Carl Crow Publishes Interesting Digest of Northwest Sawmill Opinion Concerning Lumber Code

Carl Crow, of Portland, Oregon, has just completed a poll of the sawmills of the West with regard to their attitude toward salient features and provisions of the lumber code, and he publishes the result of same in his curent issue of "Crow's Pacific Coast Lumber Digest". The result is very interesting to all lumber manufacturers.

He sent ballots to I4l2 mills, small, medium, and large, in the states of Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New IVlexico, and Alaska. A very large majority of these voted. In his digest Mr. Crow separates the vote of the Fir from that of the Pine mills. Here are some of the impressive results:

To the question: "DO YOU FIND IT POSSIBLE TO SECURE THE FULL CODE PRICES TODAY?'' 81 per cent of the Fir mills answered No, and 19 per cent answered Yes; of the Pine mills 69 per cent answered No, and 31 per cent answered Yes.

To the question: "ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF COMPULSORY GRADE AND TRADE MARKING?" 81 per cent of the Fir mills answered No, 13 per cent answered Yes, and 6 per cent were indefinite; of the Pine mills 67 per cent answered No, 28 per cent answered Yes, and 5 per cent were indefinite.

To the question: "DO YOU WANT CODE PRICE FIXING RETAINED?" 58 per cent of the Fir mills answered No, 35 per cent answered Yes, and 7 per cent were indefinite; of the Pine mills 54 per cent answered No, 35 per cent answered Yes, and 11 per cent were indefinite.

To the question: "DO YO'U FAVOR OR OPPOSE PRODUCTION REGULATION?" of the Fir mills 63 per cent were in Favor, 30 per cent were opposed, and,7 per 'cent were indefinite; of the Pine mills 48 per cent were in Favor, 44 per cent were Opposed, and 8 per cent were Indefinite.

To the question: "WHAT IS THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF WEEKLY HOURS AT WHICH YOU CAN OPERATE SUCCESSFULLY?" 75 per cent said that they must have 40 hours a week or more for economical operation.

To the question: "HAS THE LUMBER CODE GIVEN YOUR EMPLOYES A TOTAL PER MONTH OF MORE OR LESS MONEY IN INCOME THAN THEY WERE RECEIVING PRIOR TO ITS ADOPTION ?" of the Fir mills 38 per cent answered More, 36 per cent answered Less, and 26 per cent reported no change; of the Pine mills 8 per cent answered More, 36 per cent answered Less, and 36 per cent reported no change.

To the question "ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF MINIMUM WAGES?" of the Fir mills 72 per cent answered Yes, 24 per cent answered No, and 4 per cent were indefinite; of the Pine mills 67 per cent answered Yes, 28 per cent answered No, and 5 per cent were indefinite.

To the question "ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF MAXIMUM WORKING HOURS?' of the Fir mills 65 per cent answered Yes, 31 per cent answered No, and 4 per cent were indefinite; of the Pine mills 60 per cent answered Yes, 3l per cent answered No, and 9 per cent were noncommital.

On Northwest Trip

Frank Egnell of the sales department, Hammond Lumber Company, San Francisco, will return October 1 from a two weeks' trip to the Northwest. Accompanied by Mrs. Egnell, and traveling by automobile he visited the operations of the Hammond Lumber Company at Samoa, Calif., Mill City and Garibaldi, Ore., and called at the company's Portland office.

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