Why Sell Redwood?

1^\NE of our good dealer friends in a recent letter jokingly \:'remarked that from his standpoint one of Redwood's big disadvantages is its permanence-its great durability makes replacements unnecessary. Nothing short of a cyclone will destroy Redwood. Fungus does not rot it and worms and insects leave it alone. It is a slow burner. Thoroughly painted, it looks well a long time. Even unpainted, it stilt resists decay. A Redwood house needs little repairing. But this dealer keeps right on ordering Redwood. He finds that telling these sad facts about Redwood to his customers does not drive them away.

Sometimes he even ventures to remark that according to the U. S. Government Report entitled "Physical, Mechanical and Chemical Properties of Redwood" there isn't any other wood, either soft or hard, that averages as high on durability, lock of shr'inkage, strength os.a beam or post, ease of glueing, zlorkability and ability to "stay put."

Urged To Promote American Lumber Standard Moulding Patterns And Sizes

Washington, D. C.-The Central Committee on Lumber Standards, in a letter to the regional manufacturers' associations today, requested that manufacturers generally be urged to adopt the American Lumber Standard designs and universal sizes of Wood Mouldings as approved by the General Standardization Conference of last May 1, and to instruct their salesmen to acquaint the buyers with these new mouldings.

The adoption of the new sizes and patterns have been held by many to be one of the most important results thus far accomplished in the Standardization movement. One manufacturer has written the Central Committee "that all of the effort in the direction of standardization of this moulding proposition is of greatest importance and every endeavor should be put forth to get manufacturers and consumers to use the new book." Likervise an association secretary has said that if the attention of the trade could be called to the desirability of ordering on the basis of the 7000 series that it would soon eliminate "the chaotic condition in the moulding designs and would be a real step toward simplified, and consequently more economical practice."

Frank Minard Spends Few Days In San Francisco

Frank j\{inard, the well known Fresno lumberrnan, was a recent San Francisco visitor where he spent a few days calling on his many lumbermen friends in the Bay District. He was a visitor at the luncheon of Hoo Hoo No. 9 on Thursday, October 8. Frank is president of the Fresno Hoo Hoo Club and made a few remarks on the activity of their Hoo Hoo Club.