Retailers' Annual Convention

(Continued from Page 10) ers, Mr. Stewart said the large majority of mills don't countenance such practice, and pointed out that by organ- ization the retailers can control this situation. In the course of his comment Mr. Harris urged the importance of the retail lumber industry working on the proltlems of credit and unfair practices.

H. W. Cole, vice-president Hammond Lumber Co., San Francisco, president of the California Redwood Association, spoke on "Provisions and Operation of the Manufacturers' Code, Redwood Division. as It Will Affect the California Retail Trade."

Mr. Cole, rvho is also Executive Officer of the Redr,vood Division of the Lumber Code Authority, and spent two months in Washington when the National Code was being formulated, took time to commend the work of Al Hager, prominent Eastern retailer, on the Nrational Retail Code. He referred to the harmonious relations prevailing between the manufacturers of Redwood and the CaliforniJ retailers, and outlined the important provisions covered by the Sup- plementary Redwood Code. He discussed the increased cost of producing Redwood under the Code, which may be anywhere from six to twelve dollars per thousand, terms of sale, fixed price, the prohibition of blanket orders, transit rail or_ cargo shipments, grade marking, etc. Following his talk Mr. Cole answered a lot of questions. Some of these were: Why are industrial buyers favored over retail buyers? How does the'Code define a wholesaler, and a commission man? Can tvholesalers or sawmills sell to contractors ? How about price to wholesaler rvith retail yards ?