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Abandonment Will Injure Laminex "Plylo'r^" Economical Industry Says Ass'n Head Says National Magazine
W. H. Cole, executive officer of the Redwood Division, and president of the California Redwood Association, returned recently to San Francisco from attending Lumber Code Authority meetings in Chicago and Washington.
Mr. Cole stated that the Redrvood Division is considerably disturbed over the movement among members of the West Coast Division to eliminate cost protection prices of Northwest woods.
"If fixed prices are abandoned by any division it will mean chaos in that particular species that cannot help being reflected in competing species.
"We think Redwood prices are as close to the market as those of any other woods, and our industry would be less aftected than any other by elimination of fixed prices, but we feel that any abandonment of cost protection prices except in an orderly way, over a period of time, will bring incalculable injury to the lumber industry, and cost us most of the ground that has been gained in the last year," Mr. Cole said.
Back From Vacation
Chas. J. Schmitt, of the sales department, Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., San Francisco, and H. M. Scales, of the Sugar Pine Lumber Co., San Francisco, returned November 5 from an enojyable two weeks' automobile tour of Southern California and points in Mexico.
The following article on the subject'of the economy effected by contractors through the use of Laminex "Plyform" is reprinted from the October issue of the national business publication, "Commerce & Industry Magazine."
CONTRACTORS FIND "PLYFORM'' ELIMINATES COSTLY OPERATIONS
"With the government spending millions of dollars on construction activities throughout the country, and industry responding freely to the expansion of purchasing power, a vast potential market has been created for construction materials which aggressive manufacturers have not been slow to exploit. The steadfast development precipitated by this uptrend is now reflected in heightened efficiency and increased economy which aptly coincides with the government's objective outlined in its billion dollar building program.
"To illustrate this progress in the production of construction materials we cite a product developed and consistently improved by the Wheeler Osgood Sales Corporation, of Chicago and Tacoma, 'Wash., which already is extensively used by the larger general contracting firms. This item, now distributed under the newly registered tradename, "Plyform", originally was developed as a form liner to eliminate the costly rubbing operation necessary to produce a smooth surface of concrete. Continued improvement in the plywood, however, resulted in wide, strong sheets of t/t" thickness which could be nailed directly to the studs, thereby eliminating the use of sheathing boards entirely and also enabling the contractor to obtain a strong, smooth form which, when stripped, will not require labor for cleaning.
"Indicative of the improvement embodied in this development is the fact that the contractor can now lay up more than twice as many feet per day as he could with former systems. This advancement is further augmented by the manufacturet's service to the contractor in cutting the plywood in exact sizes to fit the form job on large construction_projects. It is also significant to add that the re-use features of this product contributes additional economy which the contractor has been quick to appreciate.
"The elimination of plaster, the convenience and speed of handling and the improved appearance of the concrete work which characterizes lutilization of "Plyform" have provided the contractor with a definite means of effecting much-needed economy in construction projects. fmprovements such as that recorded by the Wheeler Osgood Sales Corporation undoubtedly will focus the attention of purchasing agents. and contractors during the ensuing months when building activities in many sections will reach the year's peak."
