The California Lumber Merchant - November 1933

TO THE LUMBER DEALERS OF CALIFORNIA

california was a stare of less than half a million people when we built our frrst mill on Humboldt Bay-sevetrry y""r, ,gt. That population has grown to over six millions.

'We, too, have grown-but we have not grown away from our original policies of doing business, nor have we divorced the principles on which this business was founded.

If you have been in the retail lumber business in california for many years, you know that the name Dolbeer & Carson has always stood for "Quality Redwood and Conscientious Service"-it still does today.

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Asociated Lumber Mutuals

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California Panel & Veneer Co. --------------I.B.C.

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Cetotex Company, The Chamberlin & Co., V/. R. -----------------------------.21

Cooper Lumber Co, V. E. ----------------------------21

C.oor Bay Lumber Co. ------------,--- -------------------- 3

Da[er Machine & Locomotive Vorke ----------.23

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Hammond Lumber Co. ---------------- --------------------21

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Lciop Lumber Company ----------.2, Lumbermen'e Service Asrociation

McConnick Lunber Co., Chae. R. ------------------11

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LOS ANGELES, CAL, NOVEMBER 15, 1933

How Lumber Looks

New business at the lumber mills bdoked during the ended November 4, 193t, was the heaviest reported in weeks and productio,n was down to May levels, acconding to rePorts to the Nationd Lumber Manufacturers Association from the regional associations covering the operations of leading hardwood and softwood mills. Reports made by !.J62 American mills geve ^ total production of 15913671000 feet; shipments 155'38t'000 feet; orders 169r662,(X)0 feet. Production of 22 Britieh Columbia mills reported by the Vest Coast Lumbermen's Association was l2rztgr000 feet; shipments 9r725'fi)0 feet; orders 1E,259,fi)O feet.

we€k four November 4 as 2g7ll,000 feet, or 9 per cent below production, and shipments 2613541000 feet, or 10 pet cent below production. Productio,n was 29r28f00 feet.

The California Redwood Association for the month of September, 1933, reported Orders Received fot 12 mills ar 19r 6811000 feet; Orders on Hand 2416631000 feet; Shipmente 22,0r5r000 feet; Production 15,987,0fi) feet.

A total of 460 dovm and operating mills rcporting to the West Coast Lumberments Association for the week ended November 4 produced 86,97O,42E f.eet.

New business reported for the week by 395 mills was 94$2lr6E7 feeg shipments 75,7151977 feet, and production 8l'199,782 feet. Cument saleswere ovet productiotr by l5,SlVo, and shipmenta were under the output by 6.98Vo. The orders booked for the week by this group of mills were 26r000r0(X) feet, or 7fls over the precedin3 wee*k.

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended Novembet 4 reported new business for 85 mills as 22r772rOO0 feet, shipments 1911651000 feet, and production 2011461000 feet. Orders were 13 per cent above production and 19 per cent above shipments. Shipments were 5 per cent below production.

The Western Pine Association for the week reported new business for 150 mills as 3115881000 feet, shipments 31'6561000 feet, and production 7tr456r000 feet, Orders were .3 per cent above production and .2 pet cent below shipments. Shipments were one per cent above production. *

6E3 hardwood mills gave new business for the week ended CREO.DIPT HEAD VISITS COAST

J. D. Giles, president of the Creo-Dipt Co., Inc., North Tonawanda, N. Y., visited Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles in the latter part of October.

Mr. Giles, who is also president of the National Stained Shingle Association, the agency for the administration of the Stained Shingle Division of the Lumber Code, spent some time in the Northwest on Code business and visited his company's plant at Seattle.

In San Francisco he conferred with the Santa Fe Lumber Co., Northern California representative for Creo-Dipt products,'and in Southern California with Fisk & Mason, Pasadena, Southern California representatives.

Details of orders and shipments were as follows: Orders Re. ceived-Northern California 6,977rAOO feet; Southern Califotnia 3r2O2rO0/J feet; Vestern 63rq)O feet; Eastetn Er366r000 feet; Foreign 1,315,000 feet. Shipmetrts-No'rthern California Er 6691000 feet; Southetn California 3,227,OOO feet; Vestern 1501 0O0 feet; Easte'rn 8,944OO0 {eet; Foreigrr 1,045p00 fect.

In anticipation of t{re minimum coot production prices going into effect the California demand showed a big increase during the first ten days of the month. Unsold stocks on the public docks at Los Angeles on November 6 totaled 670 000 fe€t. Cargo arivale at the port of Loo Angeles for the week ended Novembet 6 totaled 8rt30r000 feet which included 12 catges of Fir with 7r957ro00 feet, and one cargo of Redwood with 37trO0O f.eet. 56 vesoels were operating in the coastwise lumber trade on November 1; 49 vessels were laid up.

CALLING ON EASTERN TRADE

H. W. Swafford, E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles, is rnaking a business trip through the Middle Western and Eastern states where he is calling on the trade and their Sugar Pine and California White Pine connections. He will return to Los Angeles the latter part of the month.

HARRY B. AISTHORPE ON SICK LIST

Harry B. Aisthorpe of Chico, well known Northern California retail lumberman, was operated on for appendicitis at the Enloe Hospital on November 6. Mr. Aisthorpe is assistant manager of the Aisthorpe Lumber Co. at Chico.

WILL BE BACK ON TERRITORY DECEMBER 1

C. H. Miller, Los Angeles, Southern California representative for the Weyerhaeuser Sales Company, is convalescing from a recent eye operation and w.ill be back on his territory about December 1. During his illness, Bill Morrison, who represents the company in the Valley territory with headquarters at Sacramento, is also calling on the Southern California trade.

J. E. MARTIN Mrnafba Edit.t

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Minimum Cost Protection Prices Now In Effect

The cost protection, or minimum prices established by the Lumber Code Authority for the various grades, items and classifications are already in operation in many of the divisions in the lumber industry.. The prices published are figured on f.o.b. mill basis, but in order to preserve existing competitive relationship in the industry, a formula prescribes the method by which each bran,ch of the industry computes the "delivered prices" or prices including freight to destination.

Minimum prices for Douglas Fir and West Coast Hemlock became effective on November 11. The established prices for Fir and Hemlock on Commons are a little over the 004 list of July 5 ; flooring advan,ces 50,cents on most grades while the other uppers show little or no change, and some No. 3 Common items show a slight advance while others a corresponding decline.

Minimum prices on other species and classifications become effective on the following dates: Redwood, November 19; Sitka Spruce, November 11; Ponderosa and California White Pine, November 16; Idaho White Pine, November 16; Sugar Pine, November 16; Western Red Cedar, November 14; Red Cedar Shingles, November 13; Douglas Fir Doors, November 14; Douglas Fir Plywood, November 14; Appalachian and Southern Hardwoods, Southern Yel-

low Cypress, November 11; Northeastern Hardwoods, November 10; Northern Hardwoods, November 10; Northern Hemlock Lumber, November 10; Southern Yellow Pine, November 9; Philippine Mahogany and Philippine Hardwoods, November 10; Oak, Maple, Beech and Bir,ch Flooring, November 7; Northern White Pine, November lZ; North Central Hardwoods, November 16; Northeastern Softwoods, November 16; American and African Mahogany, November 10; Commercial Rotary Cut Veneer Hardwood Plywood, November 7.

The Rules of Fair Trade Practice, Schedule B of the Code, covering terms of sales to buyers, maximurn discounts to wholesalers and maximum ,commissions to commission men, became effective November 1.

ARTHUR BEVAN VISITS CALIFORNIA

Arthur Bevan, se,cretary-manager of the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, Seattle, left San Francisco November 3 after a short visit to Los Angeles and San Fran.cisco on his way home from a month's trip to the East. Mr. Bevan spent a good part of this time in Washington where he attended a standardization meeting at the Department of Commerce.

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V.gabond Editorials

By Jack Dionne

With every day that passes I become more convinced that the only successful man is the one who is always trying to stir up a little fun and happiness, for himself and the other fellow. As Tom Dreier so well puts it: "The man who immortalizes each moment knows in the truest sense what immortality really is."

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An ofEcial criticism of the movies made during a discussion of the moving picture code at Washington was that they pay "unconscionable salaries to immature persons." What the "brain trust"er meant was that they pay big salaries to babies.

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Baby Leroy, famous infant of the screen and just now learning to talk, nearly ruined several sets in a recent picture by insisting on saying "Nuts" at most inopportune times. Some wag unknown taught him the exclamation and he liked it, causing many re-takes.

And then there was .n" *:, luno ,norrrht the Comrnunity Chest was the bust of the Mae West. ***

The truth and accuracy of certain cigarette ads are to be tested in a Federal Court. Aw, listen ! They'll be testing the sincerity of legal addresses to juries next. ***

Throwing Tammany out of New York City may be good for the moral situation, all right, but think of the unemployment angle !

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There is some question as to which is the fastest thing in the world, airplanes that fly three hundred miles an hour, or Hitler passing a synagogue? ***

Suppode we ignorant folks talk money again, for a minute. This nation through the R.F.C. is now in the market buying gold. We fix the price of that gold ourselves, arbitrarily. We say: "The price of gold today is $32 an ounce." So we buy it at that figure. Why so high, everyone asks? Let's see if we can guess. *rr+

Let us assume that we buy one billion dollars worth of gold bullion, at $32, which is about where it is today, according to our Governmental gold price fixing. We pay for that billion dollars worth of gold $1,600,000,000.

How do we pay it? In debentures-ninety day notes to be exact-of the United States Government.

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And what becomes of those notes? They are taken to the Treasury, of course, and cashed. There is an in,finitesimal discount charged for such cashing. So, by buying this billion dollars worth of gold bullion we have put into circulation $1,600,000,000 in currency. ***

But that isn't all. The billion dollars worth of bullion goes into the United States Treasury gold reserve. The gold reserve must be 40 per cent of any new currency issued against it. So that billion dollars added to our gold reserve gives us an actual gold reserve basis for printing and issuing $1,500,000,000 in currency-"sound money" socalled, backed by a gold reserve.

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So it seems that by arbitrarily fixing the price of gold at $32 per ounce and buying a billion dollars worth at that price we would put into circulation $1,600,000,0(X) currency which was paid for the gold; and make it possible to issue an additional $1,500,000,000 currency with the newly bought gold for backing; a total of $3,100,0000,0fi) that we could put into circulation today by buying a billion dollars worth of gold at the price we ourselves have fixed. Did I say "No infation?" Pardon me! My error! ***

When we had finished that transaction we would have a billion dollars worth of gold bullion in our national treasury, and $3,100,000,000 additional currency in circulation. Not bad, eh? ***

It looks, off hand, as though the guy with a little bunch of gold hidden away, was sitting pretty. A short time ago twenty dollars was the price of an ounce of gold. Today it is about $32. Drag otrt your hoard and get your huge profit. But there's another hitch. Uncle Sam has a law against hoarding gold. You might get your profit, and the Federal Pen might get you. So you see, there's no profit there. ***

The Hon. Stanley Baldwin, famous English Statesman, declared the other day that the American constitution has broken down, and that America is in the hands of a dictatorship. Nix, Stanley, nix ! Your trouble is you've

been listening to General Johnson instead of President Roosevelt. And. there IS a difference !

The administrator's U"t*",r"" that the freedom of the press is NOT to be restricted by NRA-as has been frequently declared of late throughout the nation-wasn,t needed in my case. My respect and admiration for Mr. Roosevelt destroyed any possibility of such belief.

General Johnson n., -luJ" L. ", speeches in the past ten days, and declared in potent and fiery terms that 90 per cent of the nation likes the NRA. And I, who have traveled far of late, and talked to many men of rnany minds, can but marvel at such a statement.

The other day r sat ,": ; Jrr"rr,"", convention beside a man just returned from Washington, who was scheduled to speak in behalf of a code and the NRA. Just before he rose to speak, he said to me-,,God forgive me for being a hypocrite, for f won't mean a word I'm going to say."

As far as the lumber ,:J,t; is concerned, it looks to me as though they were trying to make a horse fit a harness; and I'm deeply concerned about the welfare of the horse.

A friend of mine says that every time he thinks about our present business-Governmental situation, he feels like Daniel Boone must have felt one time. Sorneone said to the famous *oo6"-3n-"Mr. Boone, were you ever lost in your life!" Daniel replied, "No, f never was lost: I

was BEWILDERED for three days once, but I never was lost."

The lumber industry n* :*a lrr,"."U into ariother phase of enormous importance. The minimum price has arrived and isin force and effect. How will it result? What will happen as a result of it? The eyes of the industry will be fixed with intense interest on every day's developments in the next few weeks that must tell the story.

Most of the lumber "tO ," ati" p."a six weeks has been at a level far below the present fixed minimum. Mills that have tried to get cost for their lumber have had to sit on the sidelines and watch the available business go by. The chiselers got the orders-or most of them.

Even the United States Government whose code forced upward the cost of producing lumber, made many of its purchases for forestry cErmps from the lowest price makers, with no regard for the folks who were trying to back up the work of the NRA, according to report. ***

Composition roofing manufacturers who found themselves far underbid for this same forestry camp business, and found the contracts going to people not observing code rules as to hours and wages, had to go to Washington and wage a desperate fight to secure recognition for products made under code conditions. ***

Now we've got prices fixed and no one can legally sell below the government price. There will be some chisel-

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its wealth of real negro humor, goes on and on . o . The orders still come in o . Every new book owner remembers some one else who loves a good darkey story-and so the story spreads

Vagabond Editorials

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ing, of course. There always is. But as a whole this will bring relief to the people who have been operating under the code and trying to get code cost for their products. And the next question to be answered-the great and vital one-is, how much will the public buy at the new Price?

The answer is going to have to depend a great deal on the rapid development of building credit. The present buying power of the nation won't do the trick at all. I'm stitl hoping that the Government will in some direct fashion offer to finance the building of modest homes for worthy people on something the same terms it has been ofrering to constructors of public works, namely, 4 per cent interest with a long time to pay. Such an offer would put millions upon millions of people to work-AT ONCE. *tF*

In the meantime, with everyone paying the same price for lumber products, the reaction of the lumber industry is a thing that not only the lumber folks, but the entire nation. must watch with anxiety. For the fate of the

building industry and the prosperity of the nation are closely allied.

I believe that conditions are on the up. I see sorne industries that are faltering, and others that are staggering, but on the whole I think things are better. Our morale is better-and getting better. The entire world is recovering from depression. England---so I gather from what I read-is showing more improvement than thre United States-without codes. This naiion and this world have known many panics. Recovery always came. It always will. We might truthfully quote the words of the late Monsieur Couie and say: "Every day in every way we're getting better and better." We ARE. There's no doubt about it. Whether we get there by reason of the gocd in NRA or in spite of the bad in it, or regardless of either -is of secondary irnportance. We are apparently getting well. Suicides are falling off. So are failures. We can point to a variety of signs of improvement.

Let us work and pray.

Forest Industries \(/elcome Silcox Holmes Eureka Lumber Co. Moves a3 New Forestry ChUf San Francisco Officc

Washington, D. C., November 3.-The forest industries look with favor upon the appointment of F. A. Silcox as Chief of the U. S. Forest Service, to succeed the late Major R. Y. Stuart. Wilson Compton, head of American Forest Produ'cts Industries and the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, said today that Mr. Silcox' fine record of service in the U. S. Forest Service for nearly twenty years has given him a practical knowledge of forestry problems which, united to his notable business experience during and since the World War, equip him for his duties' Mr. Slkox' experience outside of the public service as well as in it suggests that his administration may seek to tackle the fundamental economic problems involved in promoting the recent epochal cooperative undertaking between timbermen, professional foresters and public agencies brought about under the conservation provisions of the Lumber Code.

SEATTLE LUMBERMAN VISITS S. F.

Alvin N. Schwager, vice-president of the Nettleton Lumber Co., Seattle, was a recent visitor to San Francisco' While there he attended the U. S. C.-California football game at Berkeley, October 28.

Holmes Eureka Lumber Co. will move from their present offices in the Monadnock Building, San Francisco, to 1505 Financial Center Building, corner Montgomery and California Streets, November 18. Their telephone number will remain the same, GArfield 1921. The new ofrces are in the same building as the California Redwood Association, and are within a few blocks of the offices of all the other Redwood companies.

It is interesting to note that the Holmes Eureka Lumber Co. was the first tenant to move into the rebuilt Monadnock Building after the fire in 1906.

Council Meets in San Francisco

California Lumbermen's Council met in the Whitcomb Hotel, San Francisco, on Wednesday evening, October 25, the evening before the opening of the State Convention. President George N. Ley, Santa Cruz Lumber Co., presided.

Elmore W. King, King Lumber Co., Bakersfield, is vicepresident of the Coun,cil, and Merle D. Bishop, Watsonville, is secretary-treasurer.

Andrew F. Mahony

Andrew F. Mahony, Sr., prominent in the lumber and shipping business in San Francisco and former police Commissioner, died November 8 in the Fren,ch Hospital, San Fran,cisco, after an illness of ten days.

Mr. Mahony was stricken with apoplexy in his offi,ce at I Drumm Street on O,ctober 28.

He was born in San Fran,cisco sixty-four years ago, and for the first twenty years of his business life was connected with the ,clothing manufacturing business. Immediately following the fire in 1906 he purchase<l two sailing ships and entered the lumber and shipping business. He subsequently acquired other ships and substantial lumber interests, and operated a fleet of lumber ships up to the time of his death.

Mr. Mahony was first appointed to the San Francisco Police Commission in 1919 by Mayor James Rolph Jr., and served continuously antil 1932. He was an outstanding member of the commission and was always a picturesque and forceful figure.

Ife was a champion boxer of the Olympic Club in his younger days, and always took a keen interest in boxing. He is survived by his widow and two children, Andrew F. Mahony, Jr., and Mrs. B. L. Haviside.

Redwood Sawmill Quotas Set For November and December

Individual mill production quotas for the months of November and December for all the sawmills in the Redwood division were allocated at a meeting of the directors of the California Redwood Association held in San Francisco, November 10. The total cut for the mills in the Redwood Division for November and December will be 38,677,00Of.eet.

Forest Service Egtablishes NIRA Camps

In addition to the ninety-five C. C. C. camps in the national forests of California this winter, the Forest Service will have a total of fifty-five camps employing about 1,500 men on activities under NIRA appropriations amounting to $1,228,000, according to a report by S. B. Show, regional forester. This allotment will be used mainly for the payment of wages and subsisten,ce of work crews selected from local re-employment registers.

There will be 41 camps for truck trail and firebreak ,construction, five on insect control, three will do cultural work in the forests and six on range management and erosion control.

Insect control work will be carried on in the Lassen, Modoc, Stanislaus and Sierra Forests; erosion control in the Lassen, Mendocino, Modoc, Santa Barbara and Tahoe; cultural work on the Lassen, Plumas and Stanislaus.

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7th Floor, Alaska-Commercial 310 Sansome Street

San Francisco

AGENTS

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American MiIl Co.

Floquiam Lumber & Shingle Co.

Hulbert Mill Co. .

Willapa Flarbor Lumber Mille

Edna Sanitam Trinidad

Barbara Cates

Dorothy Cahill

Edna Chrietenson

STEAMERS

- Aberdeen, Wach. Hoquiam, Vaoh.

- Aberdeen, Vash. Raymond, \Pash.

Jane Chrictenson

Annie Christenson

Edwin Christengon

Catherine G. Sudden

Eleanor Chrirteneon

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Lumber Code Authority Approves Cost Protection Prices and Fair Trade Practice Rulesr-r Allocates Production

Washington, D. C., Nov. 4.-The approval of minimum cost-protection prices and rules of fair trade practice and the eitablishment of production quotas for November and December are the three outstanding achievements of the Lumber Code Authority session rvhich began here October 16 and which ended November 2nd.

The ,cost-protection prices established by the Authority's action become effective ten days after publication' Although all prices are listed on f.o.b. mill bases, a formula prescribing for each branch of the industry the method by which delivered prices or prices including freight to destination shall be computed is included. These adjustrnents of the freight factor which is a constant are necessary to preserve the competitive relationships existing within the industry, so that forest products rnay continue to reach their competitive markets without restriction'

The cost-protection prices, however, do not "fix" the prices of lumber. They merely attempt to establish minimum market levels which will effect a return to the pro- r ducers sufficient to pay Code rvages and rvork Code hours' While the Code authorized prices that rvould prote'ct the full cost of production, it lvas decided to forego a measure of this protection rather than disturb present market relations. In a great many items the prices are predicated upon no return at all for stumpage values, in othet cases only slight return. Some of the figures will not returu any sttlmpage or any depreciation. The cost-protection prices will average ab'out the same as Present rvhole-sale prices -in se11g cases a trifle lower.

This putting into efiect of Article IX is the culmination of the r.r'ork of the Cost Advisory Committee, r'vhich bodl', after exhaustive preparation in their respective regions, assembled in Washington Octobet 2 for the coordinating of their figures and remained in session continuously until their reports were approved by the Authority.

The all-imp,ortant rules of fair trade practi'ce resulted from recommeindations by the various divisions and subdivisions which were ,collated and arranged by a committee of experts under the chairmanship of Harry T. Kendall, who has for a long time been chairman of the National Lumber Manufacturers Fair Trade Practice Committee' Several amendments to Schedule B rvere proposed and rvill be submitted for the approval of the Administration, but the great bulk of the work was 'concerned with additions and exceptions offered by the various divisions under paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 2, S'chedule B. The effect of this work of amending and amplifying S'chedule B will be to codify the business ethi'cs of the industry. This is a development which has been sorely needed for years and which will be commended by practically every manufacturer under the jurisdi'ction of the Code.

In presenting the report of his committee Mr. Kendall

declared the members recognized the fact that there are certain servi,ces performed by wholesalers, in addition to or,dinary selling-such, for instance, as financing sarvmill operations-for which it was felt that additional allowan'ces should be provided in Schedule B. IIe recommended that a committee be appointed to consider this matter. Max Myers then made a statement to the efiect that the schedules of wholesale discounts as submitted were unsatisfactory in that they did not even approximate the costs of wholesale lumber distribution.

In approving allotments of produ,ction for final quarter of the year, the Authority exceeded the United States Timber Conservation Board's estimates of consumption for the quarter by approximately one-third. "In my opinion", declared John D. Tennant of Longview, Wash., Chairman of the Lumber Code Authority, "there is going to be a greater use of lumber next spring than consumption estimates for the final quarter of this year indicate. The industry must be prepared to supply any demands made upon it. For that reason, I heartily recommend authorized production of over 4,800,000,000 feet of lurnber for the final quarter."

"It behooves this industry", said C. Arthur Bruce, executive officer of the Authority, "to take into ac'count its responsibility to an army of employes and those dependent upon them. We must make assurance doubly sure that these employes are provided with work during the coming winter."

The follorving table shorvs the manner in w'hich the authorized production rvas allocated :

It was understood that the Northeastern Softwood Division and the Southern and Appalachian Subdivision would agree on a division of the 106,400,000 of the allotment for

Appalachian Softrvoods and Northeastern softwoods combined.

In considering the application of Article VIII, the Authority granted permission to the following divisions and subdivisions to apply the Interim Article during November and December: West Coast Logging and Lumber Division, Cypress Division, Northeastern Softwood Division, Northern Pine Division, Southern and Appalachian Hardwood Subdivision.

The Western Pine Division lvas also authorized to allot production quotas to persons subject to its jurisdiction under Article VIII in accordance rvith paragraphs 1,2, 3, 4 and 5 of Section (c), according to the following formula; hourly capacity, 40 per cent; past performance, 40 per cent; number of employes, 5 per cent; taxes paid, 5 per cent ; timber owned, 10 per cent.

The northern Hardwood Subclivision was authorized to use item 2, Section (c) of Article \IIII as the basis for allotment of its quota of production.

The Northern Hemlock Division, Northeasfern Softrvood Division, Northern Hardwood Sul>division and the Northeastern Hordw,ood Subdivision were authorized to allocate to eligible persons conducting seasonal operations production allotments for periods longer than three months. This allocation, however, is subje'ct to the discretion of the respective administrative agencies and to the approval of the Authority.

After discussing the proposed plan of the Hardwood Division to allot production quotas on a pro rata basis in accordan'ce with Census Bureau reports of hardwood lumber production for 1927,1928 and 1929, the Authority concluded that the Hardwood Coordinating Committee could proceed along these lines without the necessity of a Code amendment. It was also the sense of the Authority that in the case of Philippine or imported hardwoods, the subdivision having jurisdiction should submit import quota requisitions for the approval of the Hardwood Coordinating Committee.

In response to the Maple Flooring Association's request for a November and December quota, the Authority fixed their production for two months at 800,000,000 feet. The Division was authorized to allot persons under its jurisdiction on the basis of 80 per cent for past average yearly production and 20 per cent for average number of employes.

The face veneer subdivision of the Veneer and Plyrvood Division r,vas allotted 90,000,000 {eet of production for the months of November ancl December and was authorized to allot this quota to eligible mills in the subdivision on the basis pres'cribed by paragraph 2, Section (c), Article VIII, using shipments of 1927, 1928 and 1929 as a basis. For mills not in operation during this period the subdivision was authorized to apply a method conforming to paragraph 3, Se'ction (d), Article VIII.

The Plywood Package Subdivision was granted a production quota of 90,000,000 feet, surface measure, for the period covered by the months of November, Decernber and January and was authorized to allot this quota to eligible persons under the formula prescribed by Article VIII (c) (2), although where it is impossible to determine' allocation under this paragraph Article VIii (d) (3) rvill be used.

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MY FAVORITE STORIES

By Jack Dionne

Ag not guaranteed---Some I have told lor 20 years---Some less

ADillercnce Large Though Small

They brought the colored brother into the court in Birmingham, and he was gloriously drunk.

ttMoser" said the justice, who knew him, "what on earth did you drink that got you so drunk?"

"Nuthin' but just dishere three pint two, Judge," teplied Mose.

"What?" exclaimed the Judge. "You mean to tell me you got such a load as this on three point two beer?"

"Nossuh, Judge," said the niggfer. 'NOT three point turo. Three PINT two. Three pints of whiskey to two of beer."

December Production Allotmenb Lumber Code Authority Approves for \(/estern Pine Will Be Minimum Prices for lmported

Determined Nov. 25 Woods

Portland, Ore., Nov. 3.-On November 25th, production allotments for December will be determined for sawmills located in the 'Western Pine Division, according to official notice given today by the Western Pine Association to all known sawmill operators in the Division.

Under the provisions of Article VIII (b) of the Lumber Code, any "Person" desiring to operate during the month of December, 1933 shall give the Western Pine Association, as administrative agency of the Lumber Code Authority in the Division, written notice on or before November 15th, and present acceptable eviden.ce of ability to operate and su,ch supporting data as is necessary to determine and assign a production allotment. If the information requested of the individual manufacturer and his application for a December allotment are not received by November 15th, any operation by the manufacturer during December will be considered in violation of the Lumber Code and subject to the penalties provided in the National Industrial Recovery Act and in the Lumber Code itself.

The necessary form for applying for an allotment and for furnishing supporting data, together with the notice of the allotment determination date set forth in its Bulletin No. 7; is being mailed today by the Western Pine Association to nearly 200O sawmills.

Ncw \(/holesaler in Oakland

Pyramid Lumber Sales Co. recently opened at 415 Pacific Building, Oakland, by Chris M. Wininger, will sell lumber products of all kinds at wholesale.

Mr. Wininger has spent twelve years in the lumber business, eleven and a half years of whi'ch time he was general purchasing agent for the Red River Lumber Co.. with headquarters in San Francisco.

Washington, D. C., Nov. 4-To protect domestic manufacturers against any unfair competition of imported woods the Lumber Code Authority has ruled that minimum prices for any foreign woods shall be equal at any delivery point to minimum cost-protection prices of the same or similar items of domestic species.

Under this ruling the authority declared that European (including Russian) spruce, pine or fir, Eastern Canadian spruce and Balsam fir must be sold at prices not lower than minimum cost-protection prices for equivalent items in northeastern spruce. Other comparisons follow:

(Imported)

Eastern Canadian Hemlock

Northern White Pine

Canadian Western White

Norway Pine

(Domestic)

N. E. Hemlock

Northern White Pine

Idaho White Pine

Norway Pine

Canadian Aspen Aspen

Jack Pine Jack Pine

Canadian Western White Spruce Northern Spruce (Northern Pine Division)

Englemann Spruce Englemann Spruce

Sitka Spruce Sitka Spruce

Canadian Western Larch

Canadian West Coast Hemlock

Western Larch

West Coast Hemlock

Canadian Douglas Fir Douglas Fir

Canadian Western Red Cedar

Western Red Cedar Shingles

Mexican Softwoods

Eurooean or Canadian Oak

Eutopean or Canadian Beech, Birch, or Maple

Asiatic Oak of Maple

Candian Maple, Beech or Birch

Flooring

Western Red Cedar

Western Red Cedar Shingles

Ponderosa Pine

Appalachian Oak

N. E. Beech, Birch or Maplc

Appalachian Oak

Maple, Beech, or Birch Flooring

With Holmes Eureka

John Freeman, former field man of the California Red'wood Association in the East Bay territory, has joined the stafi of Holmes Eureka Lumber Co., San Francisco. He will do trade promotion and field work, and will also be retail servi,ce man for this firm's HE products.

BAIN urud nesteeted, BOOFS

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JUPE, THE OLD RAIN.MAKER, IS BACK ON THE JOB!!

Jupiter Pluvius, also the Master Roofing Salesman, his brief case full of persuasive demonsrations, has come back to work for you.

OId Pluvius, with his uncanny knack of searching out hidden leaks, worn out fashings and rusted valleys, proves without a question of a doubt to the home-owner the need of a new roof or extensive repairs.

,Ffis sales methods while crude and old-fashioned, are absolutely thorough and effective. The Old Boy neuer rnisses a prospect.

HE HAS YET TO PASS UP A NEGLECTED ROOF!!

PIONENB PAI

Lhe old rilin rnilker

ARE YOU PREPARED TO HANDLE JUPE'S CUSTOMERS2

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Show them the New PIONEER HANDY ROOF PATCHING OUTFIT. This quick, effective and inexpensive package forroof repairs is going over in a BIG way!

For extensive repairs, sell him PIONEER STATIC ROOF COATING.

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Display Pioneer Products NOV/! . Cash in on Jupe's calls.

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Approves Cost Protection Prices and Rules of Fair Trade Practiss---Allocates Production

Continued from Page 11)

The Eastern Shook and Wooden Boi Group of the Wooden Box Subdivision was granted a production quota of 60,000,000 feet board measure for the period covered by the three months ending January 3I, 1934, and was authorized to allot this quota to eligible persons under the formula prescribed by Article VIII (c) (2).

The Authority ruled that any transfer of production allotments between operations under Section (g) of Article VIII could be made only with the approval of the appropriate division agency after presentation of acceptable evidence of ability to operate the mill from which it was proposed to transfer the allotment.

Wilson Compton reported on the work of a special committee which considered supplementary Code provisions for the Mahogany Subdivision. After dis,cussion this report, which was approved by the Hardwood Co-ordinating Committee, the Authority directed the executive officer to file with the Administration a Code amendment which would provide that quotas of imports of production for the Mahogany Subdivision, upon approval of the administrative agency and the Authority, could be made for periods greater than three months and be based on shipments, provided that no person be precluded from import or production sufficient to maintain at the end of any allotment period an inventory of logs and lumber equal in footage to the volume of his shipments during the preceding calendar year.

The Authority resolved that in its opinion the production of pulpwood should be promptly included under Code provisions comparable to those to which the production of logs is subject under the Code and that as far as it is practicable the administration of such provisions should be\ by the agencies established under the Lumber Code. The resolution further stated that additional necessary means of administration should be provided, either under the Lumber Code Authority, or otherwise.

Considerable discussion followed the presentation by the secretary of a statement of the Authority's finances, including the payinents of code fees by the several divisions. The executive officer was then directed to investigate the payment of code fees of the different divisions and subdivisions and to determine an equitable basis for these assessments. The Authority fixed the minimum payment of Code fees for each division and subdivision at $100.00 monthly.

The executive officer was directed to report to the several divisions the names of members of the Authority who frequently ab3ented themselves from its meetings and to advise the divisions that unless these members remained in constant attendance they would be replaced by others who will conform to the attendance rules.

A petition was presented by the Northwestern Lumbermen's Association asking that the Control Committee's ac-

tion of October 14th eliminating the Dupont sawmill and box factory from provisions of Articles VIII and IX be rescinded and after full discussion the Authority voted unanimously to reverse this ruling of the Control Committee.

Similar action was taken with respect to the status of the Fruit Growers Supply Company; the Authority adding that persons producing wooden packages must pay Code fees whether the packages are consumed by themselves or not. In response to a communication from the Wooden Package Division the Authority resolved that all Persons produ,cing wooden packages are subject to the jurisdiction of the Wooden Package Division and are required under the Code to pay fees to said Division or the appropriate subdivision or group agen'cy thereof having jurisdiction.

Proposed supplementary Code provisions for the Southern and Appalachian Hardwood Subdivision were withdrawn.

The executive offi'cer was instructed to prepare and file for Administration approval Code amendments covering the following:

Revised definitions for the products included under the Woodwork Division.

The inclusion of the County of El Paso within the jurisdiction of the Western Pine Association.

Extension of the jurisdiction of the Oak Flooring Division to include Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Changes in Philippine Mahogany Subdivision supplemental code after redrafting to conform to Article VIII of master ,code.

Limiting the amount of 'compensation to commission men and discount to wholesaler, combined, in any case of sale by commission man to wholesaler, to an amount not exceeding established discount to wholesalers.

Extending Code jurisdiction to hewn-tie industry and pres,cribing that Code provisions applicable to hewn-tie producers be administered by division agen'cies already established.

Tightening up paragraph (j) of Section 5, Schedule B' by submitting the following paragraph: "Neither manufacturers nor wholesalers shall place unsold stock in transit via rail or water, or place stock on consignment.

C. C. Sheppard, chairman of a committee appointed to confer with the Retail Lumber Code Authority on the matter of distribution, submitted the committee's recommendations, indicating that they had been approved by the retail administrative agency. Upon the basis of this report the Authority directed the executive officer to file for the Administration's approval an amendment to the Rules of Fair Trade Practice to be effective 60 days after approval providing that manufacturers and wholesalers confine their

sales to bona fide retail distributors, except State and Federal Government Departments, railroads, large users of industrial lumber who buy regularly in carload lots, (except purchases for construction purposes), and for ship yards, mines, large docks, dams and bridges.

Dr. Compton proposed an amendment tg the Code which would in'clude wholesalers and commission.'men under its jurisdiction. It was stated that this action was desirable in order to permit the control of redistribution of imported lumber and the products of farm wood lots.It was also urged that this action was necessary in order to impose the direct obligations of the Recovery Act on these groups and establish administrative responsibility for compliance by wholesale distributors and commission men. The Authority desired, however, that this question should be left to its December meeting.

After hearing the report of a special committee appointed to consider the matter of a new Division to include poles and piling, the Authority directed that each of the divisions in which these products are of substantial importance, establish standing committees to administer the provisions of the Code in respect to these products. The Authority also directed that the Executive Officer meallwhile confer with representatives of these divisions and of the Cedar Pole Association and the Southern Pole Treating Organization with a view to organizing a Pole, Piling and Post Division.

The Authority voted to establish a Subdivision for inter,coastal shippers of west coast lumber.

Realizing that errors and omissions might inadvertently occur in the approved schedules of cost-protection prices, the Authority authorized the Exe,cutive Officer to approve such ,corrections and additions as may be necessary in ,cases where he is satisfied that the correction will make no substantial change in any list as a whole and that it is consistent with the intent of the Authority. The secretary was directed to include on the cover page of each minimum price list the statement that it was subject to change at any time by the Lumber Code Authority.

Several matters were referred to the Control Committee for investigation, including the adjustment of minimum wages in the North Central Hardwood Subdivision, in the Pacific Veneer Package Division and in the Black Hills section,-and the petition of the Northeastern Lumbermen's Association asking that the Code be amended to

add the word "teamsters" to paragraph (a) Section 2 of Article VI.

The Authority resolved to endorse a letter sent to the President by the Honorable Monrad C. Wallgren, Congressman from the State of Washington, with reference to protecting the lumber industry of the country against imports of Russian lumber. The resolution requested that the President, in connection with the pending negotiations with Russia, give full consideration to the depressed conditions of the lumber industry and to provide the maximum protection possible against Russian forest products in our home markets.

The appeal of the Babcock Lumber and Coke Company of Pittsburgh, Penna., who sought permission to produce more lumber than provided in their produ'ction allotment, was denied by the Auth'ority. This concern, which owns mills at Hamlet, W. Va., and Maryville, Tenn., sought relief from an order of the Hardwood Manufacturers' Institute, which denie'd permission to operate two shifts at the Hamlet mill. The appeal was based upon the fact that the mill is built on leased ground. Although sustaining the decision of the administrative agency, the Authority permitted the Babcock people to arrange for transfer to the Hamlet mill of any allotment for the Maryville plant.

Appoints Traveling Auditors

Portland, Oregon, Oct. 30.-The Western Pine Association, in its Lumber Code Bulletin No. 5, released today, announ,ces the appointment of L. B. Stoddard, I. R. Crew, Frank Baker, C. L. Beaty, John Mardahl and J. F. Ravenscroft as Traveling Auditors of the Association. They will, as authorized agents of the Lumber Code Authority, visit all sawmills in the Western Pine Division to check and verify mill records, to make sure that all mills are complying with the provisions of the Lumber Code, and with rulings of the Division Agency. They also will assist mills, so far as they can, in applying the Code and in furnishing various statistical reports that are required. These men, working out of the Association's head offices at Portland, Oregon, have left for the different parts of the Division territory. and will visit each mill as soon as practicable.

THE FELLOW WHO'LL TAKE MY PLACE

Here is a toast I want to drink. To a fellow I'll never t11e1pTo the man who's going to take my place When it's time for me to go. I wonder what sort of a chap he'll be, And I hope I can take his hand, Just to whisper "I wish you well, old man," In a way that he'll understand.

I'd like to give the cheering word That I've longed at times to hear, I'd like to give him the warm hand clasp When never a friend seems near.

I've learned my lesson by sheer hard work And I wish I could pass it on, To the follow who'll come to take my place Some day when I am gone.

Will he see all the mistakes I've made? Will he count all the battles lost? Will he ever guess of the tears they've caused' Or heartaches they have cost? Will he see through failures and fruitless toil To the underlying plan? And catch a glimpse of the real intent In the heart of the vanquished man?

So here's to your health, old chap; I drink As a bridegroom to his bride.

I'll leave an unfinished task for youBut God knows how I tried-

I've dreamed my dream as all men do, And never a dream came true; And my prayer today is that all my dreams May be realized by you.

And we'll meet some day in the great unknown, Out in the realms of space i -

You'll know my clasp when I take your hand And gaze in your tired face.

Then all my failures will be successes, In the light of the new-found dawn; So here's to your health, you dear old chap Who'll take my place when I'm gone.

THE OTHER WAY

"Does you take dis woman fo' you' lawful wedded wife!" asked the colored parson, glancing at the short, diminutive, watery-eyed, bowlegged bridegroom who stood beside two hundred and ten pounds of feminine assurance. "Ah takes nuthin'," gloomily replied the bridegroom. "Ah'm bein'tooked."

ROBERT BURNS

His was a soul bathed in crystal. He hurried to avow everything. There was no reticence inhim. The only obscure passage in his life is the love-passage with Highland Mary, and as to that he was silent not from shame, but because it was a sealed and sacred episode. "What a flattering idea," he once wrote, "is a world to come. There shall I with speechless agony or rapture recognize my lost, my ever dear Mary, whose bosom was fraught with truth, honor, constancy, and love."

But he had, as the French say, the defects of his qualities. His imagination was a supreme and celestial gift, but his imagination often led him w4ong, and nwer more than with women. The chivalry that made Don Quixote see the heroic in all the common events of life made Burns (as his brother tells us) see a goddess in every girl he approached; hence many love affairs, and some guilty ones, but even these must be judged with reference to time and circumstances. This much is certain: had he been devoid of genius they would not have attracted attention. It is Burns' pedestal that affords a target.-Rosebery.

A DIRTY DIG

A Congressman from Indiana called an Illinois Congressman a jackass. The expression was unparliamentary and he was called upon for an apology.

"I'll withdraw the unfortunate word Mr. Speaker, but I insist that the gentleman from Illinois is out of order," said the gentleman from Indiana.

"FIow am I out of order?" yelled the gentleman from Illinois.

"I don't know for sure," said the gentleman from Indiana. "Possibly a veterinary surgeon could tell you."

Chest Agencies Stress Need of Protection lor Chlldren

Thousands of children of the depression will look to the Community Chests of the nation to assist them back to normalcy during the coming year, in accordance with the Chest programs throughout the country to aid those boys and girls who have been deprived not only of creature necessities during the past four years, but who have been in desperate need of intelligent and sympathetic guidance for their leisure hours.

Chest agencies everywhere are stressing the tremendous need of protection for boys and girls who now, more than ever, are endangered by the many injurious forces that thrive during periods of economic strife, according to Joseph Scott, president of the Los Angeles Community Chest. Chest character building and preventive agencies play important parts in these programs, giving helpful education, vocational, and recreational programs to benefit youth.

While aid and guidance to children will be the keynote of these prog'rams, it is just one of many phases of the Community Chest activities in caring for human needs other than those growing directly out of unemployment. These agencies will also deal with those people who are ineligible for governmental funds, the poor, the crippled, the sick, the handicapped and the aged.

Due to increased needs, and the necessity of paying sales tax as well as rising commodity prices on all material pur,chases, expenses of Chest agencies in California, at least, will be greatly increased during L933-34, according to Donald O'Melveny, campaign chairman of the Los Angeles Community Chest. O'Melveny pointed out that only a 20 per cent increase over the amount given last year rvould compensate for these additional operation costs and enables agencies in that city to effectively extend their services to additional thousands urgently in need of attention, and facing the possibilitl' of permanent impairment of their health, if neglected.

Not only do Chest agencies meet the emergencv, but the"v build for the future. Millions of dollars in civic health and crime bills in years to come would be saved by increased giving during these campaigns throughout the nation, O'Melveny stated.

Uncle Sam to Sell Game Animals

Flave you a little deer in your home? Or how about a nice live elk for the front yard, or a kind-faced buffa1o for the patio ? The U. S. Biological Survey invites bids for a surplus of l7O game animals on Federal reserves located in the national forests of Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. These animals must be disposed of to prevent overcrowding the range. Those not sold under the Bureau's invitation can be obtained for cost of handling and transportation, by State or municipal parks, zoos, or game preserves, by making special arrangements with the Survey.

The Protection of A Mutual Interest

Behind our policies is that mutual interest and desire to protect against loss. ft's not enough-though a definite obligation-to pay claime fairly and promptly. We help to prevent 6ree by cngineering counsel and elimination of hazards. We reduce ineurance cost by substantial dividends. We o{er protection PLUS. Vrite any ol our companies lor lull inlormation about our protection anil sauing

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California Building Permits for October

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Safe Sewage Disposal at Low Cost

Bv Agricultural Engineer,

' City life would be intolerable and in fact impossible without adequate sewer systems and clean drinking water. Lack of facilities for the proper disposal of sewage, and the resulting contamination of food and water supply, are responsible for the notably higher death rate in rural districts.

Running Water in kitchens and bathrooms and modern toilet conveniences are absolutely essential for the enjoyment of city comfort and health security in farmhouses, va'cation cabins and isolated dwellings. Where

There Are No Sewers

In cities and towns disposal means are provided by muni'cipal sewerage systems. Here the home builder has no sewage disposal problem, but in the country, and where .city sewers do not reach, the problem is of paramount importance.

i Where there are no sewers, wastes are best taken care tf, *ith greatest assurance against pollution of water sup!ply, in a septic tank. There is too mucl-r confusion in the 'minds of many as to just what is a "septic tank". Some ,are of the impression that it is some mysterious, massive structure of complicated design, more suitable for a municipality than for a modest cabin, farm-house or private dwelling. Although the principles and processes of operation are similar to those of expensive sewage disposal plants, the cost of a 'corre'ctly designed, properly built septic tank for individual home use is now nominal compared io other far less important requisites of the home.

. Siptic Tanks Are Not CessPools

Due largely to misunderstanding of the true requirements and functions of a septic tank, cesspools are sometimes provided under the misapprehension that they provide safe se\vage disposal. Aside from few exceptional instances, they do not. Cesspools which leach into subsoil strata and water-bearing gravel, clogging the soil with dangerous wastes and often overflowing, are a menace to health, second only to outdoor privies. Cesspools are unlawful in most communities and should never be resorted to, even as a temporary expedient, 'ivithout first consulting local and State Health Officers'

Chemical closets that do not take care of dish water, wash water, etc., are a poor makeshift compared to a proper septic tank installation. They demand'more or less 'constant and systematic attention if they are to render any semblance of sanitary service.

Max Cook The Pacitic Lumber Company

Function of a Septic Tank

Although the principles on which all successful septic tanks operate are comparatively simple when once understood, these principles are too often modified without justifi'cation or they are ignored. Some people are of the opinion that a septic tank completely digests all solids and through some magic action transforms the sewage into a

SEPTIC TANKS

clear, sparkling water suitable for drinking purposes. The function of the septic tank is-through a bacterial action that takes place naturally without the addition of chemicals -to reduce solids to liquid.It is not a so-called "cesspool," although it may be regardecl as a cesspool, regulated and controlled and without the serious shortcomings of the latter.

Although it is "out of sight, out of mind," requiring little or no attention for p€riods of years, it cannot be alone depended on for complete and automatic sewage disposal purification. An equally if not even more important part of a septic installation is the proper disposal of runoff or effluent. It is contrary to law and a great menace to health to run sewage into streams and it is entirely unnecessary to do so.

Latest Developments

To take much of the mystery out of septic tank design and obviate the necessity of every interested individual making a technical study of the subject, The Pacific Lumber Company, through its Agricultural Engineering Division, has perfected and norv has on the market a prefabricated sectional septic tank embodying the very latest developments in septic tank sanitation. Years of practical experience as well as suggestions of outstanding authorities on the subject have contributed to its design.

The specifications under which Palco Redwood Sectional Septi'c Tanks are manufactured insure ,correct materials most suitable for the purpose, accurate machine cutting to insure quick assembly and installation, and lowest possible cost of a guaranteed product assuring long life and satisfactory operation.

Finds lmproved Feeling in East

Edric E. Brown, manager Bark Products Division of The Pacific Lumber Company, San Fran,cisco, returned November 4 from a two months' business trip to Eastern and Middle Western cities in the interests of Palco Bark Insulation.

Mr. Brown reports that he found mu'ch optimism expressed by the heads of firms he called on in twenty-six cities in the East and Middle West, including Chicago and New York. His contact was mainly with ice companies, refrigeration concerns and engineers, and he is encouraged with the prospects for better eastern business.

Builders Supplies Trade Industry Code Now in Operation

The Code of Fair Competition for the Builders Supplies Trade Industry became effective on October 13, 1933. The term "building supplies" as used in the code includes brick mortars, ,casement and steel sash, cement and cement produ'cts, ,ceramic tile, cement pipe, clay roof tile, common brick, cut stone, dampers and fireplace accessories, drain tile, face brick, fire brick and clay, glazed structural tile, gypsum products, hollow tile, lime and lime produ,cts, mesh re-enforcement, metal lath and kindred produ'cts, mineral aggregates, mortar and cement colors, molding plasterers, roof and flooring slates, sewer pipe, fine lining and other clay products, structural terra cotta and waterproofing compounds.

The Builders Supply Trade Code applies to dealers handling only the above products as distinguished from the retail lumber dealers who have their own code. As many retail lumber dealers also carry some of the above materials, the Builders Supplies Trade Code provides provisions for the adjustment of any disagreements that might arise in the operation of the two codes.

New Director Redwood Ass'n

James Tyson, president of The Francisco. was elected a director wood Association ata meeting November 10.

Termite Exhibit at Los Angeles

A geographical display of the termite problem showing the exact areas of termite infestation in Los Angeles and vicinity as indicated by 4,429 damaged homes reported to the Los Angeles Agricultural Commissioner during a recent twenty-three month period is the feature of an exhibit sponsored by J. H. Baxter and Company, which is now open to the public at the Ar'chite'cts Building Material Exhibit, Fifth and Figueroa Streets. Methods of preventing termite attack to buildings are illustrated by examples of residences recently completed in Los Angeles.

Chas. Nelson Co., San oi the California Redheld in San Francisco.

Approve Fair Trade Practice Rules and Terms o[ Sale lor Woodwork Division

I. Schedule "B", Rules of Fair Trade Practice, as set out in the Code (see Lumber Code Authority Bulletin, Volume 1, Number 1, dated August 2I, 1933) were approved by the Authority on October 28, 1933, and declared by the Authority to be effective November 1, 1933.

II. The following terms of sale filed by the divisions under Section 5 (a) and which indicate the most favorable terms that can be made to buyers, were approved and adopted by the Authority on Octob,er D, 1933, and are effective November 1, 1933.

Section S-Sales, Orders and Invoices.

Woodwork Division

(a) Except and substitute:

(a) l-No Stock Manufacturer shall on stock woodwork products, other than screens, ofier terms of sale more liberal to the buyer than sixty days net, or 2 per cent discount for cash on net amount of the invoice, after deducting actual freight, if settlement is made within ten days after arrival, or, where frequent shipments are made, lYz per cent on or before the tenth of the month following date of shipment.

(a) 2-No stock screen manufacturer shall, on screens, offer terms of sale more liberal to the buyer than @ days net, or 2 per cent discount for cash on the net amount of the invoice, if settlement is made within ten days after date of invoice, or within ten days after arrival of shipment, or where frequent shipments are made l7/2 pet cent discount on or before the tenth of the month following date of shipment. Nothing herein shall prevent the giving of recognized spring and fall datings on definitely listed products under the conditions hereinafter stated.

(a) 3-No wholesale distributor shall on carload sales offer terms more liberal to the buyer than sixty days net, or a sixty-day net trade acceptance, or 2 per cent discount for cash on net amount of invoice after deducting actual freight if settlement is made within ten days after arrival. On less than carload sales, the terms shall be established by each Regional group.

(a) 4-No manufacturer of made-to-order or special woodwork shall offer terms of sale more liberal to the buyer than sixty days net, or 2 per cent discount for cash on net amount of the invoice, after deducting actual transportation charges if settlement is made on or before the tenth of the month following delivery. There is excepted from the foregoing provisions (1) sales on specific construction projects where retainage is part of the contract, and (2) deferred payment plan sales provided that not less than the legal rate of interest is charged on such deferred payments.

(a) 7-Terms of sale shall be clearly shown on all invoices and general price literature.

The provisions of the above paragraphs have been ap.proved by the Lumber Code Authority, effective November 1, 1933, and they now have the full force and effect of all other provisions of the Code.

Yes, Wasn't lt !

The watchman saw the street car pause, Although it had the right of way; He gave the signal, whereupon, It gathered speed without delay. And then a handsome touring car From out the side street seemed to dart. The watchman uttered cryptic speech, And clutched his madly beating heart.

Of course there was a frightful crashFor blocks around folks felt the jar, The intersection soon was swarmed By gaping mobs from near and far. An ambulance came dashing up, Bells clanged, horns honked, policemen swore, The fire department took a hand Before the wild melee was o'er.

No one was killed-a miracle, But that proud Chev had had its day; Never again would driving fool Its classic lines and speed display. The street car was a nervous wreck, With shattered steps and splintered side, It stood in abject misery Bereft of its inherent pride.

Investigations? O, of course; And in the somber court one day, They called the watchman to the stand And asked him what he had to say. "What did you do ?" they said at length, "When first you saw that speeding car?" The watchman shook his towsled head, And fumbled idly with his star.

"I didn't do a gol durned thing; I think I well nigh lost my wit. I stood stock still and yelled right out, 'That IS a fine car-WASN'T it!"'

Adeline Merriam Conner.

CALLING ON ARIZONA TRADE

C. M. Freelaird, Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is calling on the Arizona lumber trade with C. P. Henry, their Arizona representative who makes his headquarters at Phoenix. Mr. Freeland left on November 12 and expects to spend a week in the Arizona territory.

NORTHWEST MILLMEN VISIT CALIFORNIA

Peter Schafer, president, and Albert Schafer, vice president, Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Company, Montesano, 'Wash., have returned to the Northwest after spending two weeks in California on business. They visited the company's offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Showing its faith in the future of the town and its confidence that business generally is on the upgrade, the Sterling Lumber Company recently completed constru,ction of its new yard in Roseville, Calif.

The new plant, one of the most modern and up to date in the State, is located in the 600 block on Vernon Street. and the heads of the 'company make no secret of the fact that they a're very proud of the new yard, whi'ch represents an investment of over $9000. Incidentally it may be mentioned that 67 Roseville laborers and mechanics were employed in the construction work during the last few months. This and the many improvements'carried out in their other yards makes a substantial contribution by the company to the President's National Recovery Program.

The formal opening, celebrating the moving of the company's business from its old location on Lincoln Street to its new home, was held on Saturday, November 4. A full

Sterling Lumber Co. Opens Ne*" Plant at Roseville

page advertisement in the Roseville Tribune and Register announced the opening and invited the people of Roseville and vicinity to attend, and they responded in large numbers.

President Frank G. Duttle and F. L. Sayre, general manag'er! came from the home office in Oakland to assiet H. F. Duncan, manag'er and his assistant, Ray E. Taylor, to welcome the large throng of visitors. Prizes for the laclies given ea,ch hour of the day addecl to the interest in the opening party.

The main building and the lumber shed are of frame and stucco co'nstruction. The office and display room has an area of 28by 40 feet, and the store building is 28 by 72 feet. These are insulated throughout with Celotex. A variety of finishes are used in the interior decoration of these rooms. The store stock includes a complete line of builders' hard\.vare, screen wire, nails, stu,cco netting, poultry netting, Steluco Brand paints, varnishes and enamels, paint accessories. etc.

The lumber shed is 74 by 110 feet, and the cement and roofing warehouse is 30 by 60 feet. The yard parallels the Southern Pacific railroad tracks leading to the P. F. E. i,cing plant, giving good facilities for unloading lumber and other materials. A 300 foot railroad spur will be constructed in the near future which will run through the yard.

A long narrow space protected by a heavy wire screen has been provided in the Vernon Street front of the main shed for an open display of various building materials.

New Board of Directors Meet at Los Angeles

The newly elected Board of Directors of the Lumber Retailers' Code Administration of Southern California held its first meeting on November 13. The meeting was held at the Jonathan Club, Los Angeles. The new Association was organized at a meeting held in Los Angeles on October 9.

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ACCOUNTANT WANTS CONNECTION

Competent Lumber Accountant with 24 years successful record, including management of large yard in Middle \Mest, seeks connection in either capacity in California. Highest references. Address Box C-498, California Lumber Merchant.

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N R A Compliancc Board for Ask Modification of Certain L. A, Appointcd

Provisions in Retailers' Code

Pursuant to the Executive Order issued by the President on July 15, 1933, various protests have been filed objecting to the application of the Code of Fair Competition for the Retail Lumber, Lumber Products, Building Materials and Building Specialties Industry to the protestants, and Administrator, Hugh S. Johnson, having found that justice required, has issued a stay of the application of said Code to the protestants and those similarly affected, which stay reads in part as follows:

"I hereby stay the appli'cation of the Code of Fair Competition for the Retail Lumber, Lumber Products. Building Materials and Building Specialties Industry approved by the President on O'ctober 3, 1933, as to (1) Section 2 of Article VIII, and Section 11 of Article VIII of said Code, and, (2) as to the sale of Lumber, Lumber Products, Building Materials and Building Specialties in ,carload lots, moving directly to any purchaser, job, contractor or consumer.

The protestants have requested that the above Code be modified in the following particulars:

I. section 2 of Article II shall be amended by inserting the following words at the end of said Section "Provided, however, that those engaged in selling Lumber, Lumber Products, Building Materials and Building Specialties in carload quantities to ftvernmental agen'cies, railroads, contractors amd/or €onsumers shall not be considered as dealers.

2. Article III shall be modified to read as follows:

"All persons engaged in the business of selling to contractors or 'consumers (except those engaged in selling in carload quantities direct to Governmental agencies, railroads, contractors and/or consumers) shall be subject to the provisions of this Code and all of the approved rules and regulations issued thereunder and shall be compelled to adhere thereto under such penalties as may be prescribed by the law.

3. Section 2 of Article VIII, shall be modified to read as follows:

"All prices, terms, and conditions of sale as developed under the uniform cost accounting system or established by appropriate rule or regulation within any trade area, and approved by the Administrator after such notice and hearing as he may prescribe shall be published by each

The office of the NRA Complian,ce Board for the Lumber and Lumber Products Industry for the metropolitan area of Los Angeles is at 1027 Rowan Building, Fifth and Spring Streets, Los Angeles.

The members of the board are Henry S. Patten, PattenBlinn Lumber Co.; George Lounsberry, Lounsberry & Harris Lumber Co.; F. S. Jonson, 951 Manzanita Street; John W. Calvin, 1140 South Brannick Street; Mrs. Joseph W. Hamer, 1050 South Gramercy Drive; Arlo D. Poe, lllT Citizens National Bank Building, and Curtis Williams, 1027 Rowan Buil<iing. Curtis Williams is chairman, and Arlo D. Poe, secretafy,, of the Board.

RETURNS FROM TRIP TO SOUTH SEAS

Sabin Carr arrived in Los Angeles November 4 on the Matson-Oceanic liner "Mariposa" from the South Seas, where he had been cruising on a yacht the last two months. Mr. Carr was prominent in athletics during his college days and was the first pole vaulter to reach fourteen feet, having set the mark in 1927 in the I. C. 4-A meet at Philadelphia while representing Yale University. The following year,1928, he represented America in the Olympic games at Amsterdam. He is connected with the Sterling Lumber Company of Oakland.

dealer within each trade area and shall be filed with the Code Authority or its delegated agent. Any deviation fiom su,ch published prices, terms, and conditions of sale until new prices, terms and conditions of sale shall have been published and filed shall be construed as unfair methods of competition."

4. Section 11 of Article VIII shall be eliminated'

Such modifications and amendments to the said Code in their present forms merely refle'ct proposals and are not to be regarded as having received the approval of the National Recovery Administration as modifying or amending the existing Code of Fair Competition, except to the extent that the application of said Code has been stayed as hereinabove stated.

A public hearing on the above quoted provisions to be conducted by the Administrator was announced to begin at 10:00 A. M., November 13, 1933, in the Chinese Room, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D. C., and will continue until completed.

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