The California Lumber Merchant - December 1938

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Lumber Conrumption of Twenty Billion Feet Estimated for 1938

The Department of Commerce has received a report from the Lumber Survey Committee on consumption, stocks, and anticipated consumption of lumber during the fourth quarter of 1938. This is the 30th quarterly report of the Committee.

The Committee finds that the trend of lumber movement has been upward in the past four months, as compared with the first half of the year; the trend in mill stocks, slightly downward. The increase in residential building and in box consumption over 1937 has been a third-quarter factor in the general upturn, offsetting the continued low records of railroad equipment purchasing and export trade.

The Committee reports national lumber stocks October 1, 1938 of approximately 8.6 billion feet, an aggregate industry decline of 1.3 per cent in the third quarter, and of 4.5 per ce.nt in the first nine months. It notes that in some regions the assortment of items and grades is not in satisfactory balance, some mills having a surplus of stale inventory items and a deficiency of items in brisk current demand. It recommends that stocks and stock assortments be watched carefully during the next six months.

National lumber consumption in the first nine months of 1938 is estimated at approximately 15 billion feet, and the year's total at 20 billion feet, compared with 24 billion in1937. The Committee points to the impressive gain over 1937 since July in residential building and quotes the F. W. Dodge Corporation in recording October as the highest

month but one in residential contracts since 1929. Total construction valuation in October also made a high record -largest monthly total in 7 years.

The Committee points out that there has been little speculative buying on the part either of retailers or of industrial users and no accumulation of out-of-the-ordinary dealer or consumer inventories. Due to generally higher costs, the lumber price index is expected to show moderate advance.

The Lumber Survey Committee consists of Thomas S. Holden, vice president, F. W. Dodge Corporation, Nerv York; M. W. Stark, economist, Columbus, Ohio; Calvin Fentress, chairman of the board, Baker Fentress & Co., Chicago, Illinois; Phillips A. Hayward, chief, Forest Products Division, Department of Commerce; and Wilson Compton, secretary and manager, National Lurnber Manufacturers Association.

A. G. Breitweiser, Sr.

Albert G. Breitweiser, Sr., 71, vi.ce-president and manager of the Lassen Lumber & Box Company, Susanville, died at Susanville November 6, after a long illness.

He was born in Pittsburg, Pa., and was at one time mayor of Susanville. He was prominent in the Masonic order, and was a member of the Shrine for more than 5O years.

He is survived b1'three daughters, Mrs. R. C. O'Connor, Mrs. Paul T. Wemple and Mrs. Dorothy Griffin; one son, A. G. Breitweiser, Jr., Susanville, and seven grandchildren.

ADVERTISERS

Ko€hl & Son, Inc., John V.-----------------------19

Baxter & Co., J. H.------ ------------ 2

Booth-Kelly Lumbet Co.-------------------------24

Btookmire, Inc.-----------------

Burnr Lumber Co.---------------- -------------------------.29

Cadwdlader.Gibron Co., fnc.--------------- --------26

C-alifornia Builders Supply Co.-----------------.--*

California Door C-ompany, The------------------.29

California Panel & Vetreer Co.-----------,---------*

Celotex Co,rporationo The------------------------.- |

Cobb Co., T. M..---------------

Kuhl Lumber Co., Carl H.-------------------------*

LawrencePhilips Lumter Co.--------------------J7

Lamo,tr.Bonning3on C.ompany ----------------------J4

Lofgrer, Alvin N.------Lumbermen'a Credit Associatioro--- ------------------27

Maric Plywood Corporatio,n Marshdl, fnc., John E.--------------------

Mcfntyre & Son, W. P.

Michigan-California Lumber Cr.-----------------*

M and M Voodwortrng Co. ------ -

Monolith Pordand Cenrent C,ompany-----------*

Moo're Dry Kiln Co.------- ---------18

Mt Vhitney Lumber Co.------------------ ----------------25

O'Neill Lumber Co.---------------------------------------29

Pacific C,oert Shingle fncpction Bureau, Inc.-----*------,-- ---------"26

Paci6c Lumber Co., The.------

Pacific Mutuel Door Co.------------------------------- 4

Pacifc Vood Produco C,orporation--

Sampcon Company------

Santa Fe Lumber Co. --------- -*---*------------- 5

San Pedro Lumbet C,o.------------------------------.2o

Schaefer Broe., Lumber & Shingle Co.---------*

Scrim, Valter G.-- --------- -----------------13

Shevlin Pine Salec Co.-------------------- O. F. C. Snider Saleo C,o.-----------------------*---------------r----* Stantotr & Son, E. J.---* ---,------------.--------------11

Strable Hardwood Co..-----------------

Sudden & Christencon ------------15

Tacoma Lumber Salea--------------- ---- --- -- O. F. C. Ttanc-Pacific Lumbet Co.

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llamnold Redwood Company---------O. B. C.

Petteo-Blinn Lumber Co.-.-------------- ------------ -.2a

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CAL., DECEMBER I,

How Lumber Looks

During the u'eek endecl November 12, 526 mills produced 182,278,0@ feet of softrvoocls an.d hardrvoods combined, shipped 176,135,0C0 feet, and booked orders of 190,815,000 feet, according to reports to the National Lumber Manufacturers Association frorn regional associations covering the operations of important softrvoo,cl ancl hardrvood rnills.

Lumber orclers reported for the n'eek rnills totaled 181,0O1,000 feet, shipments feet, and production u'as 174,343,000 feet.

106 hardrvoocl mills for the week gave 9,814,000 feet, shipments 9,353,000 feet, 7.935.000 feet.

by 438 softwood

rvere 166,728,000

business as production new ancl

A total of 151 down and operating mills in \\:ashington and Oregon tvhich reported to the West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended November 12, procluced 77,8n,979 feet, shipments were 73,967,649 feet, and nerv business rvas 80.180.519 feet. The unfilled order file at these mills stoocl at 246.360.818 feet.

The same number of mills reporting for the rveek endecl November 19, produced 88,143,064 feet, shipped 81,273,923 feet, and nerv business was 97,589,547 feet. Unfilled orders totaled 255.517.632 feet.

Details of orders an,d shipments for the week of November 19, as reported by the 151 mills, are:

Orders-Ri i|, 31,7 iO,W f eet ; Dom estic Cargo, 45,021,616 feet ; Export, 6,852,623 feet; Local, 7,995,547.feet.

Shipments-Rail. 31..521.369 feet; Domestic Cargo. 38,476,465 feet; Iixport, 3,280,048 feet; I.ocal 7,995,547 feet.

The Western Pine Association, 125 mills reporting. for the week encled November 19, gave orders as 76,383,000 feet, shipments 61,147.000 feet, and production 58.710,000 feet. Increase in orders accepted as comDared with the

prer.iotts 'rveek's report r,vas Orclers on hand at tl.re end feet.

10,498,000 feet, or 15.9 per cer-rt. of the week totaled 174,483,000

The California Redrvoo,d Association for the week endecl November 12 reported production of 13 mills as 7,488.000 feet, shipments 5,647,000 feet, and new business 6,059,00O feet. Week-end orders on hand were 26,273,00O feet. The 13 identical mills reported production 4 per cent less ancl new business 14 per cent greater than the same 'week last year.

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended Novemlrer 19, ln mills reporting, gave orders as 29,616,000 feet, shiprnents 31,695,0o0 feet, an,d production 28,84O,00O feet. Orders on hand at the end of the rveek totalecl 69.459.@O feet.

Residential construction in Southern California continues active.

Base<l on four persons to the average family, according to W. G. Bingham, Los Angeles, district director of the Federal Housing Administration, more than 33,00O residents of Southern California already have been or are about to be housed in newly constructed homes since April l, 1938.

The report of first inspections shows construction ol 8,270 new homes has been started since that date in this clistrict.

As of November 18, in the Southern California FHA district, neu.-construction mortgages accepted for insurance totaled 2A,78O, with valuation of $91,427,480; mortgages, relating to existing construction, approved for insurance, \,vere 21]96, amounting to $83,088,704. a total of $174,516,18,1 for both classes.

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The moving finger writes-and having writ Moves on: nor all your piety or wit, Shall lure it back to capture half a line, Nor all your tears wash o,ut a word of it.

-Omar. ***

Yes, Sir. The sports world says: "They never come back." An old ballad went: "Backward, turn backward, Oh time in your fight," but no one ever discovered the combination, so far as known. And the old Greeks had a saying along that line, too: "A man can never bathe in the same river twice." Same spot, maybe, but not the same river.

Business men nowad"; ;":'got to keep up on their TOES to keep the HEELS from getting them.

"One picture," said Cl"fl"iJr, "is worth a thousand arguments." Anyway, I heard it was the old Chinaman who said it. And likewise, one well told tale has a thousand interviews beat. Old John Garner, the V.P. of these here United States, never gives out a political interview. But he tells a story now and then that is more potent than a dozen interviews. Right now there is one going the rounds that is reported to have made the left-wingers in Washington bite their nails. That's about all they can do about it. Even fckes, the name-caller, won't lash out at "the David Harum of Uvalde." Here's the story Garner is alleged to have told when someone asked him about Governmental things.

A man went into . "ol""*"rrlp, drank a cup of coffee, Iaid down a fifty cent piece, and started out. The waiter stopped him. "Coffee is only a nickel, Mister, and you left fifty cents," he said. "That's all right," said the customer. "Keep it. I always pay fifty cents for coffee. I'M A BIG TIPPER.' That's the trouble in Washington today. Too many big tippers. ***

Heard a famous old Professor of Economics talk the other day about our present day economics, and our efrort to spend our way out of depression. He used a lot of stories and allegories to illustrate his opinion of the folly of Brain Trust economics. In his allegories a fictitious character known as "Two Gun Charlie" represented the Government. Here is a sample of his stories:

"Two Gun Charlie" walked into a clothing store and held up the proprietor, taking a hundred dollars from the cash box. Then he noticed an overcoat hanging near by. "That's a nice coat. I can use that," said "Two Gun Charlie." So he took the overcoat, and handed the proprietor back his hundred dollars. "You see," said "Two Gun Charlie," "that I'm a great public benefactor. I put money in circulation, and I create business." "How do you figure that?" asked the proprietor. "Simple enough," said "Two Gun Charlie." "That hundred dollars changed hands twice in the last five minutes, and you sold an overcoat."

***

In his allegories he called American business "John Enterpriser." He contended that instead of shorter hours and less work and less production of everything, what this country needs is more and more men producing more and more necessities for more and more people at lower and lower costs; and more and more owners of capital willing and unafraid to start something new in which to employ our citizens in gainful occupations. Today, he said, the Government says to "John.Enterpriser," "!l/hy don't you start something that will employ men? If you will only do so, I will agree to harass and tax and threaten you continually. Then if you fail, the loss is all yours. But if you succeed, I will divide the profits with you."

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Wages, he said, depend entirely upon the law of supply and demand. When there are more men than jobs, wages will be low. When there are more jobs than men, wages will be high. Unemployment cannot materially decrease until industry expands. Industry will expand much more rapidly under a friendly than under an unfriendly Government. That fact is self proving. We have an ideal situation in this country. We have all the elements of abiding prosperity. We have a land overfowing with milk and honey; a land as fruitful as the Garden of the Gods, yielding in abundance everything necessary for the comfort of mankind. Yet we have a tremendous unemployment problem which we are doing very little to solve, even though we have spent countless billions of dollars trying to prime the pump until it flows freely of itself. We have the three great fundamentals in abundance-land, men, and money.

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We have proceeded in our efforts basing our actions on the absurd sophistry that men are ragged because we have raised too much cotton, and wool; men are hungry because we have produced too much beef, pork, and wheat; men live in wretched huts because we have made too much lumber, cement, and brick fn other words, we have hitched our mule to the wrong end of our vaunted Car of Progress, and headed it for the relief rolls rather than the banquet table.

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The economics Professor told about a little eight-yearold girl who wrote a play about early colonial days, which she named "Betsy Ross." The p'lay went like this: First colonial soldier said to the second colonial soldier: "Say! This here country of ours ain't got no flag !" The other replied: "Gee ! Ain't it fierce? Let's go tell the Captain." So they went to the Captain and said: "Say ! This here country of ours ain't got no flag !" And the Captain said: "Gee! Ain't it fierce? Let's go and tell George Washington." So they went to George Washington and said: "Say ! This here country of ours ain't got no flag !" And he said "Gee! Ain't it fierce? Let's go and tell Betsy Ross." So they went to where Betsy Ross was doing her housework, and they said: "Say ! This here country of ours ain't got no flag!" She said "Gee! Ain't it fierce? HOLD THE BABY AND I'LL MAKE ONE.'' *'k*

So he modernized the little girl's play, and had two American citizens in 1938 in the first scene. The first one said to the other: "Say! Lots of folks in this here country ain't got no jobs!" The other said: "Gee! Ain't it fierce? Let's go tell Congress." So they went to Congress and said: "Say! Lots of folks in this here country of ours ain't got no jobs!" And Congress said: "Gee! Ain't it fierce? Let's go and tell the President." So they went to the President and said: "Say ! Lots of folks in this here country of ours ain't got not jobs !" And he said: "Gee ! Ain't it fierce? Let's go tell 'John Enterpriser'." So they went to "John Enterpriser" and said: "Say ! Lots of folks in this here country of ours ain't got no jobs !" And "John Enterpriser" said: "Gee! Ain't it fierce? QUIT SHOVIN' ME AROUND AND I'LL HIRE THEM !''

The Professor talked ,", ;";. an hour in this fashion to a great throng of business men who seemed to get a tremendous "kick" out of his clever illustrations, and his kindly worded criticisms of probably well-intentioned men who seem to actually believe that the only way to solve the unemployment and economic problem in this country is to reverse the laws of cause and effect, of supply and demand-of all nature. in fact. We haven't trifled with

the law of gravity as yet, but we're likely to at any time if one of the Brain Trusters takes the notion.

What a myriad o, .,."J*"*nnlto"opti"", sophistries, and political and economic nostrums have been foisted upon this nation of late. And regardless of how absurd and impossible they may be when exposed to the great white light of reason, there are apparently always armies of people ready to accept and swallow them. The germ of something for nothing is insidious. It spreads with great rapidity, and penetrates deeply. * * *

Just the other day a labor leader who busts into the headlines very frequently, announced that the only way to stop Fascism in this country is to provide shorter working hours, higher wages, and a legislated planned economy to keep them that way. The fellow apparently doesn't even realize that if we had those things fixed by law WE WOULD HAVE FASCISM RIGHT THEN. For such is Fascism, pure and simple. Well-simple anyway.

Which reminds me trrlt Jhe trouble with our present labor law is that it plays both ends against the middle, and the employer is the middle.

As far as forcing *"J" "n*"rd by main strength is concerned, Russia tried that, and succeeded. Competent authority says that wages in Russia today-in terms of sqins-31s six to ten times as high as they were ten years ago. And the cost of necessities is twelve to twenty times as high as they were then.

Today Germany steals all headlines. Frightfulness drives everything else from the news. Remember how, during the War, we called them "Fluns," and sort of shivered at the things we were told about them? Then the War ended, and Time, the great healer, erased the memories. In time it came to be whispered about that those frightful things never really happened-that they were not really "Ffuns." But now we know. They were! The "Huns" of Hitler seem to be giving the Huns of Attila cards and spades in the sad game of frightfulness. He is torturing thousands to glut his greed for that which fools call power and glory, he has again placed Christ upon the cross of his barbarism. They cannot even decorate the tomb of the German Unknown Soldier any more. He might have been a Jew. But there is some solace in remembering that ages after the haughty Reich he has created has crumbled into dust, when the wild goats browse over his forgotten grave, and the lizard sleeps among his broken fortresses, the Rock of Ages at which he scoffs will stand as it stands today, the citadel of a civilization built on brotherly love and the Golden Rule, that all the mad dictators have no p€rmanent power to harm.

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I hope that er.ery lunrberman Wherever he may be, Will find the gifts his heart desires Upon his Christmas tree; I hope he'll have no carlse to pine Through all the years to come, Or mutter rvith a rufflecl brorv, Expletives like, "by gum !"

I hope his ceclar chest rvill be Filled ful1, rrp to the top; And tl.rzLt his lrunl>er will not u'ar1r ()r suffer from clry rot ; I hope that customers u.il1 beat A pathr,va-v to his door, Ancl that the sun of joy 'rr.ill shinc Across l.ris oaken floor.

I liope his rnoclern trucks rvill Upon a rvicle, smooth track, And when they take a big load orrt They'll fetch good rvill right back; I hope that every day rvill be A banner clay for him, And kindlv rleecls ancl kindly thoughts Will fill his soul rvith vim.

I hope that e\rery lumbermar-r Wherever he may be.

\Vill see tl.rc golclen star of hope Above his Christrnas tree; I hope the coming year rvill bring The gifts his spirit craves,

And Peace, Good Will and Makc racliant l'ris da1's.

A. Merriam

Happiness Conner.

EAST BAY HOO-HOO CLUB

l)r. Clalence Reidenbach, of First Congregational Church, Oakland, gave an interesting address on "Benjamin liranklin, The Greatest Uuknown American," at the rlinner rneeting of East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club. helcl at the Atl'rerrs Athletic Club. Oakland. November 21.

\rice-president Jas. B. Overcast presided in the absence of l'resident Shirley C. Forsey.

Art Thompson and Barbara Reeves provided the musical program.

IJenry N.{. a cliscnssion on the Club's Christmas

11i11 Chatham created a lot of fun rvhen he appearecl in Pilgrim costume to carry out his duties as sergeant at arms drrring the period rvhen fines were being assessed by the chairman.

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Lumber Provisions in New British-American Trade Agreement

The new trade agreements between the United States, Great Britain and Canada were signed on November 17. They become effective on January 1. A summary of the detailed lumber provisions is as follows:

UNITED KINGDOM

The United Kingdom reduces its duty on rough so{twood lumber, except box shooks and railroad ties, valued at eighteen pounds or more per standard landed value or eleven inches or more wide from 10 per cent ad valorem to sixteen shillings per standard. For rough sottwoocl lumber at landed value of eighteen down to seventeen pounds, the rate is fixed at ten per cent ad valorem less one per cent for each four shillings value over sixteen pounds sixteen shillings.

Further, if and when the American excise tax on imported lumber is removed and so long as the American duty of fifty cents ,per M on Par. 401 species from Canada* is not raised, the United Kingdom shall grant free entry to rough softwood lumber, except box shooks and ties, valued at eighteen pounds or more, or nine inches or wider and fifteen feet or longer, and for other rough softrvood lumber valued at sixteen pounds four shillings to eighteen pounds per standard duty is fixed at ten per cent less one per cent for each four shillings value exceeding sixteen pounds.

Adjustment of value limitations is provided in the event that the average value of British imports of all rough softwood lumber either exceeds fourteen pounds or is less than ten pounds per standard. (All values are per standard of 1,980 board feet, landed value.)

The British duty on Softwood Plywood is bound against increase. Doors 6' x 2' or larger are reduced to one shilling six pence each or twenty per cent, whichever greater. Lesser size doors continue at 15 per cent.

Except hickory, persimmon, dogwood, which continue and are bound free, the British ten per cent duty on Hardwood not further prepared than square sawn (rough) is bound against increase. Hardwood flooring including parquet sections is reduced from twenty per cent to seventeen and one-half per cent ad valorem.

coloNrEs (AND TNVTTATTON TO DOMTNTONS)

Canada agrees to modification of preferences in the British Caribbean colonies except Bahamas to equivalent of $2.00 per fhousand feet with nearly all of those now less than that bound against increase. Throughout the Colonial Empire, sixteen Colonial preferences are reduced and nineteen are bound against increase. Canada will not object to reduction of preferences in the Dominions or Colonies to $2.00 per thousand feet and to abolition of such preferences if and when the American import tax on Canadian lumber is abolished.

CANADA _ UNITED STATES

The nerv Canadian agreement continues the American

duty concessions on imported lumber, except the Par. 404 Cabinet Woods (which are not produced in Canada). The quota limitation on fir and hemlock imports into the U. S. is removed. Lumber imported into the United States need not be marked to show country of origin. The American excise tax is to apply to sawed timber. Veneers of birch arrd maple are reduced f.rom ?O per cent to 10 per cent by the United States.

Regarding shingle imports, the United States reserves the right, by Congressional enactment, to impose a duty not exceeding twenty-five cents per square on inports exceeding thirty per cent of average annual consumption during the three preceding years.

The Canadian three per cent excise tax on imports of lumber is removed. The Canadian duty on hardwood flooring of beech, birch, maple and oak is reduced frorn twenty per cent to seventeen and one-half per cent. Other SIS or S2S jointed or T&G is reduced from twenty per cent to ten per cent. Shingles are free into Canada.

LUMBER DECLARATION OF GOVERNMENTS OF CANADA AND UNITED STATES

The following is appended to the new agreement between the United States and Canada:

LUMBER DECLARATION

"The Governments of Canada and the United States of America, desiring to proceed toward the removal of those restrictions on the international trade in lumber which have operated to the disadvantage of their respective lttmber industries;

"Recognizing that as a first step towards this objective the duties and taxes levied on lumber imported into the United States frorn Canada were reduced by 50 per cent to $2 per thousand feet in the Trade Agreement concludecl between Canada and the United States of America on November 15, 1935;

"Noting that as a consequence of the coming into force of the Trade Agreements signed this day:

"(1) the United Kingdom duty on softwood lumber in those forms of which the United States is an important supplier of the United Kingdom's requirements rvill not exceed 16 shillings per standard (approximately $2 per thousand feet), rvithout any restriction as to the quantity that may be im,ported at the reduced rate of duty;

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(2) the preferential margins enjoyed by lumber of Empire origin in the British West In<lian Colonies will not exceed $2 per thousand feet;

"(3) the Canadian duty on planed or dressed lumber imported from the United States will be reduced by 50 per cent and the special excise tax of 3 per cent will be removed from rough and dressed lumber, without any restriction as to the quantity that may be imported either at the reduced rates of duty or free;

"(4) the quantitv of red cedar shingles that nray be im-

*Fir. spruce, pine. hemlock. larch.

ported into the United States free of duty will be fixed at 30 per cent of United States consumption and imports in excess of this quantity will not be dutiable at more than 25 cents per square;

"(5) the quantitative restriction on the importation into the United States of lumber of Douglas fir and Western Hemlock at the reduced rates of duty and tax in effect since January L, 1936, and confirmed by the Trade Agreemeut signed today, will be removed; and that

"(6) lumber and timber imported from Canada rvill not be required to be rnarked to indicate their country of origin.

"Noting further that the Governments of Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America are, for their part, prepared to give effect to the arrangement envisaged in the Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom and the United States whereby lumber of the values and sizes therein set forth shall on its importation into the United Kingdom from the United States of America be admitted free of duty as soon as the import excise tax norv levied on Canadian lumber imported into the United States is removed.

"Have resolved to record their readiness to cooperate, as opportunity occurs, in restoring the reciprocal advantages enjoved by the timber products of their respective countries prior to the general resort to retaliatory restrictions on the importation of lumber and to confirm their understanding that the Governmer-rt of Canada will interpose no objection to the reduction by Empire Governments other than the United K'ingdom of differential duties now levied on United States lumber to a point at rvhich the margin of preference enjoyed by Canadian lumber will not exceed the tluties and taxcs now irnposed on Canadian lumber on importation into the United States and that rvhen, and for so long as, the United States import excise tax ceases to apply to lumber imported into (from) Canada, Canada will concur in any request it may receive from such Empire Government for the extension to United States lumber of the tariff treatment enioyed by Canadian 1umber."

Management Changes Announced in Hammond Organization

Announcement is made by the Hammond Redwood Company that H. E. Bailey, who has been in charge of the company's operations in Humboldt County will become comptroller of the entire Hammond organization, effective December 15. His headquarters will be in the San Francisco office.

Earl Birmingham will succeed Mr. Bailey, assuming his ne'rv duties December 15. Mr. Birmingham is a Californian by birth, a graduate in engineering of the University of California, and for the past 1.5 years has been in charge of the lumber operations of the Fruit Growers' Supply Company at Hilt and Susanville.

WESTERN RETAILERS WILL HOLD ANNUAL FEBRUARY 23.25

The Western'Retail Lumbermen's Association will hold its thirty-sixth annual convention on February 23-25 at the Multnomah Hotel, Portland, Oregon.

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It's new and becutilul,

It sells like hotcckes.

Ask our sclesmen for scrmples.

SON

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(( (( MY FAVORITE STORIES

By Jack Dionne

Ag" not guaranteed---Some I have told (or 20 years---Some less

Surely Not

The panhandler "Boss" he said, and five cents to

stopp€d the gentleman on the "how about giving me twenty buy me a cup o'f coffee?"

corner. "What in the devil are you talking about?"

r^rr-__ the curious citizen. "A cup of coffee only costs dollars "r know," replied the bum, "but you wotrldn't to go into a restaurant dressed like this, would

National Forest Changes Announced

One new forest has just been added to the national forest system and another has been divided among two other neighboring forests by Presidential Proclamation, the F'orest Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture reports.

The 1.365.0@ acres in the Lemhi National Forest in Idaho rvere transferred partly to the Salmon National Forest and partly to the Challis National Forest, both of rvhich are in Idaho.

The nerv National Forest is the Manistee in Michigan, rvhich previously had been designated as a purchase unit. X[ore than a million acres are included within its boundaries, althougl-r only 263,736 acres are norv orvned, or itt process of being purchased,-by the Federai government.

The X{anistee contains an area lvhich once was the lumbering capital of the Middle West, but approximately 800,00O acres are norv in need of replanting' The Forest Service reports that S]ffi acres have been replanted with rvhite, red and jack pine and enough seerllings have been lrroduced in the nursery to plant 14,720 acres during the coming year.

Net area of the 158 National Forests of the United States is now over 173.000,000 acres.

November lssue o( ttHornett

demanded a nickel." want me you?"

Containing several interesting small home designs but not losing sight of the Thanksgiving motif, HOI\'IE magazine for November featured two stories of popular interest. C)ne told the history connected with the building of the Washington Monument, and the other, carrying out the "'turkey day" tlleme, described how to beautify the dining room by attractive use of u,ood paneling and cnpboarcls. There is an interesting short article on the various irritants home olvners invariably come across in their houses, ar.rd a story entitled "Smart People Always lluilcl Refore the Boom Starts."

Home Odclities, Home Workshop and Nlovie ltevr'eu' pages are again found in this issue.

TOUR EAST

John I)eats, Deats Sash & I\f rs. Deats, report a \:ery tl.rrough tl.re E,ast ar.rd South 10,000 miles. They 'rvent as

AND SOUTH

Door Co., Los Angeles, and interesting auton.robile tour in which they travelecl about far east as the state of IVIaine.

VISITS ARIZONA

Frank Curran, Frank Curran Luml>er Co.. Sar.rta t\na. t'ecently spent several days in Arizona.

Protest Invasion of Low-Cost Housing Fleld by New Federal-Fostered Building Programs

Washington, D. C., November lG-Aclding its protest to the growing list of opponents to the recently proposed plans for invasion of the intermediate low'cost housing field by new federally-fostered home financing and building programs, the National Retail Lurnber Dealers Association today drew the Administration's attention to the activities of this and similar organizations in the construction industry to meet the needs o{ families able to pay from $5 to $10 per month per room for housing.

"In a statement made public here today, Frank Carnahan, secretary of the lumber and building materials dealers' organization, emphasized that private snlqrprise already .n,as actively and successfully exploring this field, r,vith thonsands of homes built under auspices of local retailers over the past several years.

"In collaboration rvith the National Lumber l\fanufacturers Association and leading tracle associations in the construction inclustry, the lumber and building material dealers throughout the United States have for years been u'orking rvith small architects in clevising modern, rvellplanned and soundly constructecl houses, designed to sell u'ithin the very price range in which President Roosevelt intimated recently that a need exists.

"Since 1936, the building n.raterial dealers have been sponsoring jointly with the mannfacturers a National Small Homes Demonstration, encouraging the building of thousands of exhibition houses annually, from which countless others are sold in communities throughout the country. These houses rvere carefully designed by housing ex1>erts to sell for $20 to $25 per month, and they range in size from four to six roolns. The average over-all selling price ranged from $3.165 to $3,858. Ancl the homes l\'ere givell approval by the Fecleral Housing Administration for financing under the mutual mortgage insurance plan.

"'With this kind of housing already available to farnilies in the intermediate lorv income groups, ar.rd the financing structure for their purchase alreacly set up in the Federal Housing Administration." Carnahan further emphasized, "it is the firm belief of those in the industry that there is no need for further machinery to expedite housing in tl-ris field. The only need appears to be for broaclening of thc promotional activities of FHA and other federal agencies to acquaint the public with rnethods already existent

through which home ownership is so easily attainable, supplied by private industry u'itl-r governrnental assistance."

Mr. Carnahan further expressed the vierv that housing plans rvhich conterr-rplate the creating of multiple housing rleveloprnents municipaily owned and tax exempt are econonricalll' unsouncl.

"Such projects," he asserted, "place an unfair tax load on property owners in communities where they are built, especially rvhen they are built in competition rvitl-r private property investments u'hich are paying taxes, supporting the educational systems, public irnprovements and municiual {unctions."

Lumbermen Disappointed in New BritishAmerican Trade Agreement

Washington, Nov. lB.-"Preferential tariffs still deny American lumber a fair chance to compete for the British markets," said Wilsor.r Compton, secretary and rnanager of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, today, in voicing the general disapproval of American lumbermen of the lumber provisions in the newly announced BritishArnerican trade agreement.

NIr. Compton said:

"Our major industry interest in these agreements has been in the termination of the tariff discriminations against our lurnber and tirlber products in the British markets. \\re had hoped that the United States Government would cleal conclusively rvith this vital problem and we regret that it has not done so. The lurnber concessions in the agreernent urith Great Britain are a gesture in that direction, but no rnore. We are greatly disappointed. We continue to hope for more 'effective concessions in other British countries. Our industry is in critical need of restoration of its export trading. It seeks'at least an equal chance to compete in those markets like Great Britain, in rvhich a fair chance is now denied by the preferential tariff. We <lo not doubt the broad national economic, political and social benefits of the reciprocal trade agreements. The timber industries and those dependent on them for livelihood will share in those general benefits. But this may rrot obscure the fact of the co,ntinued subordination of their trade interests nor the fact that these industries so far have been called upon to pay a large share of the costs hrrt have had an exceedingly small share of the direct benefits of reciorocitv."

Quit Worrying About Your Competitors

Bv Jack Dionne

Quit worrying crbout your competitors.

They cre the lile ol trode.

They are the spice ol lile.

They crre cr grecd constructive element in YOITR business.

Without them you would be c mossbqck, your business would never proltress or develop, you would never get cnyrrrhere.

Without them your trcrde would be bcdly served, your business would be cr thing oI reprocrch in YOUR town.

Your would iust be iogging clong in a constcntly deepening rut,

It is your competitor that keeps you up on your toes, ccsting cbout lor new idecrs, seekingr lor new service thcrt you mcy render your trcde, secrrching lor ways cnd mecns to mcrke your business more efficient.

II it were not lor competitors this country would be cs lcr behind the times cs Chincr. II it were not lor YOTIB competitors, you would be crs lqr behind as q Chinese merchcnt.

Thcnk God lor your competitor. You SHOIILD. So should your customers.

II your competitor is cheqd oI you, you hcve something crdditioncl to strive Ior. Don't squecrl cnd mcke excuses. Look yoursell over cnd see whcrt you ccn do to ccrtch up with him.

Plcy the game hcrrder, strcighter, cnd stronger. Go qt it with qll the brains you hcve, cnd with crll the brcins you hire.

Don't settle down qnd be cr tail-ender beccuse your competitor may be mcrking it extrc hot lor you. Show him you cre hot stuff yoursell

You reclly should be thcnklul lor your competitors.

hailncL,p K, LeiLhrrlqxl

9rt, 9iqrlalh* fr{o+u"td,

THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER NIERCHANT salutes a distinguished young member of the lumber profession on the occasion of his being most signally honored by his own home town.

The Pasadena Tournament of Roses has spread the name and fame of the lovely city of Pasadena all over the world, from Dan to Beersheba, and from Hell to Breakfast. And the city of Pasadena can pay one of its citizens no higher honor than to elect him to head the splendid organizatior.r which has charge of the staging of that magnificent and impressive annual spectacle on New Year's day.

This year the Tournament of Roses festival will be fifty years old, having been organized and started in 1889. Therefore, the celebration this year will be of particular significance, and to head the Tournament of Roses Asso-

INWOOD FINISH WIDELY DISTRIBUTED

A remarkably wide distribution of Inwood, the one-coat, non-slip finish for hardwood or softwood floors, is reported by Wm. Griffith, president of Inwood Products Corporation, 1539 Folsom Street, San Francisco. Inr,vood, he says. is now sold in all of the 48 States. the Harvaiian Islands arrd many foreign countries.

Inwood Products Corporation recently openecl a plant at 6626 McKinley Avenue, Los Angeles.

ciation at the time of its Golden Jubilee, is indeed a mark of distinction and respect.

And this year a young lumber and millwork man of Pasadena has that fine honor, Mr. Lathrop K. Leishman. Mr. Leishman is a member of the firm and general manager of the Crown City Lumber & Mill Company, a veteran organization of that city. He is the son of W. L. Leisllman, founder of the lumber and millwork concern. He has brought to the profession of lumbering a fine personality, but his very active business life has not interfered rvith his tribute to the obligations of citizenship. And it is not because of the lumberman that he is, but because of the splendid citizenship that he has always manifested that the civic leaders of Pasadena chose him for President of the Tournament of Roses Association the vear of its Golden Tubilee.

SORACITY CLUB DINNER

An enjoyable evening was spent at a dinner of the Soracity Club at the Athens Athletic Club, Oakland, on Monday, November 7. Only one of the club members was absent, Earle Johnson of Watsonville. Present were the other five members, Larue Woodson, C. I. Gilbert, Eddie Tietjen, Jerry Bonnington and Clem Fraser. Invited guests rvere lf. Sewall Morton, Bert Bryan, Henry Hink and Ntiland Grant.

Sudden et Christenson Lunber and Shtpptng

Ancricrn Mitt co. .""'"*T

Hoquiem Lunbcr & Shinrfc Co.

Hutbcrt Mill C.o.

lPilhpr Hrrbor l,uab.r Millt I,OS ANGELES 610 Bo.sd o( Tnde Bldg.

310 Sansome

Abocdocn, VrrL Ryder Hanify Hoquiem, Vaeh. Dorothy Cehill Abordcco" VerL Jane Chrirtcanon Qeymond, Werh. Chrrlcl Chrirtcnron

Street. San Francisco

Annie Chrirtcoroa

Edwin Chrircenroo

Catherinc G. Sudd.o

PORTI^A,ND

200 Hcary Bldg.

Lcthrop K. Leishmcn

N. L. M. A. Holds 36th Annual Meeting

Washington, Nor'. l8.-James G. N{cNary of Southwest Ltrrrrber NIills, Inc., N{cNary, Arizona, was re-elected presidcnt of the National Lumber tr"Ianufacturers Association for the second year, at its 36th anuual meeting at the Drake Hotel, Chicago, ending Thursday. November 17.

M. L. Fleishel, Putnam Lumber Company, Shamrock, Floricla, rvas electecl vice president; \\i. M. Ritter, W. N[. liitter I-umber Company, Columbus, Ohio, lvas retained as vice president ancl treastlrer; ancl four nerv vice presidents rl'e re elected. These were: C. L. Isted, Shevlin-Hixon Co., Bend, Oregon; W. T. Neal, T. R. Miller Mill Co., I3rewton, Ala.; F. W. Schatz, Chicago Mill & Lurnber Co., Flelena, Ark.; Eclmund Hayes, Clackamas Fir Co., Portland, Oregon. \Vilsorr Comptorr rvas re-electecl secrctart' arrcl manager.

Matters concerning the exp<.irt position of the lun-rber industry, promotion of the low-cost hottse campaign of tl-re Association, the applicatiou of the provisions of the new wage ancl hour la'n' to lumber manttfacturing, tracle practices, and cooperation lvith the forestry program of the United States, rvere feature topics of the three-day sessiotl. An important highlight rvas the president's dinner on Tuesday evening, November 15. at rvhich President McNary reviewed the history of the Association activities since the post-war period, rvith special emphasis on an increase in the possible future funds of the Association for general inclustry promotion. This dinner rvas also the occasion o{ the presentation to Wilson Compton of a large silver pnnch bowl by the lumbermen as a token of appreciation at the close of Mr. Compton's 20th year as secretary and general manager of the Association.

Featured speakers cluring the three-ctay meetings were : Armin Elmendorf, researcher in forest products, rvho discussed before the general meeting o{ the board of directors, the changes rvhich science is likely to produce in the forest industries in the fttture; and Lawrence Ottinger. president of the United States Plyrvoocl Company, who spoke at the president's clinner on sales problems of the Iumber industry.

Before the important Trade Promotion Committee meeting on Novetnber 15 were reports ancl recommendations

of staff members on the follorving divisiotts of the Association rvork: Small Homes, Building Codes, Americatl Lumber Standards, Government Specifications, Public Housing Program, E,xport Lumber Prouotiou, Mercl-randising, and the Timber E,ngineering Company.

An extension of the general n.reeting conclucled the conferencq on Thursday, during rvhich representatives of rvholesale, retail ancl manufacturing lumber interests discussed tracle classifications, discounts ancl commissions.

Meetings of American Forest Products Industries, Inc. took place simultaneously with the general Association meetings ancl resulted in the re-election of I' N. Tate as president.

The first day of the meetings-Monday, November 14rvas occupiecl rvith the sessions of the Advisory Committee, composed of the secretaries of the various regional lumber ruranufacturers associations.

8 EAST BAY LUMBER DEALERS BUY ROSS CARRIERS

A steady increase in the number of users of Ross Carriers is reported by Ray G. Jacobs, manager of the San Francisco branch of The Ross Carrier Company.

Recent deliveries of the now famous Model 90 Ross Lumber Carrier have been made to Melrose Lumber Company, Oakland; Wholesale Distributors, Inc., Oakland; Tilden Lumber Company, Berkeley; Port of Oakland; E. K. Wood Lumber Company, Oakland; Hogan Lumber Company, Oakland, and El Cerrito Lumber Company, El Cerrito.

El Cerrito Lumber Company also took delivery of one of the new Ross Lumber Stackers.

Hill & Morton, Inc., Oakland, recently purchased a Ross Carrier. This makes a total of eight East Bay lumber dealers who have recently bought Ross Carrier equipment.

ATTENDS CALIFORNIA-STANFORD GAME

A. L-. "Gus" Hoover, Los Angeles, Southern California representative of The Pacific Lumber Company and Wendling-Nathan Company, was at Berkeley for the CaliforniaStanford big game on November 19.

Millwork Golfers-Pro or Amateur?

It is reported on more or less reliable authority that there is growing discontent among the golfing members of the Wholesale Sash & Door Association of Southern California regarding the amateur standing of one of the rvell knolvn members of that fraternity. One of the leading lights of the Association called at THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCFIANT Oifice the other day, and complained bitterly about rvhat he considers the injustice of forcing simon-pure amateurs at golf to compete every month at the milhvork golf tournament against a certain member rvho alrvays rvalks off rvith the lor'v gross trophy. No charges are made against this gentleman, personally, be it understood. He is young, tall, sandy-haired, and popular with all the gang. But his golf designates him as nothing on earth but a pro, and it is likely that some action will be taken soou to divide the milhvork golfers into tlvo groups, pro and amateur. The suggestion is to make the pro division furnish the pro trophies, and since there is allegecl to be onlv one pto member of the gang, the result r,vould be obvious. In that way the amateur members o{ the Association rvould have a possible chance-for the first time-of u'inning the low gross, lvhich, up to this time, the certain member complained of, carries off rvith him one hundred per cent of the time.

In order that there be no misunderstandir.rg as to who is meant, let us suggest that the name of the firm he is connected 'ivith is not the Atlantic, although just across the country from it, and his first name is not Shovel, though mighty close to it. Let tts join together in prayer.

SAN FRANCISCO VISITORS

H. B. Cooper of Aldrich-Cooper Lumber Company, Portland, Northwest representatives of Wendling-Nathan Company, San Francisco, was in San Francisco on a business trip last month and attended the California-Stan{ord gan.re at Berkeley, November 19.

of the Citizen's Mill & Lurndays in San Francisco last

National Lumber Trade Conferences Resumed

Washington, Nov. ZZ,-Delegations representins the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, the NationalAn-rerican Wholesale Lumber Association and the National Itetail Lurnber Dealers Association rnet in Chicago on November 17 to discuss the generally unsatisfactory states and trends of lurrrber trade practices.

Discussion of several tentative proposals of action resulted in the establishment of a permanent National Lumber Trade Conference scheduled to nleet again on December 12 in Chi' cago for a more thorough study of the proposals.

The presidents of the three organizations have been aske<l tt,r appoint five each to constitute the conference. George \'V. Dulany, Jr., president of the Eclipse Lurnber Company of Clinton, Iowa, prominent manufacturer and retailer, was chosen permanent chairman of the conference, which will be linown as the National Lumber Trade Conference. Mr. Dulany was chairman of the previous Joint Lumber Industry Comnrittee on Trade Practices which rnet last in 1935.

J. F. DRESCHER WITH SHINGLE INSPECTION BUREAU

J. F. Drescher has been appointed field engineer for the Pacific Coast Shingle Inspection Bureau, I'nc., and for the past several weeks has been doing trade promotion work in the interests of Red Cedar shingles in Southern California, calling on the retail and rvholesale lumber trade and building offrcials. Mr. Drescher operated his own lumber and shingle business in Seattle for many years and is well known in lumber circles throughout the country.

Mr. Drescher left for Texas the latter part of November to call on the trade in that territory, and A. N{. Sparling' field engineer, who is connected r'vith the Bureau's Seattle office is in Southern California and will continue to work in this section-

SEES BIG GAME

Ray Replogle, sales manager of the Stimson Lumber Company, Forest Qrove, Ore., was a caller at some of the rvholesalers' offices in San Francisco shortly after the middle of November, and before leaving for home took in the big game be'trveen California and Stanford, November 19'

L.

ber Co., month.

general manager Ventura, spent a few

sHE GOT THE JOB

She was applying for the position of stenographer and the big man behind the desk was gruffly questioning her:

"Chew gum?"

ttNo. sir."

"Spell cat and dog and such words correctly?"

"Yes, sir."

"Get to work on time and work while you're here?"

ttYes, sir.tt

"Spend much time fixing your make-up in the office?"

ttNo, sir."

IIe paused, and she cut in.

"Smoke bad tobacco while you're dictating?"

"WhY-er-no."

"Take it out on the office force when you've made a bust, had a row at home, or got beaten playing golf ?"

"Certainly not."

"Know enough about good English and word construction to know a good letter when it's written for you?"

"\Al'ell, shall I'go to work, or is yotrr time so valuable-" "Not a bit. There's a locker for your vvraps. Hang them up and let's get busy."

WOODCRAFT

There was an old trapper named Cook, Who knew the North woods like a book.

He knew that black bass

Never sought the tall grass

And that woodchucks \nron't snap at a hook.

He knew that a quail wouldn't quail, When a rabbit was crossing its trail, He knew why gnats sting, And why doodlebugs sing, Which is mori than they'll teach you at Yale.

RIGHT

Teacher: "Who were the three wise men?"

Johnny: "Stop ! Look ! Listen !"

PINE TREE SHADE

No shade like Pine tree shade, cool, rich, and deep, This is not darkness but withholding light, Pure silence, restful calm, untouched delight, Dawn quiet and ease of long earned sleep. No stir, no hurry here. The far off flight Of one lone bird above the airy height

Of the topmost pine is boundless in its sweep.

-Qh3slss Phillips.

THE OLD TRAPPER'S PIPE

"It's funny how these humans get sot in their ways," remarked the Old Trapper. "If they believe a thing, it's so, in spite of all proof to the contrary. Take Hank. Hank lost that there pipe of his'n three years ago last November. He swore a railroad President he'd been guidin' had stole it. But he back-tracked over seven stiff portages to look for it, anyway. When he found it there was four dead skunks lyin' dead beside it. Fixiation or envy, he says."

FAITH

My friends sometimes wonder why it is that I face losses without regrets, never condemn my neighbors for their words or acts, and face the world with calmness in my eyes and in my heart. The co,ntentment that is mine is due to the faith that is mine. I believe that I am merely an extension of a Great Executive who is all powerful and all just, that I am doing His work always, that other men and women are also obeying Him, and that he is using all men and all things in the working out of a purpose too great for us to understand. As a minor employe in a great corporation cannot fully understand executive orders all the time, so do men sometimes fail to understand the commands of God. But my faith in His power and in His wisdom is so great that I calmly accept the life He commands me to live. The more firm my faith becomes, the greater is my contentment of spirit. f do not tell you that you should believe as f do. I do tell you that this belief yields me happiness. I hope that it, or some other, will produce for you the same results.-Thomas Dreier.

"Why-er-I think f do."

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Lowet ctacking cortc-just solid edge-to-edgc stacking in the rimplert fora.

use Moorekiln Paint Products for rcathcrproofing your dry kiln and mill roofe.

Kiln Buildccr fc More Than Half a Gsntuty Nor.tfi Poclend, Orr. Jecbonviltc, Ftai&

Exchange Sawmills, Big Kansas City Conc ern, Sells Exclusively,' Through E. Cooper in Southwest Territory

W. E. Cooper, of Los Angeles, who specializes in straight car shipments of wholesale lumber in Southwest territory, exclusively represents the Exchange Sawmills Sales Company, of Kansas City, in California and Western Arizona.

Exchange is a big concern. It is simply the sales organization for a group of big sawmills in the South and West that was founded many years ago by the late Capt. J. B. White, of Kansas City, and is still owned by his family and associates. At one time they operated one of the world's biggest groups of sawmills in the South. Today the group consists of the I-ouisiana Long Leaf Lumber Company and the l-ouisiana Central Lumber Company, operating big Yellow Pine and Southern Hardwood mills in I-ouisiana, and the Forest Lumber Company, which operates a very large and extremely modern sawmill plant cutting Ponderosa Pine at Pine Ridge, Oregon, in the Klamath region. This group of mills sells considerable lumber in Southwest territory, and W. E. Cooper's wholesale lumber department, at 2035 East Fifteenth Street, Los Angeles, represents them exclusively in this territory.

It will be remembered that W. E. Cooper's wholesale lumber business is entirely separate and distinct from the retail

business of the W. E. Cooper Lumber Company, which is located on Pico Street in I-os Angeles, and is under the management of Charles M. Cooper. The wholesale business is in charge of A. ltl. Sanders, who has been connected with the Cooper organization for the past fifteen years in Los Angeles. The wholesale business is strictly a carlot operation. No stocks to speak of are carried at the big plant on East Fifteenth Street.

Western Pine is the principal commodity made by Exchange and sold in the Southwest by W. E. Cooper. The big Pine Ridge mill manufactures an extremely high grade and quality of Ponderosa Pine, which they advertise as "precision manufactured." All Ponderosa products are available to the California and Arizona lumber trade from this mill. They also sell Southern llardwoods, and even a certain amount of Southern Yellow Pine specialties. The hardwood is manufactured at a very large and efficient plant at Clarks, I-ouisiana, which is operated by a lumberman of national repute, C. C. Sheppard, recently president of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. The Clarks' mill specializes in Red and White Oak, and Sap and Red Gum, together with Cypress, Magnolia, Beech, Poplar, and Black Gum. The lumber is well manufactured, air seasoned. They also make Oak Flooring.

W. E. Cooper considers this one of the best mill accounts selling in the Southwest.

APPOINTED ADVERTISING COUNSEL

J. H. Jolley, general manager and chief inspector of the Pacific Coast Shingle Inspection Bureau, Inc., announces the appointm,ent of Milne & Company, Inc., Seattle advertising agencv, as advertising counsel for the P.C.S.LB. Certified Red Cedar Shingles.

Preliminary advertising will consist of Lumber Trade Journals and literature. R. P. Milne, president of the agency, has had rvide experience in handling advertising

for Red Cedar shingles and other forest products.

Five California Cities Listed Among First Lumbermen's Hi-Jinks December 16

Twenty in Building in United States

Five California cities rvere listed among the first twenty in the United States reportir.rg the largest building volume for the first ten months of 1938. Los Angeles continued to hold second place r.r'ith a total of $57,798,957, San Francisco was sixth with $I7,274,121, Long Beach rvas thirteenth with $9,849,53.5, San Diego rvas seventeenth with $8,105,569 and Oakland was twentieth rvith $7,587,052. New York City was in first place with a total of $320,877,3B1.

Building permit valuations for the twenty leading cities for the 6rst ten months of the year and comparative figures lor 1937 as compilecl by Dun & lJlaclstreet, Inc.,

There l-ras been a big demand for tickets and indications point to a record tllrnout at the Lttmbermen's Hi-Jinks which rvill be helcl Friday evening, December 16, at the Cafe De Paree, 2312 West Seventh Street (opposite Westlake Park), Los Angeles. The party is sponsored by Lnmbern-ren's Post, No. 403, of the American Legion.

Russell Gheen is in charge of the entertainment program and there will be two floor shorvs by an excellent cast of etrtertainers.

I)inner will be served at 7:OO P. N{. The Arrangerlent Comnittee for the party includes Russell Gheen, l,eo Hubbard, Ed Biggs, Fred Morehouse, and \Iaury Alexander.

Tickets can be secured from meml-rers of the con-rn-rittee. or members of the Post.

NEW BOOKLET ON SILO BUILDING

During the past year engineers of the West Coast Lttnlbermen's Association, in cooperation rvitl-r the University of \\tashington Forestry School, have concittcted a series of experiments and tests for the purpose of solving the silohoop prol>lem. A booklet, "Hor- to Builcl a Douglas Fir Silo," has just been published, giving the recommendations resulting from this research for the benefit of farm-builders and for retail lumber dealers in farm territorl'. At.t1'one requesting it may have a copy.

Jacksonville, Fla. Buffalo, N. Y.

APPOINTED YARD MANAGER

It. C. Kendall has succeeded H, C. Kinnee as manager of the Valley Lumber Company at Hanford'

TRAVELING

IN Wayne Mullin, left the early part Nen'Zealancl. He

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

Mullin Lumber Company, Los Angeles, of November on a trip to Australia and will be back in January.

RETURNS FROM ILLINOIS

Dick Emison, Santa Ana Lttmber Co., Santa Ar-ra, is back from lllinois where he spent about three weeks.

CALLS ON ARIZONA TRADE

W. B. Wickersham, Pope & Talbot Lumber Co., Los Angeles, spent several days in Arizona last month calling on the trade.

VISITS MILL

Ilert Srnith, The Red River Lumber Co., a recent visitor at the company's mill at he spent a few davs.

I-os Angeles, was Westwood, rvhere

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Ten Years Ago Today

From December 1,1998 lssue

The annual convention of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association was held at the Hotel St. Francis, San Francisco on November 15-16-17. The following officers rvere elected ; Harry A. Lake, Garden Grove, president; E. T. Robie, Auburn, vice-president of the Northern District; A. J. Stoner, Sawtelle, vice-president of the Southern District ; M. A. Harris, San Francisco, treasurer; Mrs. J. E. Fraser, secretary.

The convention attracted a large attendance, and interesting discussions took place on such subjects as "Dealer Distribution," "Methods of Local Cooperation," "Methods of Building Up Retail Price Lists," etc.

Citrus Belt Hoo-Hoo Club met Bernardino, Wednesday evening, planned a concatenation for the 50 attended the meeting.

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at the Cafe Madrid, San November 21. The club early part of December.

One of the most attractive exhibits ever seen at a lumbermen's convention was the clisplay of beautiful, large sandblasted "factory finished" panels shorvn by The Red River Lumber Co. at the California retailers' convention. Rert Smith was in charge.

Bread boards made of five-ply Pine plyr,voocl cut in the shape of a pig were given away and these were so. popular that several cases of them disappeared in a short time. Bert was forced to tell the late comers that the pigs had all walked away.

The office personnel of tl-re E. K. Wood Lumber Co.. Los Angeles, with their guests ancl friends, held a delightIul party at the Central Manufacturing District Club House. Saturday evening, November 17. Follorving the dinner. there u'as an entertainment program ancl clancing.

The fifth annual conference of the Millrvork Institute of California was held at the Hotel Whitcomb, San Francisco. November 22-23. Offrcers elected for the ensuing year were A. W. Bernhauer, Fresno, president; J. G. Kennedy, Sau Francisco, and A. J. Todhunter, Los Angeles, vice-presidents ; E. A. Nicholsorr, Los Angeles, treasLlrer; and H. J. Diclesch, nranaging director.

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G. Frank Nolan, Patten-Blinn Lumber Co., San Diego, u'as elected president of the Merchants' Central Credit Association of San Diego on November 15. During the past year he served as vice-president of the organization.

BACK FROM ARIZONA

A. A. Tomlinson, general ffranager of Pacific Wood Products Corporation, Los Angeles, is back from a business trip to Arizona.

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Property lmprovement Loans Insured bv FHA Over $700,000,000

Property improvement loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration have crossed the $700,000,000 mark,. Administrator Stewart McDonald has announced.

The total amount of these loans, which are insured under Title I of the National Housing Act, was $7M,959,4O9 on November 19. This figure was composed of 1,768,536 separate notes. Of the total, 3l?,ffi notes in the amount of $143,987,310 have been insured since the Property Improvement Credit Plan rvas revived as a result of amendments to the National Housing Act in February.

The major part of the number and amount of these loans since February have been for improvements to small residential dwellings of one to four families and for new structures, Mr. McDonald said. Approximately 87 per cent of the number of loans and 75 per cent of the amount of loans through September 30 were for new structures or improvements to small residential dwellings.

Structural alterations and additions and roofing bulked together comprised the major item of expenditure for 31.5 per cent of the aggregate of loans insured between February and September 30. Alterations and additions represented 23 per cent of this amount, and orofing represented 8.5 per cent.

For 26.5 pe,r cent of the total amount, the major expenditure was for exterior painting and interior finishing. In 9.8 per cent of the volume, the expenditure was for "new structures,l' either residential or non-residential. This does not include residential construction and purchase financed under the insured mortgage provisions of Title II of the National Housing Act.

Heating and plumbing were the major items of expenditure for 23.9 per cent of the total amount of notes reported, with 16.3 per cent for heating and7.6 per cent for plumbing.

For the remaining 8.3 per cent, miscellaneous items such as electrical wiring, etc., were reported.

U,nde'r its regulations, the Federal Housing Administration insures qualified lending institutions against loss up to 1O per cent of the total amount of property improvement loans made by banks, savings and loan associations, mortg'age compa,nies, and other qualified agencies. The 10 per cent increase coverage, based on past experience and sound lending practices, constitutes virtually complete protection.

Applyins Shad-O-Grain Shinsles

One of the outstanding shingles in the new Celotex line of Triple Sealed roofing products is the Shad-O-Graina shingle rvith a raised grain in variegated colors, giving a weathered rvood effect and deep shadows.

Celotex, in announcing its entrance into the roofing busirless a few months ago, embarked upon a strict retail dealer distribution policy, exactly the same as is in effect upon its insulating board products. That policy has been firmly lived up to, according to Vice President H. W. Collins.

Mrs. Margaret Tebb

Mrs. Margaret Tebb, wife of Neal A. Tebb, salesman for A. L. Hoover of Los Angeles, passed away at the Santa Ana Valley Ho'spital, Santa Ana, on November 7, follorving a short illness.

Besides her husband, she is survived by a young son; her father and mother of Long Beach, Wash., and a sister of Tacoma. Wash. Funeral services were held at Tacoma.

BACK FROM TRIP TO MINNESOTA

'Amos Geib, Geib Lumber Company, Huntington Park, has returned from a month's trip to Minnesota. He traveled by automobile, and went on to Detroit where he bought a new Buick. The last day of the trip he drove from Gallup, New Mexico, to Los Angeles, a distance of about 700 miles.

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U. S. Lumber and Log Exports and lmports

For First Nine Months of 1938

Total exports of hardwood and softwood lumber (including boards, planks, scantlings, flooring, sawed timber) and logs for the first 9 months of 1938 totaled 795,215 M board feet as compared with 1,2f,1,214 M feet for the corresponding period of.1937, a loss of 38 per cent, according to figures released by the Forest Products Division of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.

Of the total 1938 amount, sawed material accountecl for 7U,376 M feet as compared with 1,139,745 M feet, a loss o.f 38 per cent. On the same basis of comparison, exports of logs and hewn timber totaled 90,839 M feet as against 141,469 M feet, a loss of 36 per cent.

In the following paragraphs, the amounts cover the first 9 months of 1938. For com,parative purposes the fi.gu,r.es covering the first 9 months of. 1937 are in parentheses.

Sawn softwood totaled 515,695 M feet (849,752). In this sawn softwood group, Douglas fir was the most important species exported totaling 232,679 M feet (468,444). Southern pine w'as next in importance totaling 225,343 M feet (285,8m). Other woods exported in this group were: white, lronderosa, aird sugar pine,26,643 M feet (41,360) ; redwood ll,30O M feet (19,581) ; sp,ruce 7,999 M feet (16,937) ; cedar, 3.780 M feet (5,046); cypress, 3,868 M teet (3,527); hemlock, 1,362 M feet (4,78).

Sawn hardwoods (including flooring) totaled 188,68l I\,I

feet (289,993). In this group, oak totaled 92,A68 ilI feet (132,C/{6); ash 19,58O M feet (34,172); poplar I4,n3 M feet (24,9ffi). Other species in this group although totaling smaller quantities also showed decreased export volumes. Softwood log exports totaled 73,776 M feet (122,428). Hardwood log exports totaled 17,063 M feet (19,041). In this log export group, Douglas fir accounted for 58,985 M feet (56,783); cottonwood and aspen 8,00O M feet (7,81); hemlock, 3,235 M f.eet (31,524; ash and hickory, 3,057 I,f feet (4,041); Port Orford cedar, 3,196 M f.eet (7,7D). Log exports of other segregated species were comparatively small.

With reference to the above export statistics, mention should be made that sawed railroad ties, trim and mol'dings are not included (even though they are considered as lumber items), for the reason that the figures are not readily available in terms of board feet. Box shooks are not included since comparable import statistics are not available.

Total imports of hardwood and softwood logs and lumber (including clapboard and cabinet rvoods) totaled 49O,831 M teet (642,174). Of this amount 119,809 M feet (101,831) were logs (hardwoods and softwoods) ;323,947 M feet (452,&5) were softwood lumber (including clapboards) (Continued on Page 30)

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The good looking lun.rber 1'ard of Van flatre-Nlanning Lumber Company. sho'lvn on this page is located at the intersection of Paramount and Firestone Btirtlevarcls. Dorvney, Calif. The owners are \\'. A. Van Matre ancl L. W. Manning. Both got their training in the lttmber and building material business with the Ski<lmore Lumber Cornpany, I)orvne,r', JIr. Van NIatre having been l7 1'ears rvith this concerll ancl N'[r. Manning 15 years.

They opened this yarcl in December, 1936. ancl at the s'.art clid every'thing thernselves. They have hacl a steacly gror'r'tl.r ancl non. the yarcl keeps seven men bttsy. l3usiness in the first 10 months of this year \\ras greater in volrrrrre than for the whole of 7937.

The yard has a frontage of 95 feet on Paramottnt Boulevard, and a depth of 41O feet. All lumber piles are ()n concrete piers. The dry lumber shed is double cleckecl. The loading platform of the cement house is under cover. The mill is equipped with a planer and a ripsaw, and three Forrl trucks are operated.

Redrvood siding, sl by lO inches is used on the exterior of the office. The fence is of Ponderosa Pine.

Insulite Insulating Tile is rrsecl on the ceiling of the olfice and Insulite Plar-rk on the walls. The floor of the t'rr,o large display u'inclou's is n.rade of san.rples of various kirr<ls of hardrvoocl flooring, tlre back of the n'iuclorv clisplal' sPa6c bcing knotty Pine.

A complete line of ltttnber ancl l>uilcling materials is stocked, inclucling some builders' harclu,are. Paltco paittts ancl roofing ancl Schumacher rvall boarcls and Grip Lath are handlecl, also Dutch Boy painters' prodttcts. They sell The California Door Company's sash, cloors ancl panels. This progressive yottng firnr will builtl a ueu' office and store building in the near fttture ancl u'hen completed 'n'ill prrt in a full line of hardrvare.

COMBINES BUSINESS AND PLEASURE

Nfarc de Bruin, sales matrager of the Gorn.rar.r Ltttnber (iompanv, San Francisco, spent 10 ciays in Southern California early in November on bnsiness attd pleasttre. [{e attendecl tl-re annttal convention of the California l{ctail l-umbermen's Association at Pasadena. November 3 to 5. Mrs. rlc Bruin accompaniecl hirl on the trip.

M a M lssues Five New Folders on Uses of Resnprest

Five new folders by the M and M Woodrvorking Company, Portland, Oregon, present the wide uses for Resnprest, the company's all-purpose, all-lveather plywood bonded with phenol formaldehyde resin by the hot plate process.

"Enduring Signs of all Kinds" illustrates and describes new streamlined bulletins, outdoor cut-outs, road markers, real estate signs, etc. of Resnprest, offering concrete evidence that Resnprest plylvood rvill not separate even under severest lr.eather conditions.

"Resnprest on the Farm" contains photos of silos, incubators, poultry houses, etc. of Resnprest. The folder points out that buildings of these large economical panels are speedily and cheaply built; that they are rvarmer; and easier to clean because of the fewer joints. For temporary shelters Resnprest is ideal, as it is split-proof and may be used over and over.

"Build your Boat with Resnprest" is replete rvith evidence of the plyrvood's rvaterproof and lasting qualities and htrll construction, and offers amateur builders plans for a racing outboard motor boat, sail boat, and dinghy.

"Cut your Modernizing Costs rvith Resnprest" demonstrates the adaptability of this lorv cost building material to modern, sireamlined, roundecl corner construction. I1Itrstratecl are a modern service station, grocery store and Iumber yarcl, all constructed entirely of Resnprest.

"Specifications and Instructions" diagrams four practical rnethods of installing Resn'prest-(1) flush wall, invisible joint; (2) modern, streamlined batien joints; (3) shiplap type joint; and (4) "lap and vee" joint. The folder also contains complete information on finishing Resnprest.

Dwight t. Peterson

Drvight J.Peterson, former Toledo, Ohio, lttmberman, rpassed away at his home in Coronado, Calif., on November 19, after a short illness.

Mr. Peterson was born in Defiance, Ohio, August 14, l8&. At the age of 17 he r,vent to Toledo where he became associated with the J. R. McGlone Lumber Company. He then established a r'vholesale lumber business which he incorporated ullder his name. Later, he l>ecame president of the Hixon-Peterson Lumber Co., operating a chain of retail yards in Michigan ancl Ohio.

In 1886, Mr. Peterson married Minnie Arvilla N{cGlone and two years ago they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. They have made their home in Coronado since 1928. He r,vas a Knight Templar, a life member of the Scottish Rite, ancl r,vas prominent in San Diego an<l Coronado civic life.

He is survived by his rvife; a son, J. Harold Peterson, president of the Peterson Lumber & Finance Co. of San Diego; two granclchildren, Mary Arvilla Peterson, Coronado, and J. Haro'ld Peterson, Jr., of New York; and a sister, Mrs. F. W. Sturdivant of Toledo. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon, November 20.

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FHA Reports Indicate Active \Tinter Building and Mod ernization Season

Signposts pointing to a relatively active winter building and modernization season are found in recent reports of the Federal Housing Administration. These reports show that applications for both modernization loans and new home mortgages are being received in unusually large nurnber, in spite of the approach of winter weather.

Small home mortgages selected for appraisal showed an increase of ll7 per cent for October, over the same month a year ago, indicating a well sustained volume of home building for the last months of the year. Around 70 per cent of the mortgages accepted for insurance currently cover new homes.

In addition, property improvement loans are being insured at the rate of over 10,000 weekly, with the daily volume of loans aggregating nearly $1,000,000. This, in itself, should provide many builders, dealers, and contractors with a backlog of work to tide over the "slow" months.

While an unusually large amount of winter building probably will be undertaken in some sections, home and business property repair and improvement also ofier a natural outlet for winter activities in most cities. With the Federal Housing Administration's Property Improvement Credit Plan still in effect, industry should be able to develop an unusually large volume of business during the current winter.

Despite active modernization programs carried out during the past few years, the property improvement market is still large. In the three years in which the original insurance was in effect, the Federal Housing Administration insured loans totaling approximately $561,000,000. Since the re-enactment of the loan insurance provisions last February, loans aggregating more than $135,000,000, in 300,000 individual loans, have been insured.

Property improvement loans are made by financial institutions which have qualified with the FHA to obtain insurance on loans that meet FHA requirements. The borrower must have an adequate income and must own the property or hold a lease upon it running at least six months longer than the term of the loan.

Installation of equipment are eligible only when they become

an actual part of the structure, as do heating, plurnbing, and other permanently installed systems.

The maximum arnount which may be borrowed under the property improvement plan is $10,000, although the average loan is less than $500. Applications for improvement loans amounting to more than $2,500 must be submitted to the FHA for prior credit approval. Borrowers may take from three to five years to repay loans, maki,ng payments monthly during that period. Lending institutions may not charge an amount exceeding the equivalent of a discottnt of $5 per $100 face amount of a one-year note payable in equal monthly installments.

A new phase of the property improvement program is that involving the insurance of loans for new structures. Such loans may not exceed $2,500. Eligible structures include small houses, barns, garages, summer cottages, roadside stands, silos, milk houses, and other accessory buildings.

RESOLUTIONS NOTE PASSING OF THREE FORMER PRESIDENTS OF NATIONAL LUMBER

MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION IN .1938

Washington, Nov. 25,-The year 1938 was a year of sever:e loss to the lumber industry in the passing of prominent persons engaged in its cooperative activities.

Three former presidents of the NLMA passed away during the year: N. W. Mcleod, second president, from 1904 to 1906; Major E. G. Griggs, sixth president, from 1911 to 1913, and Frank G. Wisner, who se,rved from 1924 to 1927.

Resolutions passed at the recent 36th meeting of the NLMA, expressed the lumbermen's sense of loss over the passing of not only these gentlemen, but also that of Theo. M. Knappen, long-time publicity director of the National staff, and Thomas M. True, secretary-manager of the Southern Cypress Association.

CALIFORNIA VISITOR

J. E. Cool, sales manager, Fir lumber department, Smith Wood-Products, Inc., Portland, was recently in San Francisco and Los Angeles on business for his firm.

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LABEL on evory bundle ol Red Cedcr Sbingles.

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My Ancestor

By Thomas Milburn Upp

My ancestor lived in a tall, tall tree, In a far away lime and place; And the boast was his, as it is with me, That he came from a high-born race. His manners were lofty, as r,vell might be, In the station which he adorned, And no advances permitted he From the underworld he scorned. No low down matters of common trade

Could ever his thoughts engage, For his family fortune and place were made, Ere the paleolithic age.

He looked on the climbers with hostile eve. And was ready with striking snub; And woe to the seeker who ventured nigh His very exclusive club.

His family arms were admitted by all, When he held them above his head. And however the tropic rains might fall The hairs would the torrent shed.

The neighbors in all the trees about, Their manners by his would shape, Of high degree or the common rout, They ever his fashions ape.

No irreligious that ancient sire, Nor ever in vices sunk, Nor yielding to wordy or wrong desire, He lived like a pious monk. So high in his virtues, which all might see, His wisdom, which all might know, That a Primate he could not fail to be And science record him so. His family lives and their number grows, And their station shall never fail', But I come from a younger branch than those, Whose estates are bequeathed in tail. And so, when the ducats have all been spent, And the trade bills are up to me, I console myself with my long descent, And my ancient family tree.

HEADS FRESNO BUILDERS

J. C. Ferger, president and manager of the Swastika Lumber Company, Fresno, was elected president of the Fresno Builders Exchange by the board of directors on November 19. He served as vice-president during the past year.

NORTHWEST LUMBERMEN VISIT SOUTHLAND

Grant Robertson, sales manager of the Portland Lumber Mills, Portland, Ore., and Max Smith, Portland manager for the E. K. Wood Lumber Co., spent a few days at the Los Angeles office of the E. K. Wood Lumber Co. the latter part of November. With Ray Julien, the company's popular salesman, they also called on the trade in the San Diego territory.

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"As for bock os I con remember, dqd alwcrys hcrd a Red Book in his office."

So writes a young mcrn who is now "on his o'wn" os cm independent opercrtor in the lumber industry.

"He often hcs told me thcrt he did not think ony Lumber Mqnufocturer could qfford to do business without it. So I crm going to need the Red Book to keep informed qbout chcrnging credits. Pleqse enter my subscription for one yeor."

Unquestioncbly there ctre many ctmong our present subscribers who "grew up" with the Red Book for we hcve been conscientiously serving the Industry for 62 yecrs. We cne no'w', crnd hcve been for the most of those yectrs, the only qgfency offering cr Credit Rating ond Soles Service speciclized to fit the peculior needs of the Industry.

If you ore familior with the Red Book beccuse of hcving grown up with it, we shoulC like to welcome you crs q subscriber.

Those who crre not Iamilicn with it cne invited to use it on our 30 Doy Approvol Plgn -no obligcrtion.

( Our Collection Depcrrt- ) J meni con qsaiet you in ( ) collecting your past due ( ( qccounb. )

New Book on Super-Harbord Plywood

East Bay Club Expresses Sympathy to Family of Late James Tyson

The following is a copy of resolutions on the passing of James 'fyson aclopted by East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 at their reguiar meeting held at tl.re Athens Athletic Club, Oakland, on N{onday, November 21.

WIJEREAS, Divine Provider.rce has reuror-ecl frorn ottr tnidst, James Tyson, who for a half centtlry has been tnost prornir.rently iclentified with the lumber ancl shipping business of the Pacific Coast; an active leader in organizations of lumber manufacturers, wholesale and retail dealers in tl-re L)ouglas Fir, Redwood, and California White Pine indttstries, both clomestic and foreign ; as n,ell as in shiltowners grottps; and

WHEREAS, I\{r. Tyson'rvas noted for his tireless devotion to the active duties imposecl upon hirn by his heavy l>usiness responsibilities, yet fincling tirne for organization tasks inherent in his large business connections; and

WHEREAS, James Tyson clevoted much personal effort aucl private funds to public and private charities, as rvell as to civic, political, and rvelfare organizatious of many rvide interests, especially such as the Boy Scouts, Salvation Arrny, ancl cluring the World War, to all the Unitecl States organizations, therefore be it

-'\rr illustrated descriptive catalog ancl gracle use guicle on Supcr-llarborcl and other plywood products, is just off the press. It is of interest to dealers, cotnractors, architects, engineers, and others professionally interested in plyrvood.

The title is "Information on Super-Harborcl and Other I Iar'lrord Prodttcts," ancl copies are available from the Harbor Plyu'oocl Corporation, of Hoquiam, Washington.

The book discusses the use of outdoor plywood for homes, service stations, lumber yards, industrial and utility

RIISOLVED, that East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 irr regular meeting assembled this date do hereby tender to tl-re members of N{r. Tyson's family our tleep sympathy in their great loss, and be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of these Resolutions be sent to the bereaved family, to the lumber press, ancl also be incorporated in the recorcls of this Club, rvhose membership is representative of all branches of the lumber and shipping trade of the San Francisco Bay region.

builclings, ancl also is filled rvith information on plywood ancl its use for concrete forms, boats, signs, farm uses, and a scorc of other applications.

WHEN YOU SELL

Booth-Kelly Douglas Fir, the Association grade and trade mark certify to your customerg the quality of the stock you handle. Builders quit guessing about what they're buying, and buy where they know what they're getting.

Mqy Opcn New Field for Lumber

Washington, Nov. 15.-A method of roof truss design that rnay open up a new field in timber truss design was recently incorporated in the Sunday School building auditorium of the First Presbyterian Church in Nerv Orleans, La. This system departs {rom the conventionai rough structnral truss pattern, combir.ring rvorking and finishing members rvith smooth, finished joints to produce an economical and ornamental truss suitable for churches. synagogues, temples and other similar structures.

The truss, designed by Sam Stone & Son, Inc., architects and engineers, is of the scissors type rvith a 38-ft. span. It has a rise of approximately 8 ft. and a 9-ft. clear height altove the supports at the center. The l;ottom cl.rorcl is rnade up of trvo pieces of 2"x8" lumber rvith the top chorcl consisiing of trvo pieces of 7'x10" and one piece 3"xlf'. Modern split ring timber connectors and shear plate connectors are used in all connections.

All of the lumber used, except the ltottom facia and moulclirrgs, acts as stressed members as well as finished or "appearance" members, and with its smooth, flush joints the appearance of the truss is the same as if a sheathecl steel truss hacl been usecl.

A load test to determine the strength and rigidity of the trusses rvas conducted by the architect ancl contractor. A load ol 12,@O lbs. rvas applied to the truss, suspendecl by means of ropes which rvere attached to trvo movable platforms piled n'ith brick. The full load u,as equally dir.icled, 6,300 lbs. being placed on each platform. The test rvas made to determine the movement or spreacl at the rvalls. No inclication of either factor .ivas uoticecl b1' the architect or contractor clearly illustrating the l-rigl-r rigiclitland strength of the trusses. The equivalent loads or stresses set up b1' the test l.rave not been determined, but Mr. Stone declared it to be the approximate equivalent of the design load. The construction rvork tvas done bv Reimann Construction Co., Inc.. of Nerv Orleans.

WORLD'S FAIR BUILDING WILL BE SURFACED WITH NEW MATERIAL MADE OF CORK AND LIQUID RUBBER

Outside rvalls surfaced with an amazing neu. and versatile material macle of cork ancl liquid rubber, will be one of a number of unique features of the National Cash Register Company's building at the New York World's Fair 1939. Called "Monocork," this material is being used as srlrfacing for "The Road of Tomorrow" at the near-by Ford Building, and as a non-slip surface for the exciting Helicline which is a rvalkrvay leacling from the Perispl.rere to tl.re grouncl.

CHIPS FROM THE FOREST

The Unitecl States Forest Service reports that big garr.re on the national forests has increased at an average rate of 10 per cent a year since 1921.

Seventy-five per cent of the fornia graze on the 18 national the summer season.

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EXPERIENCED LUMBERMAN WANTS POSITION

Can take off plans, do detailed office work" estimate, sell or buy, have managed a small yard, full knowledge of F.H.A., likes work, married, age 48, have own car, could invest, at preseart employed- Address BoxC-727 California Lumber Merchant.

LUMBER YARDS FOR SALE

Very fine Los Angeles suburban yard. Fine living conditions. Real estate $6,000 but could be bought on terms. Improvements and equipment $12,250. Inventory $10,000. Also good yard in Nevada. $25,000 but two-thirds cash will handle.

Twohy Lumber Co., Lumber Yard Brokers, 801 Petroleum Securities Bldg., Los Angeles. Telephone PRospect 87+6.

LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIAL SALESMAN WANTS POSITION

Experienced lumber and building material salesman, who can take off plans, estimate and do detail office work seeks permanent opening. Married, age 42 and have own car. Willing to move anywhere, and leave remuneration open, to be determined by results. Address Box C-730, California Lumber Merchant.

POSITION WANTED

California retail lumberrnan, experienced in accounting and yard management. Good on credits and collections. Well posted on F.H.A. Family man. Go anywhere. What have you?

Address H. R. Penney, Cottonwood, Calif.

WILL BUY LUMBER YARD

Want Northern California lumber yard. Trade San Francisco income property. Address Box C-728 California Lumber Merchant.

SEEKS EMPLOYMENT

Capable Manager, now employed, seeks employment in larger field.' Age 33, married. Can figure material lists and millwork. Address Box C-729, California Lumber Merchant.

POSITION \^/ANTED

Married man wants position as yard clerk or foreman. 15 years' experience in retail lumber business. Well acquainted with all building supplies. Can give the best of references and will go any place. Address Box C-731 California Lumber Merchant.

Lumber and Log Exports and lmports

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and 47p75 M feet (87,698) were hardwood lumber and ing to preliminary figures supplied by the Bureau of the sawed cabinet woods. Customs and Treasury Department.

In the logs group, imports of fir, spruce, or western hemlock accounted for 61,530 M feet (57,835), cedar 35,937 M feet (15,761), and mahogany 16,917 M feet (18,576).

In the softwood lumber group, spruce was the most important species imported, totaling 132,659 M feet (245.102). Imports of fir and hemlock combined totaled 123,302.M feet (106,053) and imports of pine totaled 39,680 M feet (69,368).

With reference to the above import statistics, mention should be made that sawed railroad ties, pickets, and box shooks are not included (even though they are considered as lumber items) for the reason that the figures are not readily available in terms of board feet.

The reciprocal trade agreement signed by the United States and Canada allotted Canada &n ?r:rual quota of 250,000,000 board feet of Douglas fir and Western hemlock to enter the United States at $2.00 duty and excise tax.

From January 1 to October l, 1938, imports of these woods subject to this quota totbled I27,@4,172 board feet, accord-

The Bureau of Customs announced September D that the quota on importation of red cedar shingles from Canada was filled September 28. Therefore, further importations of this commodity may not be admitted to entry for consumption until the beginning of the next quota period on January l,1939.

Detailed monthly statistics on the U. S. exports and imports of hardwood and softwood logs and lumber are compiled by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce and are available from the Bureau on a subscription basis. Special statistics covering imports subject to quota are compiled by the Customs Bureau and are made available to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce.

ATTENDS CALIFORNIA.STANFORD GAME

Grant Robertson, sales manager of Portland Lumber Mills, Portland, was an interested spectator at the California-Stanford big game, November 19.

BI]YBB9S GI]TIDD SAN FNANOISOO

LUMBER

At&im-Stutz Company, ll2 Muket Stret ,..........'....GArheld lt10

Chubcrlin & Cc. W. R. ,th Floor, Ftfc Bldg. ............DOuthr 5l?0

Dolbeer & Carroa Lunbcr Co7:t0 M.rchr[t3 Ercbangc Blda. ,...SUtt r 7|50

Gamerstm & Gren, fE00 Amy St. ...........,........Atwater 1300

Gorru hmbar Cc, ,Oa Califqnte St. ........'.......'.GArficld 50{a

Hall, Jrea L1032 Millr Bkls. ....................Suttcr 75ar

Hammd Rcdvod Cmpaly' {U MotSGy St. ........,.....IX)ugh. Sttt

Holma Eurcka lrhba Co. rr05 Flmdd Cata Bldg........GAr6dd ft2r

Roy M. Juil Lunbcr Co' ' Artbur H. Cole, fa CalifdDb St...GArfield tt70

C. D. Johnro l.mbc Corpondo' 25f Cdifqlb Strc.t ..........,...GAricld 351

Lamon-Bmln3ton Cmgany, f3 Callfqnl Srcct ...............GArfrcld a$r

lJgru, Alvh N- tl0r Cdildrh Str.Gt ............Flllnc. flta

LUMBER

LUMBER

Pacific Lumber Cq, Th. l0ll Burh Street ................,.GArfield f ftl

Pcgge, J. E., I Dmn St. ......,...............DOu8Ia! ttst

Pqc & Talbot Lurbcr C,o., ,t0l M.*et SL ...................DOusfl3 25n

Rcd Riva hnbcr Co., 3rS Modnoc& Bld8. ............GArfield O22

Santa Fe Luber Cc, f6 Caltfmia Stct .....i........EXbroo& 2O?l

Schala Bru. Irnba & Shingle Co. I Dra'm SL ........................Sutts rttr

Shevlir Pino Salea Cor|E0 Mmdrck BldC. .......,.....KEamy 70ll

Suddal & Chrirtenro, 310 Sanrmc Str..t .......,.......GAr6c1d 2taa

Trcws Lunbc Co. rr0 Mstct Strc.t ..,....... .......Suttr 042a

OAIILAITID

Grmcrctm & Gn€q tth AvdG Pf; .......'.'.,.......Hlgatc l3{8

Hlll & Mrt6' Irc.'

Dcaatron St. Whrrt ..............ANdcvcr 107l

Hogu llnba CmpalY, znd & Alicc Stct .........'.'Glerut |tar

Red Rivc Lunb.r Co|0S Fim:iil Cata Blds.......TWin@lo ta00

E. K. Wood Lunbcr Co' Frc&rlct & Kht Str. ........FRuttnlc 0ll2

LUMBER

We;rcrhaus Sale Co., l.lt Cdifmlia StreGt ........,.....GAricld t|?l

H.ARDW@DS AND PANELS

Maric Plywood Corpontio, 5!0 rOth Sbcet ...............MArkct ttos-Oll O'Neill Imbs Co, tth & Towend Streets ..........MArket t{,o

White Brotbce,Fifth ud Bt?uu Slnctr..........SUtt r ltt6

SASH-DOORS-PLYWOOD

Nicolai Door Saler Co, 30|5 reth StrcGt ...............,....Mlcri6 ?l2l

Unlted Statec Plywod Corporado, u0 Kmlas Stret ........,.......MArkat ltt!

Wbeeler-Oegood Sals Corpqation, 304s rt'.h St. .........,........,...VAhod. r21r

CREOSOTED LUMBER_POIEI'-PILTNGTIES

Areriq Lmbcr & Tn.tlna Co.' 116 Ncw MontSmry St. ..........Suttc lttl

Buter, J. H. & Co,. 3!t Motgqry SL ............DOu9hr ttt|

Hall, Jamr L, 1032 Mllb Bldt. ............'.......SUttGr ?5Aa

PANEI.S-DOORS-SASH-SCREENS

Caltfmtr BuikLr. Supply Cc' ?00 fth Av.. :.................Hl1ltc Oll

Wcrtm Dc & Suh Co.' 5th & CyFccr Str....'.........TEnptetar t{f,

HARDWOODS

Stnblc Hardwood 6., 5i]? Fint SEat '.....'.........TEmplebar 35t/|

Whitc Broltcn, 50e Htt StnGt .'.........'.'....ANdccr lt00

tOS ANGBLBS

Aulo Cdllmb Lrnbc Co, -32c Awdm Blvd. ...'..'......'THmwall tl{l

Buru Lunbcr Co, 5!0 Chubcr of 'Cmmre Bld;-..PRocpect Sfaf

Gooncr, Wilfnd T. ioi cater St. :.,..................CAPito| atila

Dolbcr & Cem l-unbcr Co. t.t Fl&litr Blds. .................vAndkc t792

Dod. Dm H., cdt pettof-i- Sctritlr Bldf.....PRcFct ztta

Humd Rcdwood Cmpany, l03l So. Bmdny ..".......'..PRocrect rl3

Holncs Eureka Lunber Co, ?[-?rZ zbchitctr Blds. ....'.....MUttEl fllr

Hovcr, A. L. 522s- lrnhh|is Blvd. ..................YOt& rr0

Rq M. Janin L *bs Co., -F. A. Cloush, ll4t Trcmine,.......York 29ot }v' L' Faneu' 2'152 wect rt6n8ll."t". rmz

C. D. Johnm lluba Ccportio' Ol Petrclem Seoritla Bldg....PRdFct U65

Larene-Pbilipc Lmber Co., 83 Petnlcm Squrtties Bldg...,PRcpcct tl?{

Mt. Wbitney Luber Co., t030 East Pio St. ....,.... .....ANgelue 0l7l

Padfic Lunbcr Co. Th.,

5iez5 Wtkhlra Blvd. ..................YOrk l16t

Pattcn-Blim Lubcr Co-

5Zr E. 3th SL ...................,..VAnd&o 2321

Pqc & Trtbot Lubcr Cc, AZ Edlo Bldg. ..................TRhtty 58lr

Rcd Rivcr lubcr Co-

1tA E. Shr.o CEnhrry !O?r

lCll So. Brcd*ry ........,....,,.PRcpcct llft

LUMBER

Reitz, Co, E. L- lll Petrolom ltccwitill Bld8...PR6FGt 2tat

Sau Pcdro Lunbr Co., Su Pcdro, f600A Wilnirytm Rcd Su Pcdro 2200

Suta Fc llrb6 Cc, 3ff Fhucid Ccntcr Blde. ..,...VAndikc {,171

Schafa Bm. Lunbcr & Shtnsb Co, UoA W. M. Garland Bl&. .......TRtutity /Etf

Sbcvlin Pim Saleg Cq, 32t Pctrcleu Scorltier Bld8. ..PRcFct 03f5

Sud&n & Chrlrtam" CtO BGrd of Tn& Bldg. ........TRirity tt{a

Taom Imbcr Salet 4Zl Petrcleun Sruitics Bldg...PR6Fct ff0t

TwoLy Lunbcr Cc, tOl Pctrolem Securidcc Bldg...,PRos,poct t?lt

Unio Lumber Cq, t23 W. Ittl Gar{aDd Btds. ........TRlniV 2212

Wcndling-Nathu Co, S Wtlshirc Blvd. ..................YOrk ll0E

W6t Oreg@ Lrnba Co., l?7 Petrolerm Smitires Bld3...Rlchmod 02tl

Wilkinson and Buoy, 3rt W. Oth St. ..TRility leit

E. K. Wod Lmbcr Co.

a70l Santa Fc Avr. ,.............JEfienon 3ll!

Welcrhaaear Sal6 Cc, e20 W. M. GarLld BUs. ........Mlcbfuna 6351

CREOSOTED LUMBER_POIJS_PILINGTIES

AGiu Lunbcr & Tnatlql Co., f03l So. Brodwey .........,......PRopcct 556t

Butcr, J. H. & Co. lll Wat stl St. .............,..Mlch|3u oil

HARDWOODS

AffiicD Hudwood Co., le00 E$r rsth sr. PRapct al35 Cadmllads-Gibm Co- !rc., l@ Er.t Olymlc Blvd. ........ANgclur lllll

Scrlm, Waltcr G. Ul Wc.t ?th Str..t ..........,..,.Tuc}cr llll Stston, E. J., & So, 20ll Eut ttth Strct .,..,.....CEatury t2lf

Watm Hartrreod Lunbcr Co., afa E. f$h St. .,...............PRooD.ct .lA

SAIIH-DOORS_MILLWORK

PANEI,II AI\D PLYW(X)D

Califcnh Dc Company, Thc 237-2,11 Ccrrtnl Ava. ......,........TRittttt 7l0l

Calif6d! Pancl & Venccr Co, 955 So. Alaucda SL ................TRiDlty 15, Cobb Co, T. M., 5t0a Catnl Ave ........,..,.,..,ADamr lltl?

Eubank & Sor, Inc., L. H. (Inglwod) l0l0 East Hyde Prk Blvd. ....TWimls |iB?

Kchl, Jno W. & Sq. 652 So Mya St. .,...,..........Al\lgelur tltr

OregorWubingto Plywood Co., 3lt Wcst Ninth StEt............TRintV ltlt

Pacific Wod Product Corpontia, 36110 Tybun StGt,,.......,..,.....Albany 0l0l

Ream Conpany, Geo. 8., 235 So. .ALameda St",..,........Mlchigu ft9l Red Rirer Lrnbcr Co. 702 E. Slaurc .CEntury 2t0tl

Pacific Mutual Dor Co.. f60O E. \l/alhiDgtq Blvd. .......PRaFGt ttt23

Supm Cmpcay (Pudaa)

745 So. Raymd Aw. ........Blerchryd?fla

Unltcd Stlter Plyuood CornoraUo, lllL E$t f'rh St. ..........,.....PRorpcct l|ll

W6t Cqst Sm Co. lll5 E. tilrd Strc.t ....,...........4Dror Ul|l

Wheoler-Or3od Sdcr C.*lcrtio, 2l5il Sammlo SL ................TUcLt Oaa

Redwood "Harborside" for exteriors-a new Hammond development for modern effects. Here is plywood with two plus values: Super-Harbord construction (that's why it's named "Harborside") ; and Hammond Quality Redwood. The result is a product of enduring beauty; waterproof, weather-proof, swell-proof, warp-proof.

Hammond Redwood "Harborside" answers the demand for new and modern exteriors; gives the architect and builder an interesting and practical medium to work with. Lumber merchants are making many an extra sale by reason of this new product.

Descriptive literature and data regarding stock sizes will be sent from our nearest office.

IT'S "HAR RSIDE''