Memorandum on Japanese Lumber Tariff

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I\{aritime Province by Japanese interest which have acquired concessions therein; and

WHEREAS the effect of the recent tariff has alreadv materially reduced the exports of timber and lumber from the Pacific Coast to Japan; and

WHEREAS the Japanese trade represents one of the most_important export markets for logs and lumber produced from the Pacific Coast;

NOW THEREFORE be it resolved by the West Coast Lumbermen's Association and the Pacihc Coast loggers and lumber manufacturers co-operating therewith that we earnestly request the State Department of the United States Government:

First, that it exert its utmost efforts through diplomatic channels to secure removal of the discriminalbry features of the Japanese tariff against American woods i and

Second, in the event of failure to secure the removal of the discriminatory features of the tariff by diplomatic negotations, that it recommend to the United States Tarifi Commission that this question be investigated under the sections of the present tariff law of the Uniled States which authorize changes or adjustments in existing tariff schedules on products originating in countries whose own tarifis discriminate against the products of the United States, with a view of determining and recommending such changes as should be made in tariffs applying to imports from japan, by .reason of the discrimination in the Japanese - tlriff against lumber imports from the United States.

Japanese Lumber Tariff Passed by the Japanese Diet

March 23, 1929

The duty in this tariff is as follows: (Duty in Dollars per MBM (thousand board feet) exchange at par value)

Douglas Fir and Other Manufactured Lumber-

RE-ROOFING SALES AREAT THEIR PEAKI

No*. Right r"o*l is the tirne ro get after re-roofing business. The first rains have "l*"ys sho*r. ,rp l."Ls fot ho-e o'"ners . "rrd "W'ear.t-I{"oty Shirrglee are the chingles ro help yo, "los. tbe greatest number of s"l.s. It di"idu"l patterns *hi"h l"rrd the-selves to "t y styl. of "t.hitecture Pef- rnanently beautiful .olors that defy time and weather. and a poli"y d."l"t of honest and straightfo"*aoJ support "ll help to overco-e s"l"s resistance. Befier "he"k your stocks anJ get your otd.ts in as ."tly ae possible.

P. C. McNEVIN IN LOS ANGELES

P. C. "Pete" McNevin and C. L. Reynolds of the Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco,'were in Los Angeles the latter part of the month conferring with the company's Southern California representative, A. L. n'Gus" lloover.