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A meeting of the Pacific. Division of the National Wooden Box Association and othei Pacific Coast and Inland Empire box and shook manufacturers was held at the Willard Hotel, Klamath Falls, Ore., on August 29,1933.

Floyd Hart presided as chairman of the, meeting. Mr. Hart outlined the procedure of the delegates elicted by the Pacific Division to represent that Association in formulating and presenting to the President a Code of Fair Competition for the industry. He also outlined in a general way the provisions of the Lumber Code which was signed by President Roosevelt on August 19, 1933. Following h4[r. Hart's address, discussions were held con,cerning the manRer in which certain provisions of the Code will affect all manufacturers in the Pacific Coast Division territory, also the best method of administering the Code in that territory.

The following motions were voted upon, first by the members of the Pacific Division by means of a poll vote, and later bf,.all manufacturers present.

1. Resolved, that, the wage scale for box factories as set forth in the Code of Fair Competition for the Lumber and Timber Products Industries for New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado (south of 38 degrees, North Latitude) be investigated, and that factual information be forwarded to the Lumber Code Authority and the Administrator, with the request that the matter be given further consideration. (Motion unanimously carried in both votes).

II. Resolved, that, the matter of Control of Produ,ction (Article VIII of the Code) be tabled until the next general meeting of the Pacific Division, and that in the meanwhile the Board of Directors of the Division give the matter their consideration, and that they, with the aid of the Lumber Code Authority, prepare a formula for consideration by Pacific Coast manufacturers. (Motion unanimously carried in both votes).

III. Resolved, that, the Pacifi,c Division proceed immediately to collect from manufacturers in its territory, the information necessary in filing application with the Lumber Code Authority on October 4th, 1933, at Washington, D. C., with regard to Cost Protection, as set forth in Arti,cle IX of the Code. (Motion unanimously carried in both votes).

IV. Resolved, that, the Board of Directors of the Pacific Division be empowered to chartge the Rules of Fair Trade Practice as set forth in Article XVI of the Lumber and Timber Products Industries Code, and also if necessary, to change Article VII of the Code of Trade Practices of the Pacific Division adopted on June 7th and 8th, 1933, in such a manner as may be necessary to make them applicable to sawn wooden boxes, crates, trays and shook; and that these be sent to the Lumber Code Authority for approval; and that copies of the action of the Board of Directors be mailed to the membership of the Association. (Motion unanimously carried in both votes).

V. Resolved, that, the manufacturers present at this m€eting, representing the four divisions of the sawn weoden fox and shook industry on the Pacific Coast are in favor 100 per cent for the Lumber Code Authorities insofar as establishment of wages and hours of labor for box factories are concerned; but that under present conditions we feel that the wage differential set forth in the Lumber and Timber Products Industries Code shows too great a spread between 'Western territory and other sections of the United States, and that this spread should be narrowed down, either by reducing the wage requirements for the Western territory or by increasing the wage reguirements for other parts of the country, and we ask that this matter be given immediate consideration by the Lumber Code Authority and the Administrator of the N.R.A. (Votes of Members22 "Yes", 11 "No"); (Votes of all present---4l "Yes, 20 "No").

Imports of lumber and sawn timber into the Unitedf States in July were almost half the total in volume of' sirnilar imports of the first six months of the year, accord. ing to preliminary reports of the l)epartment of Commerce. These imports were 49,858,000 feet in July and 103,494,000 feet during the first half of 1933.

The National Lumber Manufacturers Association finds in an analysis of these figures that fir imports rose from a total of 331,000 feet in the first five months of 1933 to 1,251,000 feet in June and 1,754,W feet in July. These were all from Canada. Pine imports from Canada totaled 27,681,m feet in the January-to-May period, 15,914,000 feet in June and 15,761,000 feet in July. In addition 351,000 feet of pine came from Mexico in the first half of 1933 and 295,W feet during July.

Spruce imports from Canada were 25,87O,W feet in July as ,compared with 47,341,W feet for the first six months of the year. No imports during the first seven months of 1933 were reported as from Russia, but 1,918,000 feet of spruce came from Poland and Danzig and 1,490,000 from Germany.

Imports of hardwood lumber and flooring were 4,308,000 feet in July, including 4,109,000 feet from Canada, as compared with 6,078,000 feet during the first half of 1933. Of the latter amount, 5,288,000 feet came from Canada.

July, 1933, imports were six times those of July, 1932, which was the first month under the lumber tariff and only recorded 8,119,000 feet. July, 1933 with its record ol 49,858,000 feet also makes a favorable showing as compared with the last six months of. 1932, which totaled 101,378,000 feet.

VI. Resolved, that, after thorough study, the Board of Directors of the Pacific Division shall be empowered to temporarily fix a fee to be levied against all sawn wooden box manufacturers located in the territory served by the Pacific Division, which fee shall be in addition to the present Association dues now paid by Members of the Pacific Division; and the funds so secured shall be used to pay the necessary additional expenses of the San Francisco office in collecting and compiling data and other additional activities in connection with the administration of the Lumber and Timber Products Industries Code. (Motion unanimously carried in both votes).

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