BRADTEY BRAND HARDIIIO()DS

Scientifrc Hh drying prc.erYet within our productr ntturetr eturdy and beautiful qualitier' while

Modern machinery and ddlled human effort irutifiee our elogrn

P. C. Construction for Year

The following table shows the trend of Pacific coast building for the first nine months of this year as compared to the first nine months of.19?32

Furniture Stock in Setr CUT TO SIZE Rc.dy to Ar*mblc

Fht Surfacs Hu&rood Trin S.ndd

I93 .OUT OF 252 SAWUILLS SHOW WAGE IN. CREASES SINCE T921

Washington, D. C., Nov. 5.-In a survey of "Wagis ?nd Ilours of Labor in Lumber Manufacturing in thc Unitcd States, 1923," conducted in 252 representative mills in 23 manufacturing states, the Bureau of I-abor Statistics finds that in th'e 252 mills:

193 made het increases in wages' as comtrnred . with July 1, 1921, ranging for ll8 mills, from I to 50 per cent, with average increasc of 16 per cent;

48 made no net changes in wages since July l, l92r; 8 made net reductions, 7 ranging fuoa 4 to 8 per cent, with average reduction of 14 per cent.

Of these 252 mills, the National Lumber Manufacturers Association says in a review of this survey' appeari-qg !n the November- 7 issue of the National Lumber Bulletin, that ! I mills reported payment of 5O per cent increase for overtime work,-l0 of ihe ll being located on the Pacific Coast and one in Maine. The same rate for overtime as for regular time was paid in 241 mills.

..\f,IOODY'S" NEW YARD

Ptans for further extension of the Woodhead Lumber Company ufere completed recently, when that organization iooi< over the ylrd and business of the Garden City Lumber Company -at ll?6 Tweedy boulevard, I-" Ao: geles. This niw branch will be operated by thc Woodhead people under the same general plan as the other yards now being conducted by them.

T[ere will be no change in the executive personnel at the yard just acquired. S. L. Stofe will continue to manage -the businesi. J. H. Bond will be in char-ge of thg ohce, as before, witfi A. H. Corliss as manager of the yard.

BERT COOPER A CALIFORNI/A VISITOR

Bert Cooper, of the Brighton Mills Company, of Portland, was a iecent Californii visitor, where he spent several davs lookins over conditions in the California market. White in the" Bay District, he was a caller at the offices of the Wendling-Nathan Lumber Co.

t'ftHB fotemoet policv of the Weyethaeueer mills is that of making I hflr.e".itry, uniform lunber and delivering it to the retailerin sale' *fi-J"rriieon.'To maintain thio high stan&rd of quality demandr exacting attention to hundreds of 6.tailr. cutting equipment Eust fk;;.il"p at all timea lf the lumber is to be etraight-and tme' In w..roh""orir mills tawE are echeduled to go to tho filing room at certln definite 'met throughout the work day' The minute a eaw ahowr the elightc* dfn of weel, 6c powcr tr Snt od ad ln gocr-r 6"ri ;;. Tf,e job oFp'roec"lv in-g ind twGdirg rawrir Pe'utrady ain rft and intricatc. it d"ni"Ar - g!"rt dc.l of erpcrtcace. Therc arle no better or Eorc crpcficnccd raw f,lctr in thc lumbet bucincl A"t-L"* "t W"y".t"-L nilb. Thc photograph-above.t!"ry $" filing