named the following committee to meet and develop recommendations which will be submitted to a general meeting:
W. J. Mulligan, chairman, W. J. Mulligan & Co., representing East Coast of South America and West Indies.
Stanley Ford, W. R. Grace & Co., representing West Coast of South America.
A. E. Wolff, I. J.Moore & Co., Inc., representing Australia, New Zealand and the Orient.
R. J. Gutierrez, Redwood Export Co., representing Redrvood, as well as world-wide parcel markets.
H. H. Barg, Barg, Ziel & Co., representing California White Pine and world-wide parcel markets.
Frank Egnell, of the sales department of the Hammond Lumber Company, San Francisco, was married on Saturday, August 26 to Miss Iris Rader, of Mill Valley, Calif. The ceremony took place in Mill Valley.
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Donovan Lumber Co. .Sm Fnncico ud Lc Angelea Eastem & Westem Lumber Co......................Port|ud and Su Franiisco
J. C. Hamiltq .Su Frucis@
Hammond Lumber Co. .....................,..,.Su Fnnciro and Lc Angelee
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Hart-Wod Lumber Co. ......,,.Su Francisco
A. B. Johnson Lumber Co. .....San Fruciso
C. D. Johnson Lumber Co. ....SanFranciscoandlcAngeler
Alvin N. Lofgren ........ .,......San Francisco
MacDomld & Hanington ,....San Franci*o md Lo Angelo
A. F. Mahony Lumber Co. ..San Fnncisco
Chas. R. .McCmick Lumber Co. ....San Francisco and Lo Angelea
McComick Supply Co. ....,,..Su Frocis@ ud Io Angeles
W. J. Mulligan & Co. ...........................San Fnuic*o ud Lc Angeles
Charles Nelson Co. SanFnnci*oandLcAngeles
Paramino Lumber Co. ..........SanFranciso
Santa Fe Lumber Co. .San Francigco ud Lc Angeles
Sudden & Christemon ........San Fmcirco and Los Anlelcr
Trows Lumber Co. .,........--. .............,,..San Francis
Wendling-Nathan Co. ......... San Fnnd*o and Lo Angela
R. O. Wilon & Son .....,.... San Franiisco
Wilso Brc. & Co. ..........Su Franciso ud Lc Angeles
E. K. W@d Lumber Co. .....San Francisco md Lc Angelea
Hill & Morton, Inc. ....,....... ,......Oaklud
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Henry W. Swafford, E.J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles, was re-elected president of the Pacific Coast Hardwood Dealers' Association at their annual convention held at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, August ll and 12.
C. H. White, White Brothers, San Francisco, was reelected vice-president and Chas. M. Cooper, W. E. Cooper Lumber Co., Los Angeles, was re-elected secrbtary-treasurer.
The directors were also re-elected. They are as follows: J. Fyfe Smith, J. Fyfe Smith Co., Ltd., Vancouver, B. C'; E. E. Hall, Emerson Hardwood Co., Portland, Ore.; Geo. H. Brown, G. H. Brown Hardwood Lumber Co', Oakland; C.'R. Taenzer, American Hardwood Co., Los Angeles; C. H. White, White Brothers, San Francisco, and Jerry Sullivan, Sullivan Hardwood Lumber Co., San Diego.
The president asked the gathering to stand in silent tribute to two members who have passed on since the last meeting, M. W. "Bill" Davis of San Francisco, and Jerry Sullivan, Sr., of San Diego.
A feature of the president's address was his insistence of the necessity of an advertising campaign to in'crease the use of hardwoods. He recommended that the advertisements be so worded as "to enlist the active and continuous cooperation of the architect, the contractor, the mill man and the retail lumber .merchant."
C. H. White, vice-president, welcomed the delegates to San Francisco, and on behalf of the Dollar Steamship Lines extended an invitation to all present to have luncheon on board the President Hoover.
Secretary-Treasurer Chas. M. Cooper read the minutes of the last annual meeting which was held at Victoria, and also made his treasurer's report.
Kenneth Smith of Los Angeles was the principal speaker at the morning session. Mr. Smith, who went to Chicago as representative of the Pacific Coast Hardwood Dealers' Association to attend the code meeting of the lumber manufacturing industry, gave the gathering a most complete picture of what has been done at Washington in the matter of code legislation. After explaining the different possibilities of the situation, including the action which each state group might take separately, he recommended that the California group prepare to work under a California code in accordance with the California Industrial Recovery A,ct, in case this might later prove'to be the right course of action.
A standing code committee consisting of D. J. Cahill (chairman), C. H. White, Kenneth Smith, Roy Barto and Jerry Sullivan was appointed.
The president appointed a permanent advertising committee to develop an advertising policy and work out a method of financing a campaign. This committee is as follows: C. H. White, San Francisco, chairman; J. E.
Higgins, Jr., San Francisco; Chas. M. Cooper, Los Angeles; James Ahearn, Portland, Ore.; Jerry Sullivan, San Diego; K. L. Bates, Seattle, and H. M. Swafford, Los Angeles.
President Swafford urged that a part of their advertising should be planned to reach the housewife, who is said to place orders for about 90 per cent of all purchases for the home.
The morning session was concluded with a talk by Jerry Sullivan, Sullivan Hardwood Lumber Co., San Diego, on "The Future of Hardwood Lumber Business on the Pacific Coast."
After luncheon on board the President Hoover, F. J. Dunbar, manager of the lumber department of the Robert Dollar Co., who acted as host at the luncheon, showed the large group over the great round-the-world liner, which is one of the finest examples in existence of how the various kinds of hardwoods can be used for interior decoration.
President Swafford expressed the thanks of the Association to Mr. Dunbar for the hospitality extended by the Robert Dollar Co.
At the beginning of the afternoon session the president introduced A. B. Hammond, veteran head of the Hammond Lumber Company, who celebrated his 85th birthday, in July, and who has recently recovered from an illness.
D. J: Cahill, Western Hardwood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, was the principal speaker at the afternoon session. Mr. Cahill, who is the Association's director of the National Hardwood Lumber Association, urged the necessity for maintaining the National organization, and showed how re,cent events have proved this necessity. He also stressed the importance of local organization of each district.
Chas. M. Cooper, secretary-treasurer, recommended that they keep up the monthly bulletins giving information regarding what is gging on in the various districts, and endorsed the president's ideas on the question of advertising.
It was recommended by the membership committee, Bert Bryan, Strable Hardwood Co., Oakland, chairman, that the following be elected members: Reel Lumber Service, Los Angeles; Owens-Parks Lumber Co., Los Angeles; Bohnhoff Lumber Co., Los Angeles; E. A. Howard & Co., San Francisco, and Jones Hardwood Co., San Francisco. All were unanimously elected.
It was decided to hold the next annual meeting in Los Angeles in August 1934, and, that an emergency general meeting on ,code matters may be called by the president if necessary.
As a result of the report of the standing code committee it was decided to leave consideration of what steps to take regarding a code until the National Lumber Code is approved at Washington, and that the San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego groups might make preparations
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.for distribution services. Said commissions when approved by the Authority sha1l remain in effect until changes are approved by it.
(b) As a condition of the payment to him of commissions, the commission man shall not split commissions with anv customer nor shatt he sell or offer to sell iny item of lumber and timber products under the minimum prices established as provided in this Code, and he shall conform to all provisions of this Code as they apply to him in the sale and distribution of each species.
(c) No ,manufacturer or wholesaler shall be permitted to have more than one commission representative for each species calling on the same trade in the same territory.
Secti,on 4
(a) Buyers agents who act for the purchaser shall not be entitled to any discounts or allowances on any lumber or timber products sold to their customer, stockholders, owners, partners or parties otherwise interested.
(b) No manufactuter shall give discounts to others than wholesalers or greater in amount than those established and filed in accordance with Section 2(a) of these Rules, or commissions to others than commission men or greater than those established or filed in accordance with Section 3(a) of these Rules, and no manufacturer shall give allowances of any character otherwise than in accordance with standard terms of sale as set forth in Section 5 of these Rules.
(c) Direct inter-manufacturer purchases or exchanges of stock, between mills of the same Division, for the fillirig of orders sold on a wholesale basis, shall not be considered as coming under the provisions of this Code as regards minimum prices.
(d) Contractual relations between a manufacturer and his sales company, acting as sales agent or outlet at cost, shal1 not come under the provisions of this Code as to wholesale allowances or commissions, but the sales of any srch sales company however made shall be in accordance with all provisions of this Code.
Section S-Sales. Orders and Invohes
(a) Except for water shipment, where the credit risk is satisfactory to the seller, lumber and timber products sold by manufacturers and wholesalers shall not be more liberal to the buyer than as follows:
(1) To retailers-60 days net from date of invoice, or a cash discount of 2/o of the net amount after deducting actual freight if paid within 5 days after arrival of car.
(2) To wholesalers-8}/o of the net amount after deducting estimated freight within 15 days from date of invoice, balance less 2/o ol total net after deducting actual freight within 60 days from date of invoice.
(3) To industrials and buyers not otherwise classified--{0 days net from date of invoice or a cash discount of 2/o of the net amount after deducting freight if paid within 10 days after arrival of car.
(4) Prepaid freight shall be net and subject to sight draft, or to payment upon receipt of invoice.
(b) No lumber and timber products on which minimum prices have been established under this Code shall be sold for less than the said established prices, except when sold to '"1'holesalers under provisions of Section 2.
(c) No lumber or timber products shall be sold with any guarantee against decline in price before or after delivery,
(d) Except for water shipment, manufacturers and wholesalers shall not make contracts with retailers and/or wholesalers for future shipment to retailers at current prices for shipment over a longer period than 30 days from date of order. Except as specifically authorized by the Division or Subdivision Authority, manufacturers and wholesalers shall not make contracts with industrials and,/or wholesalers for shipments to industrials at current prices for a longer oeriod than three months from date of order. except when said coniracts contain a provision for a price adjustment [o be efiective for each succeeding ninety day period, which revised prices shall be not less than the established minimum prices at the time of each adjust- ment. The foregoing restrictions shall not apply to lumber or timber products sold for a specific construction job on a contract not subject to cancellation. Complete specifications covering all orders for rail or water shipments shall be furnished to the seller within ten days from date of ord,er.
(e) In figuring delivered prices for rail shipment, by adding freight charges to mill prices, the seller shall use the established schedule of weights for the species sokl.
(f) Prices shown on order and invoice shall not include anv manufacturer's sales, excise, privilege, or other tax, freight .surcliarge or charge imposed upon or incident to said transaction, or by reason thereof, by any governmental authority either by present or future enactment, and no such tax, surcharge or charge shall be deductible from invoice by buyer in making remittance to either manufacturer or wholesater
(g) All quotations shall include a definite limit of time for acceptaccq but in'oo'case shall quotations be for a .longer periorl than 15
days from date of quot{tion, except on special construction projects, not to exceed 60 days.
(h) No manufacturer or wholesaler shall .make a carload sale that requires invoicing and delivery to more than three retailers or more than one stop-over at origin and one stop-over at destination. Pool car sales of less than 10,000 feet to any one customer shall be subject to such service charge as may be established by each of the several Divisions. Stop-over charges, if any, shall be paid by the buyer or buyers in addition to the invoice price.
(i) Orders and invoices shall show terms of sales. association grade, species, quantities, .sizes and price of each item for agreed delivery. In respect to lumber and timber products not of American Lumber Standar.d size anUor association grade both order and invoice shall show the nominal and finished sizes and the grade sold by reference to some non-association specification on file with the Division, or completely .stating the specifications. Orders and invoices shall state whether the stock is green, air dried, or kiln dried.
(j) Neither manufacturers nor wholesalers shall place stock in transit via rail. Neither manufacturers nor wholesalers (except such wholesalers as have acquired full and unconditional title to the .stock prior to shipment) shall place unsold stock in transit via water. Neither manufacturers nor wholesalers shall place stock on consignment.
(k) In respect of lumber special non-standard sizes and grades may be manufactured and sold under special contract, but grade, size, both rough and dressed, and price must be detailed in both order and invoice. The manufacture, purchase and/or sale of nonstandard sizes, grades, and classifications of lumber and timber products for the purposes of evading any of the provisions of thiS Code is hereby prohibited.
(a) In the absence of an express sales agreement all lumber.and timber products shall be manufactured and graded in accordance with official published manufacturers association grading and inspec- tion rules applicable thereto. In the alrsence of an express sales agreement, trade terms, definitions and all other terms, words or phrases and regulations relating to the manufacture, sate, invoicing, and shipment of lumber are undgrstood to be interpreted and applied in accordance with the applicable provisions of the official manufacturers association grading rules in effect at the time of sale.
(b) Manufacturers and wholesalers shall not alter grades by taking out either the poorest or the best material or by adding lower or higher grade material for the purpose of evading the provisions of the Code.
(c) If lumber is grade-marked or species marked only the standard manufacturers association grade-marks and species' marks wherever established shall be used.
(d) Manufacturers and wholesalers shall not misbrand or invoice falsely any lumber as to quantity, size, grade, origin, species, or condition of dryness.
(e) Official inspection, when required by either buyer or seller, shall be made qnly by an official inspector ,of the manufacturers association issuing the offi,cial grading rules for the species to be inspected, applying the rules agreed to at the time of sale, or, in the event of no such agreement, the official manufacturers association grading rules and regulations under which the lumber or timber products are commonly bought and sold.
(f) Except for water shipment, as certification of quantity andr grade of lumber and timber products shipped, an official manufacturers association car card (shippers certificate) shall be placed in, each.car shipped; such certificate shall not disclose the name of the originating manufacturer but shall carry such marks or number as will enable the Division or Subdivision to trace the shioment. For shipments requiring official inspection at point of origin the official certification of the manufacturers association inspection agencies shall be furnished.
(g) All lumber and timber products, either rough or dressed, manufactured to sizes below American Lumber Standards and,/'or manufacturers association standards sold on.standard nominal size shall be branded "sub-standard" and such brand shall not be obliterated or removed,
Any dispute between parties coming within the provisions of this Code involving $50.00 or more and arising out of transactions in respect to the sale of lumber and timber products, except as to grade or tally, may be referred to an arbitration committee. For this purpose the disputants agreeing to arbitration shall sign an arbitration agreement approved by the Authority for which application may be made to any Division. In the event of the failure of the disputants to agree as to the arbitration agency the Authority may designate an agency to conduct the arbitration. The findings and award of said arbitration through said agency shall be 6nal and binding upon both parties.
Section 8-Policing
The Authority shall establish such agencies generally distributed throughout the United States as it may deem necessary to provide for such prompt relaxation of these rules and/or interpretation there- of as may be necessary to prevent these rules from promoting monopolies or eliminating or oppressing small enterprises of oper- ating to discriminate against them, and shall invest such agencies ra'ith all power and authority necessary or appropriate to secure prompt decision of such questions.
Section 9-Export Businese
These rules shall not apply to export business which shall be subject to the supplemental Rules of Fair Trade Practice of each Division or Subdivision.
W. R. Spalding, wl-ro opeiates a string of retail lumber yards in the San Joaquin Valley, claims that he recently got an order at his Visalia yard that claims the championship for the year in the way of strange and mixed orders. You lumber folks who talk about "mixed orders" should get a load of the order Mr. Spalding refers to.
It seems that there is a moving prcture outfit up in the giant Redwood forest above Visalia filming a picture, and they have gotten into the habit of buying stuff from the Spalding yard at that point, and of getting service, no matter what they order. They have bought lumber, and wall board, and paint, and hardware, etc., to be used in their sets, and now and then they include something entirely out of the line of retail lumber yard stocks.
So the other day they sent in the championship order. Here 'tis:
6 pairs of Mallarcl ducks.
I keyhole saw.
I ton alfalfa hay.
1 sack of wheat.
500 pieces 2x4-16.
4 sacks of rolled oats.
I gallon flat white paint.
Mr. Spalding filled the order as sent. But he would like to know just how he could handle this sort of business under the new retail lumber Code, and rvoulcl it be "fair practice," etc.
Anyone who wants to compete for the championship in mixed orders for retail lumber yards can just file their entry, with credentials, with this journal.
The newly formed California White and Sugar Pine Association has opened offices at 1004 Crocker First National Bank Building, 1 Montgomery Street, San Francisco,
I-.V. Graham, former general sales manager of the Pickering Lumber Company, with headquarters at Kansas City, and well known to the lumber trade in California and all over the country, has been appointed secretary of the Association.
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A Code of Fair Competition for the millwork industry of California was unanimously adopted at a meeting of the industry at Monterey, California, on Saturday, August 19, 1933. One hundred eleven firms were represented, whose volume of business and investment constitutes approximately eighty per cent of the entire industry of the state.
With the exception of executives, supervisors and traveling sales force, maintenance men, watchmen and engineers, the Code sets maximum hours of labor to employees at forty hours per week as an average for each half year, with forty-eight hours the maximum for any week.
Minimum wages for unskilled labor are set at forty cents per hour. Minimum wages in what may be termed the higher wage groups, shall proportionately reflect an equitable adjustment based upon long differences in pay schedules.
For the purposes of administering the Code, the State is divided into four geographical sections: Southern California Section (all territory south of the Tehachapi.l ; San Joaquin Valley Section; Bay District Section, ancl Redwood Empire Section.
In order to make membership in the Institute available to everyone, a new redu,ced schedule of temporary dues was adopted. Upon this schedule, forty-two firms signed up for membership at the meeting, and the Secretary was instructed to contact all other firms in the state concerning their membership.
San Francisco retail lumber dealers unanimously approved and adopted the State Code of Fair Competition as prepared and filed by the California Retail Lumbermen's Association, and pledged their full support to the State Association in the administration of the Code.
This action was taken at a meeting of all the San Francis,co dealers held August 16.
M. A. Harris, of Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co., presided at the gathering and F. L. Dettmann, Allen & Dettnrann Lnmber Co., acted as secretary of the meeting.
The next regular meeting of the East Bay Hoo Hoo Club rvill be held Monday evening, September 11, at the Athens Athletic Club, Oakland. Dinner will be served at 6:09 p.m All lumbermen are welcome.
Effective Friday, September l, L933, the Los Angeles ofifrce of The Pacific Lumber Company and the WendlingNathan Company will be located at 7N South La Brea Ave. The telephon,e number is YOrk 1168. A. J. "Gus" Hoover represents these firms in the Southern California territory.
A joint meeting of the Fir Plywood Associaticns of Northern and Southern California was held at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, August l2 to determine what action should be taken regarding the drafting of a code for their bnsiness under the National Recovery Act.
As at the hardwood dealers' and hardwood flooring dealers'conventions Kenneth Smith of Los Angeles spoke at length on the possibilities of the situation, and advised the preparation of a State code to be filed in the event that no National code for hardwood jobbers is filed at Washington.
Homer Maris, Maris Plywood Co., San Francisco, president, Fir Plywood Association of Northern California, presided, and in his remarks said the time is ripe for cooperative action between the Northern and Southern groups, and expressed his belief that the exchange of ideas will be beneficial to all of them.
Harry V. Hanson, California Panel & Veneer Co., Los Angeles, president, Southern California Fir Plywood Association, advised the compilation of a single State code for both groups, for wholesaling and retailing of softwood and hardwood panels, pointing out that as their merchandising problems are much the same a uniform code can be filed at Sacramento providing for the slight variations that will be necessary.
D. J. Cahill, Western Hardwood Co., Los Angeles, discussed the question of the classification of jobbers in the plywood manufacturers' code.
A code committee for the Northern group consisting of L. J. Woodson, chairman, C. H. White, Fred Buckley and Bert Bryan was appointed to work with a committee from the Southern group on the drafting of a code.
The attendan,ce included: J. E. Higgins, Jr., San Francisco ; C. H. White and W. T. White, San Francisco; William Davis and James Davis, San Francisco; H. W. Swafford, Los Angeles; Al Iirost, San Diego ; L. I, Woodson, San Fran,cisco; Frank J. Connolly, Los Angeles; Joe Z. Todd, Oakland; Fred Buckley, San Francisco; E. A. Howard and "Bud" Howard, San Francisco; D. J. Cahill, Los Angeles; B. E. Bryan, Oakland; Jerry Sullivan, San Diego; G. H. Brown, Oakland; Grover Gearhart, Los Angeles; Homer B. Maris, San Fran.cisco; H. V. Hanson, Los Angeles; Merrill Robinson, San Francisco; Kenneth Smith, I-os Angeles; W. T. Black, "The California Lumber Merchant", San Francisco.
The California Retail Lumbermen's Association has filed a Code of Fair Competition at Sacramento as provided for under Section 3 of the Supplement to the California Recovery Act. The Code rvas adopted at a meeting of the Association directors recently held at Santa Barbara.
For the purpose of the administration of the Code, Californra is divided into two districts. Northern and Southern California, each district to establish its own administrative agency. Maximum hours and minimum wages conform to the President's Re-employment Agreement.
The Elliott Bay Mill Company of Seattle was one of the first three manufacturers of Douglas Fir plywood, and the first one to manufacture for general distribution, the other two pioneer factories having been established primarily for the purpose of manufacturing door panels.
Fir plywood was first placed on the market as a conlpetitive wallboard item less than three years ago, and the manufacture of wallboard has since become the principal business of the Elliott Bay Mill Company.
The company's initial capacity was approxirnately 10,000,000 feet per year, and this has been increased to 40,-
strength and insulation in the cabin construction.
The exterior of the cabin consists of the tough metal "skin" of the plane, a rl-inch dead air space, a layer of deadening felt, and then the highly efficient plywood panel over rvhich is the interior lining of feltized fabric.
Everyone recalls the world-wide attention attracted by the great German trans-Atlantic liners, Europa and Brernen rvhen they began to smash all previous records for speed and set up new standards for comfort and convenience. Each of these vessels contains approximately three carloads of-BIG TIMBER-Fir plywood, rvhi.ch rvas usecl for ,cabin partitions in order to obtain great structnral strength, sound deadening, insulation, and freedorn front "squeaks". Some of the panels were stained or enameled. Others had hardwood faces applied in Germany, rvhile others were covered with silk brocade.
-BIG TIMBiiR-Fir plyrvood has untold other uses besides those mentioned above, especially in house construction. Shelves, flooring, drawers, cabinets, all offer possibilities, and any man who hanclles a hammer will agree as to the value of a rvide, thin, light, all-purpose boarcl that will take a strain.
Altogether-Blc TIMBER-Fir plyrvood is a strong, versatile wood at a moderate cost;
The Northern California representative for-BIG TII{- BER-is Lloyd llarris, Elliott Bay Sales Co., 1924 Broadlvay, Oakland.
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years is controlled by this company.
Located on Elliott Bay (the harbor of the City of Seattle) this modern plywood factory adjoins some of the principal docks of the Port of Seattle, and has therefore unexcelled facilities for water shipment. It is particularly fortunate in being located close to all the docks used by the coastwise steamship lines serving California.
It is interesting to note that this company operates lorvslung tractor equipment between its warehouse and the do'cks. Wallboard and plywood are handled in sling load lots from the factory warehouse and placed directly under the ship's tackle, thus avoiding back piling and re-handling.
The steamship companies serving California are to be complimented upon the care shown in receiving, stowing and protecting the wallboard and plywood shipments consigned to their care. This company has never had a claim for goods damaged in handling. Shipments are sure and fast with two and three day service being regularly maintained with the San F'rancisco Bay cities, and a day longer to Los Angeles.
Californians are much interested in the great fleet of Boeing twin motored three-miles-a-minute air transports now operating on the Seattle-San Diego and San FranciscoNew York runs. Fifty of these great air liners are now in service, and each one of them carries a considerable amount of Elliott Bay Mill Company's-Blc TIMBERFir plywood, which is used to obtain great structural
C. Harry White, of White Brothers, San Francisco, prominent hardrvood lumberman, was the principal speaker at the meeting of the San Francisco Rotary Club held in the Palace Hotel, August 15. Mr. White's subject was the National Lumber Code.
S. F. Rea, secretary, Hammond Lumber'Co., San Francisco, sailed August 18 on the United Fruit Company's liner Antigua for Balboa on a vacation trip.
W. K. "Bill" Kendrick, sales manager of the Valley Lumber Co., Fresno, is back on the job after a vacation trip to the Pacific Northwest.
J. C. Hamilton, 24 California Street, San Francis,co, has become a member of the California Wholesale Lumber Association.
J. B. Blair, owner and manager of the J. B. Blair Lumber Co., Placerville, Calif., recently had a narrow escape from drowning. He was wading in the American River near Placerville when he stepped into a deep hole. Spectators gave first aid until the arrival of a doctor. Mr. Blair was in the hospital about a week.
Rate---$2.50 Per Column Inch.
l.os Angeles and Southern California lumber yards for sale. Address Box C-480. Care California Lumber Merchant.
Manager, Assistant, or other duties-rvith future. Has nTanaged good sized yards successfully. Expert accountant and office worker. Knows lumber and rnillwork business. Willing to demonstrate ability before mentioning salary. IIigh class references. Address Box C-490, California Lumber Mer'chant.
Owner rvill sell rvell located yard with attractive lease for less than actual value-Will inventory al>out $9000.00. Acldress Box C-491. California Lumber Mer'chant.
Trventy million feet ,choice Rechvoocl, Ten milliotr fect Fir, standing on 860 acres in Mendocino County, 6 miles north of Llooneville, rvith Sau'tnill, Cabins, etc. Price attractive and terms grantecl to reliable purchasers. Address Lock Box A, Cloverdale, Calif.
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for filing State codes in Sacramento in case this should later be deemed advisable.
The Association rvent on record to express appreciation to D. J. Cahill, C. H. White, Roy Barto, L. S. Beale, Kettneth Smith, H. W. Swafford and Chas. M. Cooper for the great work accomplished by them in behalf of the Association, particularly in the matter of preserving the status of members as wholesalers in the National Lumber Code.
A standing committee of three headed by Grover G. Gearhart, Hammond Lumber Co., Los Angeles, was appointed to work out a standarcl system of charging sales tax.
The Association's annual banquet on Friday evening in the Palace Hotel was attended by a large gathering and proved to be a pleasant reunion for all concerned. J. tr. Higgins, Jr., J. E. Higgins Lumber Co., San Francisco, was master of ,ceremonies. Professor Arnold Perstein, of the University of California, gave an inspiring address in which he suggested in four words an aim and a slogan for the Pacific Coast Hardwood Dpalers' Association, "Beautify the American llome". The professor said he realized that it is necessary to make profits in the hardwood business, but assured his hearers that if they adopt the idea of the beautification of the American home as their main purpose, ample re'wards will surely follow.
Phoenix, Arizona, retail lumber yard for sale. Good location, excellent improvements, and equipment. Good, clean reduced stock. Address Reed Lumber Co.. 1442 8,. Yan Buren St.. Phoenix. Arizona.
Los Angeles retail lumber yard-established l0 yearswants partner.who can invest some money in a going business. Good proposition for right man. Address Box C-487, California Lumber Merchant.
DO YOU WANT NEW BLOOD in your business ? A lumberman with successful experience in managing both line and independent yards and in building business wishes to get in touch rvith proprietors to prol>ose a plan to operate business with privilege of buying stock. Address IJox C-492, The California Lun.rber Merchant.
The attendance included the following:
Robert Taenzer, American Hardwood Co.. Los Angeles
Milton Taenzer, American Hardwood Co. Los Angeles
D. J. Cahill, Western Hardwood Lumber Co.. Los A.ngeles
Iirank Connolly, Western Hardwood Lumber Co. Los Angeles
(lrover C. Gearhart, Hammond Luml>er Co. Los Angeles
H. W. Srvafforcl, Ii. J. Stanton & Son ..LosAngeles
C. M. Cooper, W. It). Cooper Lumber Co. .I.os Angeles
li. L. Ilates. J. J. Matthervs Hardwood l,umber Co... Seattle
James Ahearn, Emerson Harchvood Co. .. Portland
C. H. White, White Brothers .San Francisco
W. T. White, White lJrothers San Francisco
Henry Kirchmann, Jr., Kir,chmann HarclrvoodCo... .....SanI.'rancisco
H. W. Kanne, Kirchmann Hardwood Co. San Francisco
Homer Maris, Maris Plywood Co. . San Francisco
J. E. Higgins, Jr., J. E. Higgins Lumber Co..San Francisco
13. E. Bryan, Strable Hardwood Co. .. ....Oakland
P. R. "Bob" Kahn, Forsyth Hardwood Co. San Francisco
Geo. H. Brown, G. H. Brown Hardwood Co. ...Oakland
Wm. Davis, Davis Hardwood Co. San Francisco
James Davis, Davis Hardwood Co. . San Francisco
Jerry Sullivan, Sullivan Hardrvood Co. San Diego
Al Frost, Frost Hardwood Co. San Diego
E. A. Howard, E. A. Howard & Co. San Francisco
Nelson Jones, Jones Hardwood Co. San Francisco
"Bud" Howard, E. A. Howard & Co.. .San Francisco
Kenneth Smith, Lumber & Allied Products Institute ..LosAngeles
W. T. Black, "The California Lumber
Merchant" San Francisco
S*brn,tbrnA For yo.," co.,s rderab r on bhdlrome' beaut i tul. the very laLesb rn modern home constructron.
NoLe the abbracbrve [errace bhe enbry,.vrbh large closeb, spacrous lrvrng, room, sunnv breabFast alc6ve, .o-pa.l bitchen and ufilrbv rs'h6wer balh. All oF bhese Feib'rres are housed withrn a mos[ pleasrnp exterior.
Plans for this attractive home can be furnished by the
Fay Buildingr Los Angeles
