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Douglas FieA total of 322 rtlls reporting to the Vest Coast Lumberments Association for the week ended October 15 operated at 24.4 per cent of capacity, as compared to 23.8 per cent of capacity for the previous week and 31.7 pet cent for dre sanre week last year. Durlng the week 199 of these plants were reported as down and 123 as operating.
217 mills for the wee[< ended October 15 produced 61,t86'rl5 feet or 25.8 pet cent of their weekly capacity. Cutrent new business of these mills was 3.E4 pa cent undet ptoduction and 24.E per cent of their weekly capacity. The previous week production of t{rese mills equalled 25.1 pet cent and salq 25.7 per cent of their weekly capacity. Shipments for the week were 7.17 pet cent over ptoduction"
Unfilled orders decreased 6'951'000 feet from the previous week. New export business received during the week vas 2r,27.C{J/J feet less, new domestic cargo orders wete 1r354rfi)0 feet over and new rail business incteased 139'000 feet, while t{re local trade incteased 4l2rO0/J feet as compared with the ptevious we€kts business.
For tlre week ended October 15, these 217 mills reported the following: Production 61,386,tt5 feet; Shipments 6517861238 feet; Orders 59rO26222 Lerlt.
Unsold stocks on tlhe public docks at San Pedro are low and on October 26 totaled 1r887ro00 feet. Cargo arrivals at San Pedro for the week ended October 22 amounted to 613411000 feet, which included 9 carges of Fir totaling 5r792,OOO feet and 2 cargoes of Redwood with 5491000 feet. 55 lumber vessels were operating in the Califotnia service on Octobet 22, and,53 vessels were laid up.
The California volume during the past two weeks was reported light. Mil[ prices.continue firm. Los Angeles building permits for the first twenty-two days of October totaled f896,426.
Tahoe Sugar Pine Lumber Co. has been organized with Emmett L. Marsh as president. The company will build a sawmill and start manufacturing in the spring at Graniteville, Nevada County. Offices are in the Monadnock Building, San Francisco.
Production of softwood lumber as reported by the mills dur. ing the week ended October 15 was t{re latgest of any weeh since June, and new business was the smallest of any week since the middle of August, according to reports to the National Lumber Manufactuters Association covering the operations of 687 leading soft'wood and hardwood mills. Hardwood production was the largest since July and new business heaviest since last winter except for one week.
New business as shown by all reporting mills during the week ended October 15 totaled 145rEE9,fi)0 feet. Production was l23r727r000 f.eet. This was 24 pet cent of capacity, compared with 24 per cent the previous week. New business was 28 per cent of capacity, compared with 3O per cent the week befote. Production of identical softwood .nd hard*ood mills :was 25 per cent below that of the corresponding week of last yeat and new business as reported by these mills was 13 per cent below last year.
The Southern Pine Association for the week ended October 15 reported new business ftom 117 mills as 3014951000 feeto shipments 32r47OrOOO feet, and production 23166210@ f.eet. Orders were 29 per cent over production and 6 per cent below shipments. Shipments were 37 per cent above production
The Western Pine Association for the week rqrorted new business from 105 mills as t6rTl3rOOO feet, shipments 40r526r0fi) feet, and production 28r545rOOO feet. Orders were 29 pet cent above production and 9 per cent below shipments. Shipme4ts wete 42 per cent above production.
241 hardwood mills teporting for the same week grve new business as 17r187r0(X) feet, or 95 per cent above production, and shipments 15r765rfiD feet, or 79 pet cent above produc,tion. Production was Er8l9r000 feet.
The California Redwood Association for the month of September reports orders received from 11 mills as 13r803rfiX) feet, orders on hand z0r2zlrffllO feet, shipments l0r371ro0o feet, production 9r42l rOOO f,eet.
E.. L. Shevlin, assistant manager of the Shevlin-Hixon Company, Bend, Oregon, was a recent visitor at the offices of the Shevlin Pine Sales Company in San Francisco and Los Angeles. He also spent a few days at the McCloud River Lumber Company plant at McCloud, Calif.
Seattle, Wash., Oct. 19.-The consolidation of the Willamette Valley Lumb'ermen's Association, with headquarters at Eugene, Oregon, and the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, this city, has been effected, according to an announcement of the West Coast organization today.
"The consolidation of the two former organizations has been considered for some time," the association stated, "for the purpose of giving the lumber interests of the Douglas fir region a single parent association. In absorbing the functions of the Willamette Valley Association our organization is keeping the former Secretary, Herbert Cox, ancl the office at Eugene. X{r. Cox rvill be secretary of the Willar.nette Valley branch of the West Coast l-umberrnen's Association and rvill represent the Seattle office of the Association in all its usual functions besides giving the mills in the Willamette Valley direct and personal interest in local problems."
The West Coast l-umbermen's Association now has tl-rree offices in the Douglas fir regior.r ; the headquarters at Seattle, one in Portland ancl the thircl in Eugene.
Members of the Purchasing Agents' Association of Northern California had the opportunity of seeing interesting exhibits of California Pine and Douglas Fir lumber at the Fifth Annual Advertisers' Exposition arranged for the pur,chasing agents by the official publication of the association, "Pacific Purchaser," and held at the Palace F{otel, San Francisco, October 19.
The Red River Lumber Cornpany, Westwood, Calif., had an exhibit of California Pine cabinet rvork. sash and doors and log cabin siding.
Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Cor.npanl., San Francisco, exhibited a number of itenrs of treatecl ar.rd untreatecl Douglas Fir lumber.
Henry H. Barg, of Barg, Ziel & Co., importers and exporters of lumber, San Francisco, was married to Miss Hilda Vollkommer of Pittsburgh, Pa., October 8, in San Francisco. Mr. and Mrs. Barg made a honeymoon trip to Mexico. They will make their home in Sausalito.
Will C. Wood, vice-president ancl manager of the Oakland Bank Office of the Bank of Arnerica, rvill be the speaker of the evening at the next dinner meeting of East Bay Hoo Hoo Club No. 39, to be held at the Athens Athletic Cltrb, Oakland, Monday evening, Noven.rber 14 at 6:09 p.m. All lumbermen are lvelcome. Dinner price has been reduced to 85 cents.
By Jock Dionne
"What col,ors will men wear this winter?" asks a style advertisement. The answer is easy. The same colors they wore last uTinfsl-unless they dye those old suits.
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When business gets hot again around the retail yards I think we ought to adopt the stock inquiry of the attendants at these modern gasoline service stations, and say to each customer who drives in-"FILL HER UP, MISTER?"
Here's a "kick." , ** I "1""1 .n" other day from a retail lumber concern, the Kendrick & King Lumber Company, of Duncan, Oklahoma, and across the bottom of the check was plainly written these words: "WASN'T the depression Hell?" Not ISN'T, you understand, but WASN'T. I loved that!
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"There are no naked Kings," said Napoleon. "Take off their clothes and their trappings, and they are just men." .That seems to apply well to our American kings of recent years. The depression rernoved their kingly trappings, and their superiority disappeared also.
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I heard a famous artist argue once that human modesty really is nothing of the sort; it's just consciousness of imperfection, he said. If we thought our bodies were perfect, we would walk naked and unashamed; and there would be no such thing as modesty or immodesty. Which only convinced me that artists WILL argue. i***
, Do you know that the number of suicides in the United I Strt"" since the depression started exceeds by about five thousand the total number of American soldiers who were killed or died from wounds in the World War?
Do you know that *n" ;r; War cost this country ' twenty-two billion dollars; while the depression has cost many times that amount in the dwindling and shrinkage of , our national wealth, and the loss in wages and earning I power of our people?
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And the World War is over, while the depression-not nearly as bad as it was a few months ago, but a sad and
serious situation yet-still goes on. In other words, this depression is a much more serious business than the World War.
Unemployment is admittedly the major problem of the depression. Also, it is the most distressing product of business collapse, and the most serious obstacle to business recovery. Today we have nearly twelve million unemployed in this country. Add their dependents, and you discover that about twenty per cent of our entire population is without means of support.
No use talking friends, there can be not the faintest hope for the return of prosperity to business until we get a lot of these men to work. It is as idle for business to hope for recovery while this cancer of unemployment is eating into the very vitals of the nation, as for a human to hope for a return of health with twenty per cent of his body paralyzed.
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We can only start rebuilding business when we start rebuilding men; and we can only start rebuilding men when we get them jobs, put them to honorable employment, let them start earning their daily bread, and thus restore their morale.
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The most vital thing that has faced this nation in a genslafisn-rnere vital than any problem of the World Waris to get as many back into living jobs as is humanly possible. We are now facing the opening of winter, a time when unemployment, with its attendant lack of food, clothing, a4d shelter is infinitely more tragic than during the summer season.
I am strong for this Share-the-Work movement that is being instituted nationally at this time through the Banking and fndustrial department of the Federal Reserve Bank System. Give it your aid, when it comes asking for assistance. ft does NOT apply in any fashion to people living on barely a subsistence wage. It simply seeks to persuade employers and employees of this nation of the wis-
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Members of the Lumber Committee of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association and the Redwood Relationship Committee held one of their periodical meetings at the Lakeside Country Club, San Francisco, October 14. The majority of those attending met for dinner at the club on the evening of the 13th and the business meeting started immediately after breakfast and continued until noon.
Ralph P. Duncan, general manager, Merced Lumber Co., Merced, chairman of the retailers' committee, presided, and matters of interest to both retailers and manufacturers rvere cliscussed.
Robert C. Sudden, 71, capitalist and shipping magnate, died at his home in San Mateo, October 23. Mr. Sudden rvas president of the Sudden Estate Company, the Sudden Shipping Co., and vice-president of the West Coast Lumber Co., San Francisco. He was born in San Francisco.
Booth-Kelly Douglas Fir, the Association grade and trade mark certify to your customers the quality of the stock you handle. Builders qlrit guessing about what they're buying, and buy where they know what they're.getting.
The usual golf tournament was played in the afternoon, and E. E. Yoder, resident manager of The Pacific Lumber Company, won the J. H. Holmes perpetual trophy with a gross score of 87. The tournament was played on the Ocean Course.
Al Nolan, Western sales manager, The Pacific Lumber Comparry, chairman of the arrangements committee, had the satisfaction of hearing everybody declare they had a most enjoyable time, and it was also freely remarked that these rneetings have been beneficial in their results to the retailers and the manufacturers.
George A. Johnson & Son have opened a retail lur4ber yard at the old site of the General Mill & Lumber Co., foot of 34th Street, Oakland. Mr. Johnson was formerly manager of the General Mill & Lumber Co.
San Francisco Office: 26O California St.
F. J. O'Connor, Prer. and Gen. Mgr. - Phone GArfield 5Ol5
Los Angeles Ofrce: Petroleum Securitier Bldg.
M. S. Lopee, Diatrict Manager - Phonc PRorpect 2703
MEMBERS
W. R. Chamberlin & Co. ......Su Francisco ud Lor Angeler
Coos Bay Luber Co. .Su Fnnciso and Lc .Angelea
Donovan Lumber Co. ..Su Fnnci*o ud Lc Angelea
Hammond Lumber Co. ........Su Frociso and Lc Angeles ;I. R. Hanify Co. ..SanFranci*oandLcAngeles
Hart-Wood Lumber Co. ' .Su Francisco
C. D. Johnson Lmber Co. .,..Sm Frmcigco ud Lc Arrgeles
Alvir N. Lofgren ........SuFnncim
MacDould & Harrlngto .....San Fmcis ad Lc Angeles
A. F. Mahony Lumber Co. ......Su Fmcisco
Chas. R. McComick Lumber Co. .......,.......Sm Frmciso ud Lc Angeles
W. J. Mulligan & Co. ....,,.... .San Frucis
Chules Nelsm Co. SanFmcisudLcAigel*
Parm'no Lmber Co ..........Su Fruciso
Suta Fe Luber Co. ...........Sm Franciru
General Saler Office: Eugene, Ore.
Mills: Wendling, Ore., Springfield, Ore.
Northern California
Hill & Morton, lnc.
Denniron St. Wharf
Oakland
Southern Califoraia
E. J. Stanton & Son
2050 E. 3Eth St., Lor Angeler
Sudden & Christeruon ........Sm Fnnciso ud Lc Aagelc
Wendling-Nathan Co. ......... Su Fnnci*o ud Lc Angelee
R. O. Wilm & Son .. Su Fruciro
E. K. Wmd Lumber Co. .....San Francisco ud Lc Argeles
Hill & Mortm, Inc. ....,...,,..
Blede!-Donovu Lmber Mills ...Ic Angelee
Brooks Lmber Cc. ............. .LcAngele
Lamce-Philips Luber Co. ....Lc Angeler
E. L. Reitz Cmpany ...,.......',Lc Angcler
Twohy Lmber Co .........,.,, ...Loe Angeles
St. Paul & Tacoma Lmber Co ...,,...Tama
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dom of dividing the available employment among the greatest possible number of people.
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It is not perfect, but it is logical, sane, and workable. It plans and pretends to be nothing more than an emergency measure to help get the nation through this time of distress. In time of famine there is no question as to the legal and moral right of a community to divide the available food supplies. We have a huge famine now. One fifth of our people are without means of support. Why should there not be an equitable d stribution of the available employment as far as that can be accomplished?
Ask the nationally oroL,rr*".lrromist what is the trouble with agriculture, and what should be done about it, and he will make more funny noises with his mouth yet produce not a single thing that-even under a powerful microscope-could by any stretch of the imagination be construed as an idea. Ask the bell-mouth politician, and it's far worse. He just sputters. No one knows what to do for the farmer because they haven't the faintest idea of what has happened to the farm business. It's hard to suggest remedies when you are totally ignorant of the trouble.
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Get a load of this ! The census of the Department of Agriculture of the United States in 1910 showed 26,000,000 horses and mules in this country. Do you know how many there are today? About 7,000,000. A loss of 19,000,000 in that length of time. Do you know the comparative consumption of farm products of horses and men? The average horse or mule consumes two and one-half times as much volume of farm products as the average man. Get the idea? Two and a half times 19 is 47%. The effect on the consumption of farm products is exactly as though 47,500,000 people in this country had left, or quit consuming farrn products. Do you wonder the farming business has been flattening out?
Have you read that tremendous fact in any of the expert opinions that are being offered by those supposed to be students of the situation ? Naturally not. Have any of the big politicians mentiong6 it? How could they? In the old days the farmer raised the feed for his own work stock.
He sold himself a large part of his crop. Today he has to try and find a market for that same feed. He can't raise gasoline on his farm. He has to buy and pay cash for it. So he has to try and sell what he used to feed his mules and horses to get cash to buy his present-day fuel for his tractor, etc.
And 80 or 90 millio" *n* nl"n* in the country who used to use horses and mules are also using gas-burning transportation instead; so they don't buy hay and oats. What the farmer needs is for some intelligent bureau of information to really diagnose his case and tell him where and why his markets have changed, so that he may alter his crops to fit the new situation.
Again have schoo, u.; ;-:, and our institutions of learning are thronged with seekers after facts, past and present. The rich and poor children alike, seek knowledge. Let us hope that the men and women who, as teachers, guide these young minds in these schools and colleges, will not forget to hold out THIS shining mark and inspiration to the children of the poor; to those who come threadbare and at great sacrifice to their parents, to find knowledge.
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That most of the intellectual giants of history have been nursed at the loving breast of poverty. Genius is much more likely to be found in a hut or hovel than in a mansion. Most of those who climbed highest on the shining ladder of fame, started at the lowest round. In the midst of toil; in the din and sweat of labor; and on the verge of want, most of the great souls of history have been fashioned and forged. Tell your scholars that, you teachers of men ! They have a right, as a compensation for things that they lack, to be so reminded.
Know anything about*r,i"oJrn""r", Most of us are like the cannibal chief, whom the missionary asked-"Do you know anything about religion?" and he 3n5ws16d"Well, we got just a taste of it when the last missionary died." But this Shakespeare was the world's greatest marvel, in more ways than one. Think of this: he was an intellectual ocean that touched all the shores of thought. Yet in all his tremendous writings he never mentioned any con-
temporary person or event. Yet he lived in, an age that was packed with wonders. Cervantes and others v/ere making literary history. Bruno, the great martyr' was teaching in England, and was then burned in Rome. Drake was circling the globe. Galileo was tearing down a tiny world, and giving us a mighty universe in its place. Michael Angelo was setting the world afire with his brush. Kepler was educating the world. Those were the days of the Spanish Armada, the execution of Marie Stuart, the massacre of St. Bartholemew, the Edict of Nantes. The world fairly flamed with great men and events. Did he mention any of them? Never! Figure that out, you scholars!
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Think of a mind like Shakespeare's, immediately following the era of Copernicius, yet never mentioning the man who taught us that the earti is only a grain of sand on the infinite shore of the universe; that ever5rwhere we are surrounded by shining worlds vastly gteater than our own, all moving in unison and in accordance with law. Before Copernicius, the earth was'the center of the universe, and all the stars were just company for this insignificant atom. Copernicius put the earth in its place, and taught us not only how it moved, but how it revolved. He made the earth small; but he MADE MAN BIG. If I had been Shakespeare, I would have written at least one play around him and Galileo, and Bruno. What a play that would have been ! What a tragedy !
Besides regular R.F.C. loans for selfJiquidating projects an efrort is being made to interest the railways to apply for R.F.C. loans to repair and add to rolling stock. Railway officials estimate that 25O,000 cars in need of repairs will require 250,000,000 feet of lumber. A number of railways have already applied for such loans.
Some time ago the National tumber Manufacturers Association, through its Trade Extension Department, issued a voluminous report on "Promotion of Lumber for Railway lJses." This report, covering both hardwoods and softwoods, rvas prepared by an N.L.M.A. engineer after obtaining data from 500 railway officials of 52 roads during two years of continuous effort. Recently Trade Extension subscribers, to whom only the report is available, were circularized apropos of the R.F.C. financing, and 61 per cent asked for additional copies of the report. One sales manager wrote: "I think so much of the report that I keep a copy on my desk all the time. Every sales manager or anyone who sells lumber to the railways should have a copy of it."
The report is only one of many practical reports made by N.L.M.A. engineers with a view to helping lurnber companies to find markpts and fill them intelligently-
Drcis
Mr. Drei.er k one of the leading pu'b' licity nten oJ the countrY, uidelY krwun and, highly esteemcd in the field of writing. This is uthat he soys obout'oCullud Futr," :
The Thomas Dreier Service
1 Cuilig Circle Wincherter, Mrst.
Oaober 3, 1932
Hurrah, the book has anivcd rrlely and I've rcad just enough of it to know that all thc word3 ol prui3e from tpPrccittiv" rcrdrn fall far rhort of what might be said ebout it without indulging in eraggerttion. Thir ig without doubt thc grcilert PrizQ cele€tion. of colored gtoricr I'vc evcr 33Gn. Every.public speaker in the country who usca storiss to illustrate hirtalks rhould havc this book in hir library. You've ceilainly done a ewsll iob.
Sinccrely youre, Tom Drcier
The California Retail Lumbermen's Association will hold their annual convention at the Hotel Alexandria, Los Angeles, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, November 3, 4 and 5,1932.
The convention will start at l0:00 A. M., Thursday.' The opening session will be an informal program, including registration and will give the dealers an opportunity to get information regarding business conditions in other parts of the state.
The committee has arranged for an interesting program and the subjects to be taken up at the business sessions deal with the retail lumbermen's every day problems. There will be three business sessions, Thursday afternoon, Friday morning and Friday afternoon. Among the subjects to be discussed are the following:
Price Stabilization-Without it wages and other expenditures must go down and some bankruptcies occur. Which does the public prefer? Will civic bodies lend assistance to the organization of reasonable price associations, and to the rounding up of outlaws ? Or are we back to 25 years ago when price meetings were held secretly in a back room, and the public was "agin" us?
Volume Is Very Light-Does this justify us in selling at so low a price that we lose part of our overhead ? In making up a retail price list what percentage shall we add to our wholesale cost f. o. b. yard ? Should the fast moving items be handled on a narrower margin? Do the side lines have enough profit to pay their way?
Lumber-Have we used up too much of our time in talking about side lines? Do we make more money on lumber? Do we have it under as good control ? Can it be put under better control ? Can the use of it be promoted to our own profit ?
California Wholesale Lumber Association-To whom can you talk when you want to oppose a new, under-fiiranced or outlaw yard, or when you feel entitled to territory protection? Shall we work with the wholesalers or against them? Shall we encourage them to make firm prices, or do we value free competitive buying above any co-operative good they can do us ? Are we afraid their organization will override us, or are they afraid our organization will override them ?
A Building Boom-Will there ever be one again? When will the postponed building demand loosen up? Ifow can it be encouraged ? Is the lack of building loan money the biggest handicap?
Ifome Loan Bank-Under California laws building and loan associations cannot become members. What are we going to do about it? 'Surely the lumbermen will get an enormous amount of benefit and should do anything to make it effective in the shortest possible time.
Trust Deed Law-Would its passage hinder building or not? Outstanding men will present both sides. Of vital importance to lumbermen; you will know better how to vote aft-er hearing this.
Steel Houses-Do not pass this subject by too lightly. The size of the corporations that are behind the idea is in itself almost a guarantee of success; and worse yet, there is talk of selling them on a small payment plan. Can we compete ?
Pre-Fabricated Wood Houses-Will they be a reality? If steel houses can be built at factory, why not wood ?
Do We Know Our Business?-Do we know the best methods of advertising? Do we know the cost of doing business? Do we keep those costs down? Do we maintain too heavy plant equipment? Do we know the commodities in which we deal? Are we familiar with their adaptability and qualifications ? Are we merchants or merely sellers ?
Cash and Carry-More yards than ever are advertising low-priced goods and bringing trade in from miles around to. pick up small orders on a cash and carry basis. _should every yard do it, or should it be discouraged?
Doorbells-What has been the experience of lumbermen in soliciting from house to house on roofing and general repair work?
Specialties-One of our members sells a lot of skiis. It is surprising to learn of such items, not really in the building line although they may be made of wood, which are sold by lumber dealers. Can a yard make extra money by stocking and selling them?
The luncheon for the men on Friday noon is to be a Frolic; the committee announces that the Chairman, a dark horse, is now being groomed and free liniment will be provided when your sides get sore from laughing. The annual banquet, Friday evening, will be somewhat difierent than usual, and after the dinner a great deal of enjoyment will be provided along with the dancing. Thursday evening, all will be on their own, but a number of the luimbermen and ladies will st.art the evening with dinner at the Paris Inn.
Thursday noon the ladies are to eat make a trip through, a movie studio. luncheon at, and Friday noon they will have luncheon at the Ambassador following. Friday evening there are to and prizes at the banquet.
Hotel, with bridge be ladies'contests
The directors of the Association will hold a business session on Saturday morning. On Saturday afternoon, tle University of California and the University of Southern California will have their annual football classic at the Olympic stadium, Los Angeles, and many of the lumbermen plan to take in the game.
One of the special features of the retailers' convention will be the exhibit of lumber and building materials being arranged by the Association. The officers and members of the Association have extended an invitation to the general publice to visit the exhibit which will be located on the mezzanine floor of the Hotel Alexandria. The Association reports that the following firms have already reserved space for exhibits: Acme White Lead Co.; General Paint Co.; Oro Grande Lime Co.; Eagle Pilcher Lead Co.; General Timber Service; Long-Bell Lumber Co. ; The Pacific Lumber Co.; U. S. Termite Control Co.; California Wholesale Lumber Assn.; In-Vis-O Screen Co.; National Lead Co.; Truscon Steel Co.; A. B. C. Service; Paraffine Co.; Pioneer Paper Company; Blue Diamond Co. ; W. P. Fuller & Co.; Oscar P. Kemp; Clay Products; The Celotex Company; U. S. Lime Products; Hawaiian Cane Products, Ltd.; Pryne & Co.; Hammond Lumber Co.; Masonite Corp.; Certain-teed Corp.; Yale & Towne.
"The closest possible utilization of raw material is essential if the American pulp industry is to realize its greatest economies," according to Charles'W. Boyce, executive secretary, American Paper and Pulp Association.
"The detailed tabulation of wood waste prepared by the National Committee on Wood Utilization of the Department of Commerce, in cooperation with industrial and state organizations, is an aid in this direction and represents a constructive piece of work," he pointed out.
According to Mr. Boyce, wood waste whether occurring in forests or in wood conversion plants can be best checked if profitable outlets are found for as much of the tree as possible.
"Our American pulp indtrstry has made remarkable progress in the utilization of this wood waste," he continued. "The day may come when wood for fuel will be a luxury in the vicinity of pulp mills, since cheaper fuel may be obtained in other ways. Eveo sawdust and shavings are now converted into useful products and will not go up in smoke as has been the case in the past.
The Wood Utilization Committee is a cooperative body, between the Federal Government and industry, working for the elimination of waste in the manufacture, distribution, and consumption of forest products. It numbers among its closest cooperators the American Paper and Pulp Association.
The Santa Fe Lumber Co. announces the appointment of A. W. "Andy" Donovan as their Southern California representative. His office is at 2L6 Rowan Bldg., Los Angeles; the telephone number is TRinity 5088. He will offer their general lumber line to the trade including Fir, White and Sugar Pine, and will also contact the trade additionally on their Santa Fe Special Hand-split and Resawn Shakes. The general offices of the Santa Fe Lumber are in the St. Clair Bldg., San Francisco.
Mr. Donovan has been .connected with the wholesale lumber business in Los Angeles for a long period and is widelv known bv the lumber trade in Southern California.
Purchase of the mill and properties of the Humboldt Redwood Co. by the Hammond & Little River Redwood Co., Ltd., was recently announced by the Hammond Lumber Co. at their general offices in San Francisco.
This was effected by the purchase by the Hammond & Little River Redwood Co., Ltd., of the stock owned by the Dessert interests in the Humboldt Redwood Co.
The one-shift capacity of the Humboldt Redwood Co. is 120,000 feet. When this is added to the combined capacity of the Samoa and Crannell plants the three mills have an aggregate capacity of approximately 720'ffi feet per day.
Frank J. O'Connor, Donovan Lumber Co., San Francisco, was elected president of the Shipowners' Association of the Pacific Coast for the eleventh consecutive term at the recent annual meeting of the association.
R. W. Myers, Hobbs-Wall & Co., San Francisco, was re-elected vice-president and Nat Levin was re-elected secretary.
The new board of directors includes the president and vice-president and the following: James Tyson, Chas. Nelson Co.; S. M. Hauptman, McCormick Steamship Co.; L. C. Hammond, Hammond Lumber Co.; L. C. Stewart, Sudden & Christenson; Otis R. Johnson, National Steamship Co.; S. D. Freeman, S. S. Freeman & Co'; H. F. Vincent, E. K. Wood Lumber Co.; W. R. Chamberlin, W. R' Chamberlin & Co.; John L. Reed, J. R. Hanify Co., and J. C. McCabe, A. F. Mahoney Co.
Is it a timely idea? Is it structurally feasible? Are plans so far developtd acceptable?
An opinion on these and other pertinent questions recently was sought from leading lumber manufacturers and retail distributors by the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. Plans for a sectionally built, one-story, fiveroom bungalow, of a popular, rectangular plan were distributed by previous arrangement to trventy-two of the more active lumber manufacturers and to ten leading retailers for review and criticism. Since only sixteen of the recipients, including four retailers, forwarded comments, the consensus may or may not be representative of current opinion on the sectional idea in home construction. The comments are summarized below, according to the principal questions raised.
1. Is the'stage set for sectional house constructiou? Should the lumber industry seriously consider ways and means of providing houses in this fashion ?
Of fourteen manufacturers eight expressed no definite opinion on this point. Of the other six, four appeared convinced that the departure, in one form or another, is inevitable, and two were doubtful of its necessity. Of three retailers, two were adverse and one favorable to the idea.
2. At what point should a compromise be made between supplying lumber in its customary condition, and supplying the complete, fabricated structure ?
Three manufacturers and one retailer hold the opinion that "ready-cut" lumber is preferable to built-up sections of two-man size. One retailer reports plans for building the complete side walls and roof slopes in single assemblies for derrick erection. There were no votes for the readycut house as supplied in previous years. Perhaps because of the design submitted, most respondents seemed to take it for granted that the two-man section is a satisfactory solution.
3. Should the prospective manufacturer of sectional lumber houses plan a series of standardized sections with which by adding or subtracting items numerous floor plans can be secured, or should he first fix upon a standardized floor plan, panels for which can be supplied in complete sets?
The consensus, both among manu{acturers and retailers, strongly favored a variety of plans capable of being constructed with a few standard sections, though several respondents recognized the desirability of starting with one, or at most a very few plans.
4. Will the low-price house prospect be willing to accept a house exactly similar in floor plan to others, if it gives him more than usual value for his money?
Opinions are diverse on this point. The house plan and 'elevation proposed received a number of favorable comments, but manufacturers expressing an opinion feef that a
single standardized house plan will enjoy only a limited market. Others predict no difficulty if the standardized houses are not too closely grouped. Retailers discussing this point hold that exactly similar houses will evolve no marketing difficulty.
(On this point there is, of course, a vast volume of independent evidence in the housing already constructed and sold. In most parts of the country there is indisputable evidence that houses exactly alike can be sold by the thousand to purchasers of the wage classes to which the proposed sectional house is to be offered.)
5. Is a rectangular house plan, with its advantages for sectional construction, preferable to an L or T shaped plan, with its opportunities for greater eye appeal ?
Six respondents, including two retailers, hold that the economical aspects of the rectangular floor plan will outweigh in the prospect's mind the greater individuality obtainable with L or T shaped plans. Five respondents take the opposite view.
(In this connection, again, there is obvious proof from past building experience both that rectangular houses are saleable and that aesthetics, in some localities at least, are secondary considerations.)
6. Opinion almost universally favored a thoroughly insulated house, except in southern climates, and a modern heating plant. The type of heating plant recommended varies with the locality, emphasis being placed for the most part on warm air heat.
7. The project, as originally proposed, calls for siding or shingles, roofing, and finish flooring to be put on after the panels are assembled. Reviewers uniformly took the attitude that this would be necessary. Opinion favored a series of plans for local reference, showing preferred exterior treatments, the house manufacturer to furnish the necessary bills of materials bundled in convenient form.
In addition to those whose opinions were sought on the preliminary plans, several manufacturers and over sixty lumber retailers, building firms and prospective builders have applied for plans. The requests were from concerns all over the country, disclosing a keen and widespread interest in the new departure.
A large number of constructive criticisms were received regarding the floor plans and construction methods. These points, together with valuable suggestions from equipment manufacturers and housing experts, have been utilized in revising the plans as originally issued. The new plans were finished October 1, and are now obtainable with descriptive text, for $1 per set, from the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, 1337 C<innecticut Ave., Washington, D. C.
Washington, Oct. 2I.-The last call for the "Sunlight House" at the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago didn't. quite turn the trick. But it came so near that instead of facing the ignominy of no lumber house exhibit, Walter F. Shaw, Trade Extension Manager of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, who has been leading the drive, has decided to make another and final call.
Mr. Shaw in his last "last appeal" has written letters to 1-00 lumber manufacturers who have not yet contributed to the lumber house at the Exposition, making an earnest personal appeal to each of them to give $1.00 or more to the fund. He has also written to 22 manafacturers' and retailers' associations urging them to make an ultimate appeal to their membership. With these letters there went a list of contributions summarized by states and also a list of the names of contributors from the _territory especially represented by each association. Attention is called to the possibilities of group contributions as illustrated by gift of $181 collected by a large City Club from its members, $15 from a smaller City group, and $25 from the employes of the Union Lumber Company, San Francisco; $5.00 from 4L employes at the iate of five cents each and $1,000 from employes of the Weyerhaeuser Sales Company.
The grand total now stands at over $4,000. As of October 18 less than $2,000 remains to be subscribed. If by any chance the last-hour rush should carry the total over the necessary funds, contributors of the surplus will receive credit for their good intentions in case it should be necessary to return their money.
Arrangements have been made s,o that subscriptions received up to November 15 will be applicable.
On hearing that the second extension of time for contributions had fallen short, Mr. Compton wrote to Mr. Shaw, who has been responsible for initiating the "Sunlight House" fund, as follows:
"ft seems to me that this project must not be allowed to fail. A number of the principal timber and lumber companies have responded to your appeal. In the face of your convincing argument I am astonished that more of them have not done so, and I still believe that the response up to date does not represent the lumber industry's estimate of the importance to it of being represented at this Exposition.
"Of course I know of your deep interest in putting this project through, and from your occasional report I know that the prompt cooperation of many gfoups has given you encouragement notwithstanding the di3courag€ment due to thi indifrerence of others. Understanding that the arangeftents with the Chicago Exposition authorities will permit this, I suggest that you make a third effort to secure the eompletion of this necessary fund and as a further encorragerhent I will personally contribute such part or all of a thousand dollars as may be necessary to complete this fund."
A. H. Hoel, with a low gross score of 84, was the winner of the Orange County Lumbermen's Club golf tournament held at the Hacienda Country Club, Whittier, Wednesday afternoon, October 19. C. B. Lyons, F. H. Morehouse, A. J. Kelly and C. C. Barr were tied for the blind bogy prize. Following the tournament, dinner was served at the club house.
The following took part in the tournament: W. H. Wright, W. R. Dempwolf, W. J. VonValkenberg, W. A. Godshall, D. E. Liggett, C. B. Lyons, F. H. Morehouse, A. J. Kelly, C. C. Barr, A. H. Hoel, R. E. Hostetler, E. L. Holland, N. E. Lentz, C. W. Comeggs, E. B. Culnan, C. C. Bohnhoff, S. N. Simmons. E. Steffensen and J. E. Martin.
Herb Klass, general sales manager of The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, returned October 22 fuom a business trip to Los Angeles where he conferred with A. L. "Gus" Hoover, the company's Southern California representative.
Frank O'Connor, San Francisco, president and general manager of the California Wholesale Lumber Association, was a Los Angeles visitor on Association business during the latter part of October.
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A bunch of colored folks were gathered round the dinner table, and several dishes of savory vegetables were going the rounds.
Next came a steaming dish of boiled okra, about the slippriest thing in the shape of food known to the vegetable kingdorn. They passed it to Mose Jackson, and he declined to help himself to any of it.
"Whutsa matteh, Moser" asked the hostr t'Don' you want no okra?"
"Noosuh," replied Mose, positively; "Ah nevah eats no okra."
"Whut?" asked the other in surprise; "you nevah eats okra? How come, boy?"
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Seattle, Wash., October 20.-A delegation of representative lumbermen left the Pacific Northwest Friday evening, October 21, f.or Chicago to attend a public hearing Tuesday, October 25, on the application of the West Coast Lumbermen's association to the western railroads for a substantial redu'ction in freight rates on lumber eastbound. The application was filed August 10,1932. The hearings will be before the Transcontinental Freight Bureau, an organization of the railroads.
The key rates sought by western lumbermen are 55 ,cents to Omaha, Kansas City, Minneapolis and St. Paul; 60 cents to St. Louis, Chicago and Milwaukee;6211cents to Oklahoma and Texas; 65 cents to Detroit and Cincinnati;70 cents to Buffalo and Pittsburgh and 75 cents to the Atlantic seaboard. A minimum carload weight of 36,000 pounds was included in the lumber application. Advanced by the West Coast association, the proposal was later followed by similar applications on the part of the Western Pine association, Portland, and the California Redwood Association, San Francisco. Each of the associations will have delegations at the Chicago hearings.
The following local lumbermen attended the Chicago
J. G. Dickson, Pacific States Lumber Company, Tacoma, Wash., (Chairman, Traffic Committee, West Coast Lumbermen's Association); n. yg. Demarest, Pacific National Lumber Company, Tacoma; O. P. Olwell, Jamison Lumber & Shingle Company, Everett, Wash.; Axel Hanson, White River Lumber Company, Enumclaw, Wash.; W. B. Greeley, secretary-manager and H. N. Proebstel, traffic manager, West Coast Lumbermen's Association, Seattle, Wash.
Washington, O,ct. 7.-"Additional taxation evidently is inevitable; the likelihood of a proposed manufacturers, sales tax is generally accepted. Tax needed is dependent on extent of redu,ction of costs," says Wilson Compton, secretary and manager of the National Lumber Manufacturers, Association, in a letter to lumber manufacturers transmitting a comparative summary of the receipts and expenditures of the Federal government for the years 1914 and l92Z to 1931 inclusive. These data are provided because the N. L. M. A. intends to ,cooperate with other interested agencies in presenting its views to the President, the Director of the Budget and the appropriate ,committees of Congress, that all but essential activities and services of the government must be eliminated.
The letter points out that during the past ten years the Federal government has colle,cted about 32 billion dollars in direct and indirect taxes; during that period such taxes have been more than four times as large as they were before the war.
The figures show that the larger part of the Federal income is expended for past and future wars. In the last ten years the army and navy together have cost the government about 6.4 billions of dollars; veterans' pensions and hospitalization 7.6 billions, amortization and service of the public debt 8.2 billions; public works more than 2 billion dollars, post office department deficits more than half a billion dollars.
From the foregoing it is concluded that the largest. re, maining opportunities for economy are not in the ordinary civil agencies of government so much as in the costs of past and future wars and postal operations.
Right now, every lumber dealer is interested in ONE thing . . . making sales that show a profit. Flintkote is using this page twice a month to report how dealers are using its products to win profitable business.
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Because Tripletabs are distincdy different, unlike any ot{rer type of shingle, these dealers have something rcilly NEW to talk about . . . a genuine reason for calling to solicit fdl business. They have ttnews" to tell their customers. A simple plarf? Yes. But it is bringing in a volume of profitable shingle business for these dealers. And when you build busines on Tripletabs, it is YOUR business, because Tripletabs are an EXCLUSM product. Try this method in your tenitory and watch customers say ttyestt!
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An application for a receivership for the Long-Bell Lumber Company and its subsidiaries was denied by Judge Merrill F. Otis of the United States District Court in Kansas City, Mo., on October 15. Bitls in equity seeking the receivership were ordered dismissed.
The two receivership petitions filed in January, one naming William G. Hutson, of Lawrence, Kansas, as the petitioning plaintiff, and the other filed in behalf of W. Verdner Carson, of Quincy, Ill., were consolidated several months ago by Judge Otis. The action was opposed by the company and supported by a bondholders' protective committee.
Judge Otis' action in dismissing the receivership suit was taken on amended complaints filed after the original bills had been found lacking in weight, the demurrer of the lumber company's lawyers being sustained last spring. In the revised suit, Mr. R. A. Long, founder of the company, personally chose that the company lawyers should not rest on a demurrer, but try the case openly and fully. The hearing occupied virtually a week. Mr. Long appeared on the witness stand giving a history of the company from the beginning to its present position in the industry. During the hearing it was brought out that a plan for reorganization of the company is under way which will enable the company to continue operating under its own name and with ample financing, the aid and cooperation of bankers looking to this end was assured.
In the last section of his opinion, Judge Otis paid an excellent tribute to Mr. Long and his associates. He said:
"The history of the Long-Bell Lumber Company, as the evidence in this case discloses, is inspiring. Long ago was its beginning. In a little town in Kansas one man started it with a carload of second-hand lumber as his stock in trade.
"One man builded it until it became the greatest institution of its kind in the whole world. For sixty years its reputation and his not only have been unsullied, they have stood out for emulation. This man still is the dominating spirit of the business which he builded. The fourscore and two years he has lived and labored, marvelous to say, have taken from him nothing of moral or mental power.
"A world-wide depression which has wrecked even governments and great business enterprises everywhere has brought his company, too, into a sea of troubles. It may not be possible for the ship to weather the storm, but the captain is not responsible for the storm. He and those who have worked under his direction have done everything it was possible for them to do to make staunch the vessel against the threatening elements and whatever has been done has had that as its sole object."
Hayward Lumber & Investment Co. recently sold their yard at Manteca to J. C. Nasori, who tormerly operated the Nason Lumber Co. at Yuba Citv.
Seattle, Washington, October 11.-A log shortage at a most critical time is faced by the lumber industry of the Columbia river district, one of the largest producing groups in the Douglas fir territory, according to field studies made by interested lumbermen and given to the West Coast Lumbermen's Association. The reason for the'shortage whi,ch is actual today and likely to grow worse, is the damage done to timber, railroads, bridges and other logging property during the serious forest fires.
Columbia river mills within a week of the time when fire began running through the timbered,areas west and northwest of Portland, were having difficulties in securing logs. Log supplies at the close of August were very low, less than enough to run the mills during September, at the production rate of August. Production increased during September, and loggers idle during the summer began preparations to begin the winter's logging. Fallers and buckers were sent out to do the advance cutting. Some logs were ,coming in. Then fire hit the area. Logging stopped at once. It will take thirty days after all the fires are out before logs can be brought to the water. Logging has not started yet and the log supply in the water-owned by mills and by loggers-is considerably less than one month's supply.
Millmen expect the log shortage to grow more stringent daily and forecast that as a result buying of lumber will be much more difficult, due to probable further curtailment of mills in that area. These point'out also that most of the logs coming into the Columbia river are now taken from higher areas where snow prevents logging operations during the winter. If, for example, logging could begin at once many camps would close down again with the first heavy snow at their levels. Usually in the early fall a surplus of logs is accumulated by both loggers and mills to carry the industry through the months when snpw in the mountains forces logging down to a minimum.
An authority estimates the loss in timber caused by the recent forest fires to be approximately one billion board feet, or about one-tenth of the amount made into lumber by the entire lumber industry of the Douglas fir region in 1929; <ir, about one-third of the probable production of all mills in 1932. Much logging and railroad equipment was lost. Many important loggers in the area will not be able, due to fire damage to equipment, railroads, and timber, to log this winter; others face serious delays. The Southern Pacific line through the fire area, much used by loggers in bringing logs to the Columbia river, lost several tunnels and bridges, and trains cannot be run until these are replaced.
Schafer Brothers Lumber & Shingle Co. have opened offices in the Petroleum-Securities Bldg., Los Angeles, with E. E. Schmidt in charge. They operate mills at Montesano and Aberdeen, Wash. Mr. Schmidl has beeri connected with the company's sales department at the mill.
Three meetings of the University of California Extension Course on "'Wood and Its Properties," which started October 13, have been held with an average attendance of.22. Thirty lumbermen are signed up for the course which is being given by Professor Emanuel Fritz, associate profes' sor of Forestry, University of California. The class meets every Thursday evening from 7 :3O to 8:30 p. m. in room 34, Giannini Hall, University of California campus, Berkeley.
The course deals with the structure of wood: microscopic units-pitch, heartwood, sapwood bark, annual rings, medullary rays; microscopic elements-cells, their characteristics and arrangement; the annual ring-its make-up, significance in figure, properties, and uses of wood. Physical properties of wood: weight, specific gravity, moisture content; influence of moisture on wood. Mechanical properties of wood. Factors affecting the strength of wood. Chemical properties of wood. Seasoning of wood (in general), air drying, kiln drying. Deterioration of wood and its control, insects, fungi. Principal uses of wood, limitations of wood. favorable attributes, substitutes.
The surface runoff following rain or snow from soils bared by fire or over grazing is from 5 to 50 times the amount, under the same precipitation, as that from similar soils covered by shrubs or trees, according to experiments carried on in southern California by the California Forest Experiment Station of the U. S. Forest Service. The amount of soil picked up and carried off as erosion from bare soils is from 50 to 1,000 times as much as from soils rvhich are covered by plant growth.
Washington, October 15.-The lumber and timber industry (sawmill and logging operations) is so important in the industrial life of Idaho that nearly 72 per cent of the number of wage earners in the state and 72 per cent of all wages paid are in this industry. Out of the state's 15,648 wage earners in 19?9, 11,2n were employed in the sawmill and logging establishments; $16,051,86O was paid in wages in these establishments and $33,886402 was the value of products reported, the National Lumber Manufacturers Association finds from a state study of census reports.
Idaho now leads all states in production of white pine, cutting 39 per cent of the total produced in the country. Next in importance in the state's lumber production is Ponderosa pine. Douglas fir, white fir and larch are cut in considerable quantities and some cedar and spruce.
The year 1925 was the peak year in lumber production in Idaho, according to U. S. Census Bureau reports, IJAA,110,000 feet being reported by 145 mills. ln l9D, the production was 198,791,000 feet as reported by 135 mills, and in 1930, 840,409,000 feet produced by 123 mills. Of the 1930 production six mills each cutting 50,000,000 feet or more, produced 53.7 per cent of the total output;12 mills cutting 10,000,000 to 50,000,000 feet each, produced 35.7 per cent of the total. Medium sized and small mills produced less than 11 per cent.
Of lumber sales by the mills, nearly 47 per cent were made through wholesalers or branch wholesale houses; 25.6 per cent were to retailers and, 12.4 per cent direct to manufacturers in wood-consuming industries.
Idaho has more publicly owned forest land than aqy other state, according to the U. S. Forest Service, leading even California by a narrow margin.
Lumber production in Idaho and Montana, according to preliminary reports of large mills to the U. S. Census Bureau, was 37 per cent less in 1931 than in 193O.
A salesman is a fellow with a smile upon his face And a word of cheery greeting as he goes from place to place.
He devotes his time and effort from an early morning start To meeting folks and telling what is nearest to his heart. He lives a life of service and he gains a host of friends, For he's never actuated by base and selfish ends.
Each day he calls on people with the only thought in mind, Of the good that he is doing for the prospects he can find. He raises living standards with the things he has to show, As he calls the folks' attention to the things that they should know.
He never stoops to offer any piece of merchandisg That will not perform a service, consistent with its price. He meets his competition with a friendly, kindly word, And he never speaks with malice of the things that he has heard.
He is sure the thing he's selling brings a lasting benefit Far greater than the profit that he makes in selling it. fle's secure in his conviction that his effort is worth while, So he buckles in each morning with an everlasting smile. Bringing work to men in factories whose families depend, On the daily sales production of their genial, happy friend.
-BenAllen, in Forbes Weekly.
When you endeavor to tell your age the truth it does not want and refuses to hear, you are considered by all the cowards in creation a shocking fellow, guilty of atrocious taste.-Hesketh Pearson.
If Abraham Lincoln's home life had been happier it is possible he would never have become President of the United States. His quick-tempered, social-climbing, nagging, tactless wife created such conditions at home that he was eager to be away from it as much as possible. He spent his time traveling about the state. Thus he became icquainted with the wants and needs of the p€ople and tlrey learned to know him and trust him. Later, when he needed tteir votes, they gave them. If Lincoln's home life had b€en attractive to him, he would have done his loafing with his wife and children. Again we have widence of the working of the law of compensation.Thomas Dreier.
A young salesman of the most aggressive type had managed to meet socially one bf Hollywood's motion picture magnates, and after dinner waded right in to try and sell hirn some of his stock, which he dignified by the name of securities. The old fellow finally held up his hand to stop the flow of praise for the stock that rolled from the young man's lips, and said:
"Vait a minute, willya? Vait a minute. Let me say someting. I'll dell you vat I'll do. I vill esk my lawyer if he should advise me to buy some of dis stbck. And I vill give you my vord dot if he edvises me dot I should buy some of it-vell den he shouldn't be my lawyer no more."
One may lose and regain a friend; one may lose and regain money; opportunity ignored may come again; but time lost is lost forever. A minute is the biggest little thing there is. Save it. Use it. There is nothing more valuable, nothing that should be more appreciated. Next in importance to being on time is being ahead of time. It may mean a moment wasted, but being behind time may lose an hour, a day, a week, a month, or a year.-Allan F. Wright.
Ernest Woods of Kansas City vouches for the trut{r of this story. Dr. Grant Robbins, a well known and popular white Methodist minister who has performed many wedding ceremonies, volunteered to officiate at a wedding of some good colored folks he knew. After the knot was tied several embarrassing moments followed with everybody remaining stationary. Finally one dusky maiden, seeing the questioning look on t'he preachey's face, whispered: "Dey's waitin' fo' you to ltiss de bride, Pahsun."
It's the bumps you get, and the jolts you get, And the shocks that your courage stands, The hours of sorrow and vain regret, The prize that escapes your hands, That test your mettle and prove your worth; It isn't the blows you deal, But the blows you take on this good old carth That shows if your stuff is real.
Washington, Oct. 4.-After petroleum refining, the lumber and timber industry leads all manufacturing industries in Texas in number of wage earners and is third in amount of wages paid, according to a study of the lumber industry which'the National Lumber Manufacturers Association is making in various states. Number of wage earners in the last census report was given as 16,387 in the lumber and timber industry; wages paid amounted to $13,915,100 and value of products was $44,506,136.
Texas was the third state in lumber production in IXJ7, its peak year, ranking after Washington and Louisiana. Its '673 sawmills reported output of.2,2D,5X),000 feet that year. In l9D Texas was the seventh state in lumber production, 1,451,90,000 feet being reported by 397 mills. In 1930, Texas was again seventh, 285 mills reporting 1,0/5,262,W feet. Twelve mills in 1930 each cut over 25,000,000 feet, or 36 per cent of the total production. Mills cutting between 10,000,000 and 25,000,000 feet each, produced 4O per cent of the total. Output of smaller mills accounts for the remaining 24 per cent.
Of the 1930 production, 888,681,000 feet or 85 per cent of the total was of softwoods. This was nearly all Southern pine, Texas being fourth in production of that species, following Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Hardwood production in 1930 was 15 per cent of the total, principal species being oak, gum and tupelo.
Per capita consumption of lumber in Texas in 1930 was 160 feet, compared with 205 feet in Louisiana and 190 feet in the United States. Of Texas' consumption of 945,22t,000 feet, 56 per cent was produced within the state and 43 per cent came from other states, principally from Louisiana. A small quantity was imported. Texas consumed from 55 to 60 per cent of its own production in 1930 and shipped about 8 per cent to Illinois, 6 per cent to Missouri, and 4 per cent to Michigan.
The sales by the sawmills of Texas which, in the recent Census Bureau report fior l9D, were given as 976,934,M feet, valued at $30,173,000, were largely direct to retailers, 43 per cent of all mill sales being thus distributed. This is the largest proportion of any state and compares with 15 per cent for the country as a whole. About 33 per cent of the mill sales were to wholesalers; 11 per cent direct to rvood-consuming manufacturers; 6 per cent to railroads and 6 per cent were local sales.
Retail lumber dealers of Sacramento meet informally at dinner every Thursday evening, and while their association is not functioning at present these dealers are carrying on some very effective trade promotion work among the architects and contractors of the capital city.
At their dinner meeting on October 13 the dealers were addressed by A. C. Horner, manager of the 'Western office of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, who told them what the National Association is doing along trade promotion lines.
Paul Freydig, of Seattle, logging manager for the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Company, was re-elected president of the Pacific Logging Congress at the 23rd annual meeting of the congress held in Tacoma, October 19,20 and. 2I.
A. Whisnant, Portland, was re-elected secretary, and the following were added to the board of directors: J. W. Forrester, Coos Bay Lumber Co., Marshfield, Ore.; Roland McDonald, Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., Vail, Wash.; Norman Boles, Shevlin-Nixon Co., Bend, Ore., and George L. Drake, Simpson Logging Co., Shelton, Wash.
J. J. Donovan of Bloedel-Donovan Lumber Mills, Bellingham, Wash., a former president of the congress, tryas ele,cted a life member of the organization.
Portland was chosen for the 24th annual session next yeat.
Washington, Oct. 24.---The growing tendency of lumber manufacturers to insist on wood-walled and roofed box cars for lumber shipments is strongly indorsed by Walter F. Shaw, trade extension manager of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. While such insistence is a proper measure for lumber shippers to promote the use of their own products, Mr. Shaw says that it is fully justified by the superior protection given by wood cars to their contents. Steel roofs are frequently leaky.
A case in point is that of a well-known Portland company, which ordered an all-wood car for a certain shipment of lumber. It received, instead, two steel cars from which to choose. They were refused because of leaky roofs, but the company had finally to accept a car which had to be sent to the shop for repairs before it could be used. This delay caused the railway company to send its car service agent (who also represents the car service division of the American Railway Association) to explain to the manufacturer that it would be appreciated by the company if he would not insist on a car with a wood roof, as the railway company had practically no cars of that sort available. The lumber company took the position that the admission of lack of wood cars was conclusive proof that the railways were not giving due regard to the merits of and need for the building of more wood cars.
While pressure of lumber shippers for the provision of wood cars may be regarded as the use of their patronage of railways as an influence in evoking return patronage of lumber, Mr. Shaw insists that the demand for wood cars is supported by the facts of their superior service. Moreover, as there is conclusive evidence that steel producers successfully specify steel cars for their products, it is not considered offensively arbitrary for lumber manufacturers and fabricators to look out for the interests of their commoditv in a similar manner.
Seated one day at the radio, Enjoying an hour of ease, I fished for entertainment My state of mind to please. 'And soon a throbbing tenor Earth's airy spaces spanned, And sobbed, and crooned, and burbled, And gurgled, "Hold my hand."
Perturbed, somewhat embarrassed, I cried, "can such things be? What sentimental Tommy Is singing thus to me?"
With ill concealed impatience I twirled the dial again, When lo, "I'll call you sugar," Mourn'ed an impassioned swain.
f know not why they're singing With such lugubrity, A bright and lilting love song Would make a hit with me. And many times I wonder, As sob songs moan around, If all these love lorn laddies Are sappy as they sound.
In dreams I see them standing, A rather usual throng, Tall men and short, fat men and lean, Each crooning mushy songs. The uninspiring chorus Drools on throughout the land, "Baby, I'll call you sugar, Oh, Sweetie, hold my hand !"
MERRIAM CONNER.Much damage was done in the Cochran, Ore., district by the recent forest fires, which were the worst that have occurred in western Oregon in many years.
Only the railroad station was saved in the sawmill town of Cochran. The Cochran mill owned by C. H. Wheeler burned a few months ago. The Blue Lake camp of the C. H. Wheeler interests was destroyed.
The logging camp and machinery of a logging incline belonging to the West Oregon Lumber Co., of Linnton, Ore., were destroyed, and a camp of the Westwood Lumber Co. was partially destroyed.
The Wheeler company sufiered the loss also of many bridges and trestles on its logging road. The Southern Pacific Company lost a number of bridges, and so much track was damaged that railroad service was discontinued. An accurate estimate of the damage has not been made.
Lumbermen Advised to'Take the Lead in Stimuloting Local Governmental Authorities to Canvass Oppo*unities for Self-Liquidating Proiects
Washington, Oct. 25.-It is inferred from an address delivered by Harvey C. Couch, a director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, before the National Conference on Construction, held here on October 13, that lumbermen ,can take the initiative in creating business for themselves by getting their communities interested in reproductive public works to be financed by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
, It is perhaps not generally realized that R. F. C. selfliquidating project loans are intended to be utilized for unemployment relief, although in no way to be confused with the $300,000,000 loanable by the Federal Government through the R. F. C. to state and local communitiqs for relief expenditures. The act provides that no one person shall be permitted to work more than 30 hours in any one week if employed on one of these projects. The act also stipulates that employment preference shall be given to exmilitary service men having dependents. It is also provided that wherever possible machinery and materials used in 'these projects must be American-made.
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Mr. Couch points out, is authorized and empowered "to make loans to, or contracts with, states, municipalities, and political subdivisions of states, public agencies of states, of municipalities, and of political subdivisions of states, public corporations, boards and commissions, and public municipal instrumentalities of one or more states, to aid in financing projects authorized under federal, state, or municipal law which are selfJiquidating in character."
From this paragraph it appears that practically every institution operating under municipal, state or federal law is eligible for R. F. C. assistance for any kind of a construction project duly authorized by law and selfJiquidating. Besides public corporations, private corporations may borrow for projects of a public nature such as the construction, replacement or improvement of bridges, viaducts, water works, markets, etc.
"The gate is wide open," said Mr. Couch, "the responsibility for initiating these projects rests on the officials administering the affairs of municipalities, counties and states."
But as in almost all public enterprises some one person takes the initiative, many communities will fail to avail themselves of this opportunity to finance necessary public works and help solve the unemployment and depressed business situation unless the lead is taken by some active and understanding person.
Such a person considering the situation of his own community and its eligibility for R. F. C. help will have first to determine whether there is locally available any selfliquidating project. A self-liquidating project is defined to,be one that will be made self-supporting and the cost of which will be returned within a reasonable period through
the tolls, fees, rents or other charges earned by it when completed. The net income from the project must, of course, exceed the operating expenses by a margin wide enough to pay interest and to amortize the indebtedness over a reasonable period; and the revenues derived fror4 the project must be applicable to selfJiquidating projects.
The intention of the.act is to hav6l the ccinstruction cost returned from charges made for the use of the service, thus if a sewer is to be built the cost of it must be returned from the charges assessed against the people who use it. A sewei ivhich is to be paid for from taxation is not eligible for a loan from the Corporation. It is sometimes difficult to say just what constitutes taxation. The R. F. C. has corrie to the conclusion that there are instances under which construction assessinents would not be classed as taxation and that projects thus financed would be considered sel{Jiquidating and available for an R. F. C. loan.
The R. F. C. will not advance money to finance any sort of work already completed, as one of the purposes of its loans is to provide employment.
Applicants for loans must always remember that they are made on a business-like basis and must be fully and adequately secured. The best procedure when R. F. C. assist: ance is contemplated is to have some public official write to the R. F. C. and state the nature of a possible undertaking and what financing is required. Of the more than 500 informal applications received to date only about 25 per cent are eligible. Of these about 70 have furnished sufficient data to enable the Corporation to decide whether the projects are fully self-liquidating.
The R. F. C. reminds the public that size of a project does not afiect its prospect of being authorized. A small project, if eligible, will receive the same consideration as a large one.
The R. F. C. is surprised that there have been, relatively speaking, so few applications for loans. "'When one recalls," says Mr. Couch, "that there are over 3,000 towns and cities in the United States with a population over 2500; that there are 48 states each having innumerable political sub-divisions, agencies and commissions; that there are 11,000,000' people unemployed and clamoring for work, he is astounded' that the officials of municipalities and public agencies have not taken advantage of the act to a great extent. * * * If the funds provided by the act are to be effective in relieving the unemployment of the nation, public officials must make applications for projects which come within the scope of the law." In making application for a loan correspondence should be addressed to the Engineers'Advisory Board, Reconstru,ction Finance Corporation, Washington, D. C.
Lumbermen everywhere can assist in stimulating busi-, ness and relieving unemployment by canvassing with their' local officials the possibilities and advisability of undertak--: t ing municipal, self-liquidating projects.
This Stair Hall in the residence of Mr. R. W. Kittrelle at Piedmont, California, is a gracious example of the charm of fine woodwork. Both the staircase and hall proPer, are finished in Plain White Oak. The use of rotary-cut veneers for face of wall panels achieves a slash figure which is tasteful as well as distinctive. Architectural Woodwork by Loop Lumber & Mitl Company, Alameda. Architects: Williams & Wastcll, Oakland.
Washington, D. C., Oct. 2Z.-A^though the lumber production in the New England states in 1930 was only 607,668,000 feet, or two per cent of that of the country as a whole, New Hampshire and Maine were third and fourth of all states in production of white pine, being,exceeded only by Idaho and Minnesota, according to a state survey of the lumber industry by the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. Nearly all of the balsam fir cut in the United States in 1930 was in Vermont and Maine. Maine was third of all states in spruce production, following Washington and Oregon, and fourth in production of birch, with Vermont fifth, and New Hampshire sixth.
One-lialf of the lumber produced in New Engiancl in 1930 rvas white pine. Spruce and hemlock were other important softwoods; birch, maple and oak, the leacling hardwoods. Only three mills in Nerv England-two ir.r \naine and one in Nerv Hampshire-cut each over 10,000,000 feet of lumber in 1930, thus designating this section as one preeminently of small mills.
According to early Census Bureau records. Nlaine was tlie second state in lumber production in 1839, when Nerv York rvas first. In 1869, when Michigan was fir5rt, Pennsylvania second and Nerv York third, Maine ta"kea rr{tii. Maine's largest lumber production in the last thirty:years was in 1907, when 1,103,808,000 feet was reported 6y 902 mills. Maine is the only Nerv'England state showing a record of a billion feet or more in any one of the last thirty years. ..t...
Per capita consumption of lumber in Nerv Englancl rl4as l7O feet in 1930, compared rvith l90 for the country as d rvhole. In New Hampshire, per capita consumption was 350 feet; in Vermont,255 feet;in Maine,215 feet. In contrast with this was thb per capita consumption in the thickly populated industrial states of Massachusetts of 155 feet and Connecticut of 110 feet. The per capita consumption ol l7O feet for New England represents a total consumption of ltrmber of 1,389,466,000 feet in 193p, of which'35 Per cent was produced within the six stafgs, 45 pei.':eent t-anre from other states and20 per cent was imported, mostlv from Canada.
In New England much of the softwood lumber .on.unitu.i is in building and construction, in l;ox factories and in sash, door ancl millwork plants. rvith some used in the car construction industry and in ship and boat building. Principal softwoods used in the wood-consuming factories are white pine, Southern pine and spruce. Besides for building and boxes, hardwoods are used in Connecticut for clocks; in Maine for woodenware and novelties. shuttles and spools; in Massachusetts and New Hampshire for furniture and chairs, boot and shoe findings, toys and musical instruments. Birch, maple and oak are important hardwoods used. Although its production was not large, Maine ranked third of all states in 1930 in shingle production, following Washington and Oregon
Sales of lumber by New England sawmills are largely direct to wood-consuming factories and in Connecticut also to railroads and public utility companies. Local sales are
Members of the Lumbermen's Post of the American Legion state that there is a brisk demand for ti.ckets to the St. Mary-U. C. L. A. football game that will be played in the Olympic stadium, Los Angeles, on Armistice Day, November ll. This football classic is being sponsored by the American Legion of Los Angeles.
The Post selling the greatest number of tickets will be awarded a prize of 950 rvith an additional prize of 925 to the chairman of the winning ticket committee. If the Lumbermen's Post win these prizes, they plal to purchase 'Colors for the Post. The Lumbermen's Post are offering desirable tickets in Tunnel 5, and can be secured from Les Cunningham, Hayward Lumber & Investment Co., Los Angeles, and Finance Officer of the Post, Telephone CApital 6191, or from the members of the Post. The tickets are $1.65 each. A big turnout is expected at the game, and anyone planning to attend should get their tickets at once.
Lr the Days of '49, when the rnud flats of San Francisco Bay extended to Montgomery Street and Los Angeles rvas a pueblo, the pine forests of the Sierra Nevada and the Douglas fir forests of the Coast Range clothed the mountains and foothills in a much r,vider belt than they do today, according to a report by A. E. Wieslander of the California Forest Experiment Station of the U. S. Forest Service. Logging, grazing and particularly forest fires are the chief factors which have convertecl the old commercial forests to rvhat are now comparatively .ivorthless land and have created a lancl management proltlem of large proltortions in California.
In Eldorado County alone, according to Wieslanrler, the pon-derosa pine forepts have retreated l0 miles up the lnoun.1ain rslopes from an elevation of 1,000 feet to the 2,500 foot elintour on a 3O miles front, leaving a strip of 162,000 acres ,,giitirely deforested and an even larger area thinly stocked 'iiith seconcl growth trees. This land,:which is capable of producing a forest stand of 37,000 board feet of lumber per acre, more than is usually found today on the average commercial logging areas, is now mostly covered with half scrub woodland, worthless for timber and too dense or too lrrushy for good grazing.
Isolated survivors of the original forest, scattered groups of second growth and such names as Sawmill Flat, Sawmill Creek and Shingle Springs, oc,curring in what are now treeless areas, indicate that they were once in forested territory. This theory is confirmed by old records which prove that from 1850 to l87O many sawmills supplied lumber to the placer mines in the central Sierra region.
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Nineteen leaders in the lumber industry, representing substantially every species of wood grown in the United States, today accepted Secretary of Commerce Roy D. Chapin's invitation to become members of a committee, .in conjunction with the National Committee on Wood Utilization of the Department of Commerce, for the preparation of a lumber manual for the use of the Fecleral Government.
The Chairman of the new committee is George F. Lindsay, an executive of the 'Weyerhaeuser associated -interests, Saint Paul, Minnesota. The Vice Chairman is W. IlI. Ritter of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, Columbus, Ohio. Both are well knorvn and nationally prominent lumber manufacturers.
Normally the Federal Government purchases a .billion feet of lumber a year, representing all species and grades of American woods. Lack of dependable information regarding species and grades for each particular purpose has led in many cases to wrongful and uneconomic use and has resulted,to the disadvantage of both producers and consumers. This lumber committee, representing producers of both softwoods and hardwoods, will contribute the knowledge of the best minds in industry, supported by years of laboratory and practical research. A handbook of recommended uses for lumber will be prepared for the Federal Government. It is expected that the Government will become the leader in the movement of putting each wood to its rightful and most economic use.
In the opinion of the Secretary of Commerce, rvho is also the Chairman of the National Committee on Wood Utilization, the project is particularly timely at present since its successful execution will not only leacl to important economies in the expenditure of Government money, but will also have the effect of bringing industry together for the purpose of promoting efficient rvood using practices.
"One of the most constructive cooperative moves as between the Department of Commerce and the lumber industry since the establishment of the American lumber standards, it will have far-reaching effects in the entire field of lumber consumption since the example of the Federal Government in efficient wood-using practices will in great measure be followed everywhere," Mr. Lindsal' said in commenting upon this project.
The National Committee on Wood lJtilization, a cooperative organization between the Federal Government and producers, consumers and distributors of forest products, is working for closer and more intelligent utilization of wood, not only as a practical means of promoting reforestation, but primarily for the elimination of consumer waste.
In addition to Mr. Lindsay, Chairman, and Mr. Ritter, Vice Chairman. the members of the Lumber Manual Committee are: Fred Arn, Chattanooga, Tenn.; L. S. Beale, Chicago, Ill.; C. Arthur Bruce, Memphis, Tenn.; John M.
Bill O'Keeffe, Watertite Installation Co., Stockton, Calif., is now handling all the sales of the Watertite Hardware Co. He .was a'recent Los Angeles visitor and announces that he plans to open an office and exhibit in Los Angeles at an early date. Watertite Casement lfardware permits the swinging out of both sash and screen at the same time with a simple push on the latch, and windows equipped with this hardware are guaranteed not to leak. Mr. O'Keefie states that over 8,000 sets of this hardware are now in use in California.
The hundredth anniversary of the founding of New York University is marked by the publication of a comprehensive volume of "Development of American Industries-Their Economic Significance" under the editorship of John George Glover, Associate Professor of Business Management, and William Bouck Cornell, Professor of Management and Chairman of the Department of Business Management. The 4l chapters of this book, which is described by Dean John T. Madden of the School of Commerce in a foreword as "the thrilling story of the development of American industry" are contributed by the representatives of 4O different industries together with a chapter on labor by William Green, President of the American Federation of Labor.
The chapter on the lumber industry is contributed by Theodore M. Knappen, Director of Information, C. Stowell Smith, Forest Economist, and Arthur T. IJpson, Wood Technologist of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. This chapter constitutes a concise and convenient as well as absorbing summary of the history of the lumber industry in the United States, with an account of its organization, administration, problems and achievements. Inasmuch as the lumber chapter appears with authoritative accounts of all the other great industries of America, lumbermen will find in this volume a convenient reference medium for their office bookcase.
This book is published by Prentice-Hall, Inc., New York.
Camp, Franklin, Virginia; V. L. Clark, Des Moines, Iowa; Wilson Compton, Washington, D. C.; Col. W. B. Greeley, Seattle, Washington; J. P. Hemphill, Madera, Calif.; H. C. Hornby, Cloquet, Minn.; Owen Johnson, Manchester, N. H.; B. W. Lakin, McCloud, Calif.; C. R. Macpherson, Palatka, Fla.; A. S. Murphy, San Francisco, Calif.; F. W. Reimers, Ifammond, La. ; A. Trieschmann, Chicago, Ill.; J. S. Weidman, Jr., Trout Creek, Mich.; D. J. Winton, Minneapolis, Minn.
California will this year be host to the Society of A.merican Foresters at their thirty-second annual conference to be held in San Francisco, Dec. 12-16, followed by field trips from Los Angeles into the mountains of southern California on Dec. 17-18, according to announcement by Dr. E. P. Meinecke, chairman of the committee on arrangements.
The Society of American Foresters, which was organized in 190O, is 'composed of more.than 1,600 technically trained foresters and scientists of the United States and Canada in the employ of Federal and State forestry departments, private organizations and companies and forest schools and associations. The last time the annual meeting was held in the West was in California in 1927.
The first two days of the conference, on which'the Council meets, offer an opportunity for trips of great scenic and professional interest into the redwood and Sierra Nevada regions. The program for the general meetings on'Dec. 14-15, will bring together nationally known leaders for a frank discussion from all angles of the present status of the idea of conservation in forestry and of the outlook for the future. Dec. 16 will be devoted to a discussion of Society affairs. The annual banquet will be held in San Francisco.
Field trips in southern California will take the delegates into the timbered and chaparral regions of the Angeles and San Bernardino National Forests where they will obtain first-hand information on the pressing water conservation and fire problems of the southland.
Many leading foresters from all parts of the United States have signified their intention to come to California for the annual conference.
Frank S. Wallwork, retired lumberman, died at his home in San Gabriel, Calif., early Friday morning, October 21. He was a native of Massachusetts and was 75 years of age. Funeral services were held at San Gabriel on Monday afternoon, October 24.
Mr. Wallwork was aonnected with the Boyle Heights Lumber Co. in Los Angeles for twenty-five years; the last fourteen years he was the owner of the business. lfe retired from business about three years ago when he sold the yard.
He is survived by his wife, and a work, who resides at Zearing,.Iowa.
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The railways of the country are keenly interested in the movement to utilize the thousands of tons of recoverable wood waste annually being thrown away at the present time, according to John Foley of Philadelphia, Forester of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. The lvood industries now are following the example of other industries in turning their waste piles into profit, he stated.
Not only is wood ground into flour for certain uses, but even sawdust is used as raw material for a number of important products, such as composition materials, linoleum, explosives, insulation, and many others. Much of the sarvmill waste now is utilized by domestic pulp mills and turned into pulp and paper products.
While it is often impracticabie to haul sarvmill rvaste long distances, on account of its bulky nature, local byproducts industries with the sawmill as the center, are being established. Furthermore, close utilization of our timber resources, according to Mr. Foley, is the real foundation for commercial reforestation, a matter of great interest to the railways and the general public.
Mr. Foley, who is a member of the executive comn-rittee of the National Committde on Wood Utilization of the Department of Commerce, stated that the committee's work in making a detailed survey of wood rvaste of the Atlantic Coast states is of a constructive and practical nature.
"It is gratifying to learn that aclvantage is taken of this work and that increased employment and industrial activity have followed." he stated.
California lumberman with executive ability and with fifteen years practical experience in the logging, mill, wholesale and retail ends of the business is open for a position with a progressive lumber company where responsibility and initiative is essential. Position must have good future pro3pects. At present employed and for the past ten years has been manager and sales manager of large metropolitan wholesale and retail yard in California. Extensive acquaintanceship with lumber executives, manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers on the Pacific Coast. Will consider going to Orient, Central or South American countries. Address Box C-458, Care California Lumber Merchant.
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Tiny wood beetles that act as "pa,ck horses" for fungi that injure timber is the latest discovery of Government scientists working in the national forests of the Pacific Coast States. It has been found that the micros,copi,c spores of the blue-stain fungus, which frequently attacks fire killed trees as well as lumber stacked in yards, atta,ch themselves to wood-boring beetles and are thus transported to other trees where they take root and start their destructive growth. ***
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