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MANI'FACTUNENS, PNODUCERS

AIID DISTREUTONS

BASIC BT'II.DING MATEil,AtS

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PRODUCTS Quality

PIASTER,. cll t1pes, ACOUSTICOAT

GYPST'M TII.E, CIAY PRODUCTS

PORTTAND CEMET{T, cll other tlpes

TRUCK.MIXED CONCRETE

REINFORCING SIEEL qnd MESH

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PTASTER BOAND, T C G SHEATTIING

CHANNET IRON, STEEL STUDS

STUCCO MESH, TIE WIRE

ROOFING, PAPER, NAIIS, cll types

INSIIIATION cnd WATERPROOFING SPECIAI.TIES

Uncle Sam Starts Biggest Sale

(Continued from Page 14) left in stock piles. There will be used and unused boxes and crates in great volume, from which building material may be reclaimed'

No use trying for more complete lists' The greatest army and navy in history will dispose of its surplus commodities through accredited government channels, and I can only give you general hints.

Who will handle all this material ? Generally speaking' here is how it is being done. All consumer goods will be handled through the Department of Commerce, and that includes such heavy things as cars, trucks, jeeps, etc', all the things that will tre sold to consumers' All heavy goods, capital and producers goods, will be sold through the Surplus Property Division of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, except where complete plants are concerned and ih"." ur" in the hands of the Defense Plants Corporation of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation' Everything that has to do with ships and what goes with them is in the hands of the Maritime Commission. All agricultural land and property is in the hands of the Farm Credits Administration.

LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIAL STOCKPILES.

I am advised that all lumber and other building material stock piles of the U. S. Government vi'ill be handled through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, in the following way: First, all material will be inventoried, second, all agencies of the government will then be furnished inventories and given first call on the materials, having 18 days in which to take what they rvant; third, what is left will be offered to municipal, city, county, and state governments, and allowed 12 days to act; fourth, after these 30 days the remnant will be offered to the public, including lumber yards. This, I am advised, is the straight dope.

With regard to buying automobiles through the Depart-

Opens Wcrrehouse in Fresno

United States Plywood Corporation opened a warehouse in Fresno September I at 434 P Street. The phone number is the same as their branch office which has been in operation for the past year. John D. Patriquin is manager o{ the Fresno branch.

ment of Commerce, this will take time and the usual red tape. In fact there will be and is a lot of red tape connected with the sale of all this property, which is regrettable. The motor cars will be 'circulari zed by the Commerce Department to the Agricultural Adjustment Administration first, and then to all governmental agencies, and then to the public, so it will take about ninety days after the Cornmerce Department gets them, before the public could hope to get any. And then they must be bought through a dealer. But there will be lots of them, and if the government would speed up their sale, there would be a much better market and better price than later on when new cars are available. But those are things the government shows little interest in.

There will be thousands of items for sale that the average lumberman would be much interested in if he knew about them. Those desiring information should list their names with their nearest regional office of the disposal agencies. There is an RFC office in every region throughout the country, sometimes one in a state, sometimes several. Regional offices of the Department of Commerce are more scattered. There is one in Fort Worth, Texas, covering Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas. There is one-in Kansas City, Mo., covering Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska. There is one at 1206 Maple Avenue, Los Angeles, cover'ing Arizona, Califorriia, and Nevada. All the operations spoken of in this article are conducted under the authority of the Surplus Property Act, now in the hands of the Surplus Property Board, which makes all the policies for the disposal of surplus properties.

As developments occur with regard to this mammoth sale now starting, we 'r'n'ill try and keep you advised. I doubt if there is anything in this great sale that will hurt the business of anybody. As far as building materials and lumber are concerned, these are going to be short for a long, long time to come, and any surpluses of this character that the government can return to civilian use, rvill be helpful to all concerned. But the live dealer may find himself interested in the purchase and further distribution of a world of this material when he gets it lined up. I

New Briquettes Plcnt

A new $100,000 plant is being constructed by Wood Briquettes, fnc., near the State Box Co., Sacramento, to manufacture Pres-to-logs. Part of the raw material to be used r'r'lil come from shavings and sawdust purchased from the box factory.