The California Lumber Merchant - December 1933

Time demonsfrafes the ilwability of California Pines

Since the days when California was Spanish territory 1[e pines of the Sierras, California White Pine and Sqgar Pine, have been used for building. Later the cabins of the '49ers were built of the 8am€ easy-working woods. On buildings that remain from those periods the roof shakes, window frames and siding, for the most part unpainted, are still as sound as when new.

"The argument that California climate is less destructive to woods than eastern climate is all wrongrtt writes Professor Emanuel Fritz of the Forestry Division of the University of California. "California has every single kind of climate that is found in the East and in the places where population is densest conditions favoring decay are more pronounced than in the East.tt

Durable building materials build sood rvill. The long'run economy of California pines is as favorable to the consum€r as the first-cost savings in the labor of fitting, nailing and painting.

"Producers of White Pine for Over Half a Century"

SHAKE MAKERS. From en old photograph of a practice now obrolete.

M. ADAMS Cirol,ado Mrh'gc

A. C. MERRYMAN Advertising Muaga

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Subrcription Pricc, $2.110 pcr Ycar Singlc Copicr, 25 ccatr cech.

LOS ANGELES, CAL., DECEMBER I5, I933

How Lumber Looks

Lumber orders booked at the mills during the week ended December 2, lgtt, were lowest of. any week since March aod lumber production was loweEt eince May, due to the shottet Thanksgiving weeft, to usual seasonal movement at this time of the year and to further rec.ession from the large purchasec of the preceding three weeks which had been made in anticipation of the establishment of minimum priees. Production during the week, as reported to the National Lumber Manufacturero Association from t{re regional associations covedng the operationr of. lrrt4, American mills, both softwood and hardwood, totaled 153'513,q)0 feet; shipments were 15912921000 feet a,nd otden 114'9681000 feet. Orde$ the previous week were 1631554'000 feet and two weeks before they were 28or676rffiO f@t. The West Coest Lunrberments Association also rqrorted f.e 22 British Columbia mills production of 14,176,000 feet; shipmente

1t,111,000 feet, and orders

*17,101r0OO jeet.

A totd of 489 down and operating mills which teported to the West Coast Lumberments Association for the week ended December 2, produced 83rr72r824 board feet of lumber. This was a decrease of approximately l2r5OOrOO0 under the preceding week.

New business reported for the week by 454 mills was 66r1091996 board feet against a production of 8015911436 feet and shipments of. 8016971029 feet. Shipments were approximately the same as production, and current sales were under production by l8.Vo. The orderc booked last week by this group of identcial mills were under the peceding week by E,(XD,000 fea ot to'8vo'

The Western Pine Association for the week reported new

Ads in " M"r"hant" Bring in Many Inquiries

Our ads in The California Lumber Merchant continue to bring us inquiries for Palco Redwood Sectional Septic Tanks and Poultry Feeders.

These are not confined to retail dealers nor to this State. Prompted by our ads in the Lumber Merchant. a lumber company in Mexico is now negotiating for a number of our Sectional Septic Tanks to meet their requirements.

The Pacific Lumber Company, Max E. Cook, Agricultural Engineer.

business fo'r 116 mills as 24rO22rOOO feet (previous week 47,818'fi)0 f,eet at 157 mills); shipments 2994O,OOO feet (prwiouc welfi 4l,O57r0OO feet); and production 29,676,0@ feet (previotrs we*.. 42r34lr@0 feet). Orders were 19 lrer c€nt'below production and 20 per cent below shipments. Shipments were one per cent above produftor.

The California Redwood Association for the same week reported production 6tom 23 mills as 4r229r0/ll0 feet, shipments 7,62Or0iJ{D feet, and new business 8rE61r000 feet. Production of 19 mills was 35 per cent of normal productiotr. 11 identical mills reported production 7 pet cent greater and nen' business 138 per cent greater than the same week last year. l.***

The California market has shown little change during the past two weeks and the rctailers are not buying very much stoc&, however, there is so,rre business going around which is mosdy for special items. The consumer demand is sloru. LJnsold stoc&s on the public docks at Los Angeles harbor totaled 406'000 feet on December 11. Cargo arrivals at the port of Los Angeles totaled 5r469rW feet for week ended Decembet 11 which included 8 cargoes of Fir. 57 vessels in the coastwise lumbet service were operating on December 6; 49 vessels were laid up.

L. A. City Council Pagses Termite Measure

An ordinance requiring that all lumber used as the underpinnings of all types of buildings be pressure-treated with creosote or an equivalent as a protection against termites was passed by the Los Angeles City Council by a vote of eight to six on Wednesday afternoon, December 13, 1933. Those voting for the ordinance were Councilmen Brainard, Breedlove, Burns, Buyer, Ingram, Tate, Thrasher and President Davis. Those voting in opposition were Councilmen Baker, Baumgartner, Cunningham, Gay, Hyde and Lewis. Councilman Wilson was absent.

Prior to the adoption of the ordinance, there was a public hearing on the measure in the Council Chambers. A large delegation of Los Angeles lumbermen representing retailers, wholesalers and lumber manufacturers attended the hearing and several lumbermen spoke in opposition to the measure.

The ordinance now goes to Mayor Shaw for signature or veto.

J. E. MARTIN Mamjlnj Edltor

Santa Fe Lumber Co. Opens Los Angeles Olfice

The Santa Fe Lumber Co. has opened an ofiflce at 311 Financial Center Building, 704 South Spring, Los Angeles' The telephone number is TRinity 9821.

Robt. "Bob" Forgie, who is well known in the Los Angeles and Southern California territory where he was connected with the lumber business for many years, will be in ,charge of their Los Angeles office. The Santa Fe Lumber Co. are large shippers, both cargo and rail, of Northwest forest products into the California market, and also handie California White and Sugar Pine.

A. J. Russell, of San Fran,cisco, manager of the Santa Fe Lumber Co., was a recent visitor at the company's Los Angeles office where he spent a few days conferring with Mr. Forgie.

National Control Committee Meets at Portland

Seattle, 'Wash., Dec. 8.-A meeting of the National Control Committee of the Lumber Code Authority which includes lumber delegates from all parts of the country, has been called for December 12, at the Hotel Multnomah, Portland, Oregon, to consider production quotas and allotments for the first quarter ol L934 and the matter of grade marking and branding of lumber under sections (b) and (c) of Article 16 of the Code.

The provisions covering grade marking and branding require the Authority to submit to the President not later than the beginning of the new year its proposals for carrying this part of the Code into effect. The several divisions have been invited to place their views and recommendations before the committee at the forthcoming meeting, together with any suggestions for changing in grade names.

While the work of the committee will be concerned primarily with these subjects, consideration will be given to any matter of importance which may be brought before it. Portland was selected for the meeting for the conveniencc of committee members, division executives, and persons subject to the jurisdiction of the Code who reside in the Pacific Coast states.

BACK AT HIS DESK

T. B. Lawrence, of the Lawrence-Philips Lumber Co., Los Angeles, who recently suffered a broken leg is making excellent progress and is back at his desk again handling company business matters as usual.

TOURS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA YARDS

Chas. G. Briggs, president of The Booth-Kelly Lumber Co., Eugene, Oregon, left for Eugene December 11 after a 10-day trip through the Northern California territory in company with H. Sewall Morton of Hill & Morton, Inc., Northern California representatives of his company.

Reducing the

Fire Tax

There's one tax reduction that the lumber industry can make for itself-the tremendous tax that is paid every year to 6re. Carelessness of conetruction, opetation or habits is directly rerponsible for over 75Vo of all 6re* Every one of those 6res could be prevented; every dollar of that tax could be saved. Our companiec regard it ae our first obligation to help our policy-holderc to ptevent evecy possible fire.

Vhen Fire Does Collect

Some 6res cannot be avoided. Vhen every fire prevention efiort faile, our specialized policies provide maximum pro' tection against loss. Claims are fairly adjusted and promptly paid. And Lumber Mutual dividends ofier a moet welconre saving in the net cort of your insurance.

Vrite any of our companies lor lull in' lormation about our policies and'iliuidends as applieil to your insurance needs,

The Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Boston, Mass, The Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company of Mansfield, Ohio

Pennsylvania Lumbcrmens Mutual Fire fnsurance Co. of Philadelphia, Pa.

Central Manufacturers Mutual fnsurance Company of Van Wert' Ohio Northwestern Mutual Fire Association of Seattle, Wash.

Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company of Indianapolis, Ind.

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A peaceful, hopeful Christmas to you, my friends of the lumber industry.

Let's withhold our """:itJ "Merry christmas" wish for another year, at least ufitil the spectre of want, and the ghost of depression has been buried deeper and better than it is today.

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But we go into the Christmas season this year with higher morale and much more sincere conviction that "things are better" than we did last year. For things ARE better. Some of it is sound improvement, and some based on artificial stimulation. But we ARE being lifted-and that is the main point for the moment.

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Let us celebrate the birthday of the kindliest and most compassionate Man that ever lived by doing each of us our share to bring about a kindly Christmas for those whom we contact.

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There's one thing that neither trouble nor tribulation, panic or depression, can take away from you, and that is the privilege of going about trying to help someone else, and trying to make the world a better place to live in.

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"Their cause I plead-plead it in heart and mind; a fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind."

Why not observe Christmas by getting better acquainted with this Man of Galilee whose birthday it will be? Get Bruce Barton's book, "The Man Nobody Knows," and read it thoughtfully. Then read Kahlil Gibran's, "Jesus-the Son of Man." You'll get a lot of interesting facts from the first. A trernendous thrill from the second. Gibran gives you more than eighty character sketches of the Nazarene, some of them startling, many of them marvelously beautiful. But they'll make you think.

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Then read the four Gospels from the New Testament. Read them slowly. See what new impressions you get of this personage that you never had before. Perhaps you'll get a brand new picture of that Carpenter, who so lived and spoke that the world commemorates his birthday. *>k*

Dead reading? Not on your life! You will meet the

most colorful, the most vigorous, vital, irrepressible MAN you ever dreamed of. The meek, mild, sad, and sorrowful pictures of Him are pure libel. He was the most radiant, live, abundant personality in all history. Take away any claim of God-hood from Him, and you still have history's most impressive PERSON. He was power, virility, strength, courage, determination, joy, enthusiasm, happiness, LIFE personified.

FIe was always found ;J" 1-,"., "ru women gathered together. He liked life, and living things. He walked with Publicans and sinners. I wonder if He was laughing up His sleeve when He quoted His critics as saying of Him"Behold a man gluttonous and a wine bibber"? I'll gamble He outlaughed any man of His day and age.

Read Him and get ,J ;" ,icture of Him. Get His opinions first-hand. (That's the only way you'll ever really know. anything real about Him). What did He say about divorce? Did He ever tell anyone to keep holy the Sabbath? Did He observe the Sabbath Himself ? Or did He keep holy every day, by good works? You'll be surprised at what you find. You'll discover that the "closed Sunday" folks never read the opinions of Jesus on that subject.

What did He answer ;",l": was asked directly what commandments a man should keep in order to have eternal life? fle answered that question directly and specifically, according to three of the gospels. Why didn't He give the ten commandments, instead of five of the ten. and a new one of His own? Figure it for yourself.

Try and find anything in those gospels that justifies the world in referring to Mary Magdalene, the friend of Jesus, as a "scarlet woman." Surely she has a fine damage suit against history ! Find how many times He perforrned the miracle of the loaves and fishes. That may surprise you.

Matthew, one of the twelve, says that both the thieves between whom He was crucified, reviled Him on the cross. It is to Luke, a chronicler who came afterwards, that we owe the beautiful story of the one thief who said to Him, "Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom."

And John tells many beautiful stories that the other three of the Jews in those early days. You'll find something to do not. Read them. think about there.

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Try and figure out why it is that Matthew and John, who were present, say nothing about His ascending into Heaven; and Mark and Luke, who were not of His twelve apostles, say He DID. Try and decide why on one hand He preached peace and humility, and on the other said, "I come not to bring peace, but a sword."

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Why did Matthew, who was one of the twelve apostles, and Luke, who was not, say Jesus was of virgin birth; while-John, who was one of the apostles, and Mark, who was not, fail to mention it. You can do a little thinking on that subject. ***

Try and decide when and how thJ knowledge of His high office as Savior of the world, came upon Him. It is a most interesting study. For you find Hirn, early in His career, declining to heal a woman of Canaan because ..I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel," and declaring that to heal any others was "to take the children's bread and to cast it to dogs." He was the Savior

And you'll find something to think about all the way through. As a matter of fact the least interesting things you will read about Him will be the regular orthodox sermon stories and parables. His history is filled with thrills and throbs outside of those.

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He was the great exemplar of the blessedness of WORK. Only once in His recorded words will you find Him saying, "I will give you an example," and that was when IIe was performing the duties of a servant. He worked hard in His youth at the carpenter trade. He preached the blessedness and necessity of labor, and of man living by the sweat of his brow.

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A close study of His words and works will convince you that all men will be judged by their usefulness, their service, and that test will be based on a man's contribution to humanity, whether it be by brain or brawn. ***

And neither panic nor depression can change THAT.

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V.sabond Editorials

By Jack Dionne

We have arrived at a situation in the history of the American people that chills our very marrow; a time when no man, no woman, and no child is safe from KIDNAPPERS. What a shocking admission to have to make !

History abundantly proves that there is only one certain way to PREVENT any sort of crime, and that is to convince the prospective criminal that he will be punished, SWIFTLY, CERTAINLY, AND IN SUCH FASHION AS FITS THE CRIME.

The other day a t "ppi, tlrrro*""rra boy was "snatched" and butchered like a beast by two human harpies. Astounded by the atrocity a great mob of people tore them from their keepers and sent them crashing to meet their God. Their death was not one-tenth as terrible as that of their innocent victim.

The Governor of the ",J" tlrdJrred the act. He has been both praised and assailed by many. I wonder if any of his assailants ever had their child seized and butchered?

Mob violence is a ,.rrrJr" anr"*. But not one-millionth as terrible as the crime of kidnapping, which is infinitely worse than rape or murder. And, it should be punished according to its horror.

Say what you will about the words of the Governor of California, but one thing is certain; kidnapping is going to be scarce in California so long as he is Governor. Which is what we have got to accomplish in some fashion in every state.

Why temporize with OrU"*n*", I say that no extreme is too great if it will destroy this horror that has come upon us. I should like to see capital punishment mandatory for kidnappers everywhere. And, kidnapping will not stop until we make it so.

we have got to *"oJ.ri. J.""n" for kidnapping so terrible that even such heartless butchers as the "snatchers" of the Lindbergh and Hart victims would shrink from it in craven fear. Personally I would rather see every kidnapper torn limb from limb on our streets than see one innocent child subjected to the nameless horrors of kidnapping. And, on that rock I stand; and I believe every decent man in America stands there with me.

Authoritative information comes from Washington that we may confidently expect an infux of Russian lumber as

a result of our new relationship with the "offskys" and the "inskys." That will really be swell ! A minimum \yage, a maximum week, and a code of fair practice for the American lumber industry; to meet the competition of lumber with little or no raw material cost, manufactured by men working under horrible conditions, with a belly half-filled with soggy black bread for wages. I know we'll enjoy that !

If we hadn't u""r, totJ oi"r*"rrd over again that our recognition of Russia is to encourage trade between the two countries, I wouldn't believe the report of impending imports of Russian lumber. I cannot conceive of anything so thoroughly unreasonable as to put American lumber under a code and then subject it to Russian competition in our own home territory. Price-cut Russian goods have been' driving American goods out of foreign territories everywhere for the past five years. But American codemade goods meeting Russian imports in THIS country would be a little more than we could stand. Any man who could laugh that off would indeed have a sense of humor.

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Henry Stude, of Chicago, President of the National Bakers Council, publicly suggests to the Government that what is badly needed at Washington now is a sales manager, and advises them to exchange four economists and two experts for one sales manager. "A sales managerr" says Mr. Stude, "would bring to NRA a different point of view, a different spirit, a different philosophy. He would convince them that fear and threats never promoted the fow of goods, and that a pat on the back is more effective than a sock on the jaw." Mr. Stude excellently words what seems to be a pretty general national opinion right now.

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I really regret to have to agree with one of our leading "economists" because his stuff usually gives me an awful pain in the neck, but he is out with one declaration that is wise as a barnful of owls. He advises the elimination of surtaxes to induce the people left in this country who HAVE money, to invest it. He's exactly right. Made job, and made contracts cannot live for ever. They must merge into practical and genuine business things; or we've missed our entire recovery shot. And how are you going to get people to invest their money and put people to work in times like these, with all the attendant hazards of business, if they know in advance that any profits they make will be taken away from them in income taxes? Would YOU do it? Of course not! And neither will anyone else. The wise man-even though he be naturally patriotic and

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Vagabond Editorials

(Continued from Page 8) willing to help-isn't going to be caught in any such badger game as that. Money is too precious to bet on a game where the winner loses. Nor are the banks likely to get loose enough to extend credit for business investments, where the business returns are scooped up by the tax collector. It's one thing to declare for a redistribution of wealth by a greater distribution of profits, and another thing to get those with money to invest it under such conditions. Tax-free investments look too good by contrast.

Money has become " nrttJ""ihing to the few who still possess it. A friend said to me the other day: "I still have some money left; I keep it in a bank; I go down there every morning to make sure it's still there; and I wouldn't invest it today under any circumstances." I didn't blame him. But we've got to get those who still have money into another frame of mind than that, if we're ever going to get industry moving through investment.

"The darkest night trru loola 1", u*,u, seen, did not put out the stars." So writes Mr. R. A. Long in his Christmas message to the friends of himself and The Long-Bell Lumber Company. The entire message is splendid and inspirational, and breathes something of the magnificent

spirit of its author. Many, many years past the biblical "three score years and ten" allotment of human life; buffeted by such business stoffns as few men even in the prime of life ever survive; and surrounded by conditions that would break the spirit of the strongest; Mr. R. A. Long has been a veritable beacon in the midst of storm to those who have watched him these last several years. Personally I have followed him with utmost wonderment, marveling at the power of him. Unquestionably he has manifested the calmest, finest, most courageous outlook on life and things, of any beleaguered man I have known through the depression. Surely, it can never be said of him that "he can dish it out but he can't take it." R. A. Long's chin has adamant beat to death for sheer strength. And all that strength emanates from a deep reservoir of intelligent faith and understanding of the spiritual things of this life, without which his fragile physical make-up must long since have crumbled before the storm. That, and his rnagnificent sense of humor, make him the outstanding personality he is. I tell him stories and his laugh rings out as heartily and genuinely as it did in "the old days" before the great tempest broke. I'm tremendously fond of R. A. Long. Now and then I visit with him, and when I do, I enjoy a momentary peek at life through his eyes; and he renews my batteries, and recharges my faith. Long may he wave!

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Pine

Production

Allotments For December

Portland, Ore., Nov. 25.-Lumber production allotments and allotment credits for the month of December, in accordance with the provisions of the lumber Code, were assigned today by the Western Pine Association to 330 persons in the 'Western Pine Division. By this action, the Division's quota of 300,000,000 feet for December was distributed to all eligible sawmill units which had filed applications ten days before the allotment date, as prescribed in the Code. ill

Each sawmill unit was officially notified of its allotment or allotment credit for December in Western Pine Lumber Code Bulletin No. 14 mailed today from the offices of the Division administrative agency in Portland. The amount allotted to each person represents his proportionate share of the Division's quota, and was determined by applying the Western Pine allotment formula recently approved by the Lumber Code Authority.

Timber Code Forestry Conference Postponed to January 25

Washington, November 25.-To suit the convenience of the conferees the final meeting of the forest conservation conference under the lumber and timber products code, as that code bears on sustained production of timber in private forests, has been postponed until January 25. The various committees of the conference which are now at work on their several assignments will meet January 22, 23 and 24.

The postponed session is expected to recommend to the Lumber Code Authority rules of forest practice intended to meet the requirement of Article X of the code, that forests sh'all be administered in such a manner as to realize sustained production-as compared to forest removal which has bibn the common practice in the past. It is also to make recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture and the President regdrding changes in state and national law and administrative methods that are necessary to the maintenance of forests as continuous sources of timber.

Establish Permanent Headquarterg at Los Angeles

i' Washington, D. C., November 27.The Philippine .Mahogany Manufacturers Import Association,' the agehcy charged with administration of the luhber code for the Philippine mahogany subdivision, under the Lumber Code Authority, has established permanent headquarters at l0B West 6th Street, Los Angeles, California. The secretary in charge will be G. P. Purchase, who will administer the subdivisional code under the direction of the Executive Cornmittee.

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,'O*, Semple McPherson tells lots df'stories that "plerr-: lidly illustrate the points she makes in her addresses. -, ii ,The other day she was addressing an editorial association, and they asked her how she liked adverse criticisnt. arid publicity in the newspapers.

"Well," she said, "I think it afiects me like the bull pup that the farmer's son got, and put through a course of. training for handling tramps and other undesirable char. acters. When the boy had the pup trained he wanted to see whether he knew his stuff or not, and, there being no

for 20 ycars---Some less

tramp around at the time for him to practice on, he sicked the pup on his father, who was out in the yard gathering wood. The pup took a good grip on the old man, and hung on for dear life. Of course, the father shouted bloody murder, and demanded that the boy call off the dog. The boy was very casual about it. He said, 'Dad, it may hurt you a little, but it will be the makin's of the pupt."

"And," said Amy, "publicity has been the makin's of the pup," and she smilingly tapped her chest.

Union Lumber Co. Executives \(/cstern Pine Ass'n Appoints Hold Conference

Harold P. Plummer, general sales rnanager, IJnion Lum.r ber Co., San Francisco, arrived in San Francisco December 4 from a business trip to the East which occupied about two months. Mr. Plummer was accompanied from Chicago by Sherman A. Bishop, Chicago sales -manager, who will attend a sales conference at the home office.

W. R. Morris, New York sales manager, also arrived in San Francisco December 4, having traveled by plane from New York.

SAN LEANDRO YARD GETS NICE ORDER

Larsen Brothers, San Leandro, are furnishing 150,000 feet of Douglas Fir for the American Legion Building at San Leandro. The lumber was furnished bv Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co.

New District Officer

.Western Pine Association has appointed H. E. Crawford, formerly in charge of the Klamath Falls office, district officer at San Francisco, succeeding L. V. Graham, who resigned effective December 1.

Mr. Graham resigned his position for the purpose of again entering the sales end of the lumber business, and while he is not yet ready to announce his plans for the future it seems certain that he will continue to be identified with California White and Sugar Pine lumber.

WEYERIIAEUSER EXECUTIVE VISITS. SAN FRANCISCO

L. M. Bullen, district manager, Weyerhaeuser Sales Co., Spokane, recently spent a few days in San Francisco on a business trip.

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Cof. Gteeley Explaing Method

Used in Arriving at Minimum Prices For \(/est Coast Lumber

The letter reproduced below, from Col. W. B. Greeley, secretary-manager of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, Administrative Agency of the West Coast Logging and Lumber Division under the Lumber Code, was written in reply to a letter from a California wholesale lumber dealer who asked for information as to how the figures on the Minimum Price List were arrived at.

In his letter the wholesaler stated. that some retail lumbermen had asked him how it 'came about that while on November 10 squads of salesmen were begging for orders in the San Francisco Bay district f.or 2x4 Rough Common Fir at $17.00 per M, and the next day were refusing to sell at less than the minimum price of $25.00. These dealers seemed unable, he said, to believe that costs could jump $8.00 to $9.00 overnight.

Col. Greeley's letter is as follorvs:

"In response to your letter of November 24:

"I worked with all phases of the establishment of minimum, or 'cost protection, prices by the Lumber Code Authority; and am glad to describe the steps by which this program was carried out.

"1. In July and August, we obtained production costs from as many mills as possible,83 mills all told in the West Coast territory representing over 90 per cent of the current production. A considerable number of these production costs were verified from the books by our own Association auditor. but not all were verified.

"2. These production costs were extended by our Auditor for the new wage scales effective August 19 under the Code, representing an approximate increase of the labor cost in this Division, per thousand board feet, of 65 per cent. The costs were also extended for the decreased operating time (3O hours per week) enforced under the production control features of the Code.

"3. This composite cost record was submitted to the Lumber Code Authority, and was checked and verified (not back to the mill, however) by its firm of Certified Public Accountants. On the basis of this verification there was established the "Floor" and "Ceiling" within whi'ch, in accordance with Article IX of the Lumber Code, our weighted average minimum price should be established' The "Floor" ($17.80 for the West Coast) was the total of the production cost items enumerated in Article IX of the Code, excluding capital account charges, that is, stumpage and depreciation costs. The "Ceiling" ($21.54) was the same set of Code costs including the capital account charges. That is, our weighted average selling price for the product of the log could not be less than $17.80 nor more than $21.54 per M board feet.

"4. We took the best data we had, reports from the Davis Statistical Bureau f.or 1929, of the experience of the industry in the percentage of production of the different items of Fir and Hemlock lumber. These percentages were used in making up the weighted average price in the minimum prices for Douglas Fir and West Coast Hemlock approved by the Luniber Code Authority on November 4.

The weighted average of that price list is approximately $18.75.

"In other words, the industry has the use of a price list under the authority of the Code that recovers less than one-third of our capital account costs, in addition to labor and other 'out-of-pocket' ,costs under Code wages and scale of operation.

"lMhat is usually not appreciated is that, in accepting the provisions of the Lumber Code, the industry assumed an increase of approximately $4.00 per thousand in its average cost of production on account of the marked increase in wages and the reduction in operating hours per week. The primary purpose of the Code is to increase wages and employment, thereby aiding to start an upward spiral of buying power. The Code may be said to set up the lumber manufacturers for a public service of employing labor and disbursing high wages; and the cost production prices are established to enable the manufacturers to perform this service.

"lJnder our present minimum pri'ces there is no profit except for mills which are able to manufacture lumber at considerably less than the industry average cost. I"or the industry as a whole we are continuing to lose two-thirds of our ,capital account costs; and the increases in lumber prices which have occurred since mid-summer of 1933 can be accurately said to have gone almost wholly into paying higher wages and employing more men by running shorter hours.

"The rush of certain mills to build up an order file at the eleventh hour before Code prices took effect simply illustrates the 'defeatist' attitude so common among'lumbermen. They were unhilling to take a chance that the establishment of the Code prices might not be followed by a long dearth in lumber orders. Some of them doubtless were impelled by financial necessity or banker pressure to protect themselves with an order file.

"However, while business has necessarily slumped heavily since the bulge just prior to the effe'ctive date of the minimum prices, it is now coming in on the minimum prices in a reasonable volume; and I feel sanguine that within two or three months we will see a material expansion in the sale of West Coast lumber."

Rcdwood Delegation Attends Po*land Meeting

Harry W. Cole, president of the California Redwood Association; C. R. Johnson, Union Lumber Co., San Francisco; C. E. De Camp, Caspar Lumber Co., San Francisco, and Herb Klass, The Pacific Lumber Co., San Francisco, left December 7 to attend a meeting at Portland, .December 12, of the National Control Committee of the Lumber Code Authority as representatives of the California Redwood industry. They expect to return about December 17.

Mr. De Camp was accompanied on the trip by Mrs. De Camp.

BACK FROM OREGON TRIP

L. C. Hammond, vice-president and general manager of the Hammond Lumber Company, returned recently from a business trip to Portland.

lY. J. MUIIIGAN & C().

520 Montgomery St. SAN FRANCISCO

Phone GArfield 6890

117 Wect Ninth St. LOS ANGELES

Phone VAndike 4486

\THOLESALE LUMBER

LARUE WOODSON VISITS NORTHWEST

Larue Woodson, Nicolai Door Sales Co., San Francisco, returned November 28 from a business trip to Tacoma, where he called on his principals.

JOrNS WHOLESALE ASSOCTATTON

James L. Hall, wholesale lumber dealer of San Francisco, has become a member of the California Wholesale Lumber Association.

W. v/. WILKINSON VISITS S. F.

W. W. Wilkinson, Los Angeles representative of Oregon-Washington Plywood Co., was a recent visitor to San Francisco.

The California Luntber Merchant extends to the Lumber Induswy its sincere wishes fo, a, Mn y Christmas and a,

CATIFORNIA SAW WORKS

Manufacturers of Saws, Knives, Special Machinery Heat Treating and Gdnding

721 Brannan Street 1407 Santa Fe Ave. San Francisco Loo Angelec

Saw arrd Knifc Sharpening Service in our Repair Department

MATERIALISM

The world is dying of materialism. Men have exploited everything. They have exploited every material resource' and they have exploitgd God. Materialism must give way to idealism. Look for glory in man; it is there. Bring out the best, and the worst will disappear. First of all you must find your inspiration in God, without which you can do nothing.-Dr. Clifton Macon.

ALIBI

f wonder whether you have heard Of that, oh, so convenient word.

That lazy salesman's battle-cry' The labor-saving alibi.

When many days and weeks go by Without an order-alibi.

And whin you are a total loss, An alibi may soothe your boss.

Just alibi your way through lifeIt may work even on your wife.

But when you're passing, lonely, sore, An old man through the poorhouse door

When all'the world has passed you byWhat use will be an alibi?

Brandeis.

-Erich

BEEN THERE

A group of tourists were looking into the inferno of Vesuvius in eruption.

"Looks just,tike Hell, doesn't it?" asked an American.

"Oh, zese Americans," exclaimed a Frenchman near by. "Zey have been ever5rwhere.l'

EXPERIENCED

Bride at groceiy store: r'Oh, what,small eggs. The hen should have sat on them longer."

ADVICE TO A YOUNG FARMER

By R.P. T. Coffin

Build your house upon a rise, Make friends with your'arms and thighs.

Dig your spring below a pine, Plant a morning-glory vine.

Have yo.ur bedroom face the dawn, Have windows with no curtains on. '

Though fields lie ready cleared a score, Cut thickets down and make one more.

Sleep an hour in the sun, Talk to your cows when milking's done.

By all that's good, be much alone, Use no man's plow-horse but your own.

Plow as soon as hylas peep, Mow before the crickets cheep.

Never hope to rise in life, Until you have brought home your wife.

Never trust your corn to grow Before you have a son or so.

There is no rain to match a mother, Sons and seeds help on each other.

scorcH?

And then there was the Scotchman who bought a riding outfit, but showed up with only one spur. When asked why, he said that he got one spur for half the price of two, and the way he hatl it figured if he got one side of the horse going the other side would naturally have to come along.

East B.y Lumbermen Will Fill

Many Christmas Kegs

The special committee appointed by East Bay Hoo Hoo Club No. 39 to organize the work of filling and distributing nail kegs with groceries for Christmas distribution to needy families in the district reports that they are much encouraged by the many generous promises of East Bay lumbermen. This will be the third annual filling of Christmas kegs. The committee points out that there is no organization expense. Every penny goes for groceries ancl meat.

The committee is as follows: Gordon pierce, Boorman Lumber Co., chairman; Henry Hink, Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co. ; Miland R. Grant, Western Door & Sash Co.; Jerry Bonnington, Wendling-Nathan Co.; John Tyson, Sunset Lumber Co.; H. Sewall Morton, Hill & Morton, Inc., and C. L Gilbert, Eureka Mill & Lumber Co.

Looks to the Industrial Future

Washington, Dec. 7.-The Code Authority Organization Committee recently established by the N.R.A. is considered as the chief approach of the N.R.A. to the permanent organization of industry in the future under governmental supervision.

The members of this committee as announced by the National Recovery Administrator, are R. W. Lea, Chairman; Dr. Leo Wolman, Labor Advisory Board; Louis Kirstein, Industrial Advisory Board; Dr. Wilson Comp- ton, National Lumber Manufacturers Association, Jrade Association Division; Blackwell Smith, Legal Division; Franklin S. Pollak, Compliance Division. They will have the benefit of advice from the following government of_ ficers: Edward McGrady, Department of Labor; Judge Harold Stephens, Department of Justice; Colonel b. H. March, Federal Trade Commission; Edwin B. George, Trade Association Section, Department of Commerce.

This Committee is charged with the duty of submitting model administrative provisions for future codes, analyzing administrative provisions in existing codes and, if necessary, submit proposed modificatioris of such provisions. The committee will consider and advise on plans proposed for Code Authority and trade association organization for industrial self-government. It will also advise and assist deputy administrators in their Code organization work and consider and advise regarding coordinating the plans of industry for Code administration with those of the N.R.A.

While the definition of the authority of this committee does not directly refer to what may come after the Na_ tional Industrial Recovery Act expires, it is believed by all who are in close touch with the N.R.A. that the Code Authority Organization Committee will gradually shape the permanent plans that will be eventually submitted to Congress by the Government for industrial self-government under public supervision, which is expected to evolve from the present experience'under the N.I.R.A.

SUDDIN & CHRISTINS()N

Lumber and Shipping

7th Floor, Alaska-Commercial Bldg.

310 Sansome Street

San Francisco

AGENTS

American Mill Co.

Ffoquia- Lumber & Shingle Co.

Hulb€rt MiIl Co.WiIIapa l{arbor Lumber Mills

Edna Sanitam

Trinidad

Barbara Cates

Dorothy Cahill

Edna Christenron

STEAMERS

- Aberdeen, Wash. Hoquiam, Vash.

- Aberdeen, Vash. Raymond, Vash.

Jane Christenson

Annie Christenson

Edwin Christenson

Catherine G. Sudden

Eleanor Christenson

Charles Christenson

Branch Oflices

LOS ANGELES

303 Petroleum Secrrdties Bldg.

SEATTLE

National Ban& of Commerce Bldg.

PORTLAND

2OOHenry Bldg.

Calilornia Building Permits lor November

City-

Lumber Company Helps Job Program

Southern Pacific Milling Company, San Luis Obispo, recently completed construction at their San Luis Obispo yard of a combination flat piling and stand rack shed at a cost of $6500.

The dimensions of the shed are approximately 80x110 feet, with a 26-foot driveway thfough the center. On one side there are six 3O-foot bents ior stand piling, and on the other side they have installed a combination of stand piling and flat piling for their mill stocks. The building is of saw tooth construction, and has a clearance for piling of 24 f.eet.

The floor of the entire shed is of concrete, with sleepers imbedded in the cement, to which have been nailed 2x3's a quarter of an inch apatt, on which the lumber is stood.

It is the company's intention to duplicate this unit in the spring with another right alongside, and with this in view they have left one side framed up temporarily.

Pacific Coast Hardwood Mllls

Form New Association

Organization of a new association was completed recently by hardwood mills of Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Alaska, under the riame of Pacific Coast Hardwood Mills Association.

Offices have been opened in the Guaranty Trust Building, Portland. The officers are: President, C. W. Wuest, Sedro Wooley, Wash.; vice-president, Benjamin B. Ostlind, Marshfield; secretary, A. Whisnant, Portland. Mr. Whisnant is well known as the secretary of the Pacific Logging Congress.

CORRECTION

In December 1 issue Joe Kirk of San Luis Obispo was listed as a Code Authority member for Subdivision No. 3, and shown as being affiliated with Pacific Coast Lumber Co. This was an error, for as is well known, Mr. Kirk is superintendent of the lumber department of Southern Pacific Milling Company, with headquarters at San Luis Obispo.

Little Ships

Three little ships put out to sea, Pinta, Nina y Santa Maria; They were trim and trig as they well might be, Pinta, Nina y Santa Maria; The ocean was wide. uncharted too, But their timbers were strong and firm and true, So bravely they spoke their "toot-a-loo," Pinta, Nina y Santa Maria.

Oh, the sea was big when the land grew dim ! Pinta, Nina y Santa Maria; But there was the captain-they trusted him, Pinta, Nina y Santa Maria; They knew he would surely find a way To anchor them safe in some sunny bay, So they just sailed on by night and by day, Pinta, Nina y Santa Maria.

Three little ships on a desolate sea, Pinta, Nina y Santa Maria; And no one could tell what their fate might be, Pinta, Nina y Santa Maria; There were roaring gales and an ink black sky, "Can we make it?" groaned one, creaked the others, "we'll try;"

And they all were safe when the storm passed by, Pinta, Nina y Santa Maria.

Now rvhat did they find when the voyage was o'er?

Pinta, Nina y Santa Maria?

Why, a brave new world and a smiling shore, Pinta, Nina y Santa Maria;

And this is the lesson we treasure still, When burdensome tasks our moments fill, There is always a way when there is a will; Pinta, Nina y Santa Maria.

A. Merriam Conner.

LUMBERMAN BUILDS HOME

Setting a good example to his fellow townsmen, L. M. "Mike" Tynan, Tynan Lumber Company, Salinas, recently completed building for himself a fine new home'

Successful

Hunting Trip

A hunters paradise, says Ray Julien and Jack Dodson, on their return from a hunting trip in Santa Barbara county where they made a fine catch of valley quail. And if you don't believe it, just take a glimpse at the accompanying photograph.

The dignfied looking gentleman on the left in full hunting costume is Ray Julien, sales representative for the E,. K. Wood Lumber Co. of Los Angeles. And the good looking chap on the right is not from the Hollywood cinema lots, that's Jack Dodson, who is also a sales representative for the E. K. Wood organization. Both are expert marksmen and pack mean Win,chester automatics; they report that some birds were shot at distances ranging seventy to eighty yards. And that's some shooting.

On their return to Los Angeles s,ome of their friends were invited to partake of a fine quail dinner.

Phoenix and Tucson Building Permits for Noverber

Building permits for Tucson, Ariz., totaled $32,235 lor the month of November, 1933, as compared to $1e126 for November, 1932, and for the first eleven months of 1933 amounted to $242,379 as against $326,702 for the same period in 1932.

Building permits issued during the month of November, 1933, for Phoenix, Ariz., totaled $27,861 as compared to $10,126 for the same month in 1932, and for the first eleven months of 1933 totaled $318,009 as against a total of g3g6.216 for the same period in L932.

Lumber Code Appeal Board Decisions

Washington, D. C., Dec. 4.-The Board of Complaints and Appeals of the Lumber Code Authority, which convened at Memphis, Tenn., Monday, November 27, directed the Hardwood Manufacturers Institute to grant such additional production allotments for November and December to the United Lumber & Timber Company of Memphis for their Spanish Fort, Miss., mill as would enable the company to execute its export contracts, with the understanding that extra allowable hours of operation so granted would be deducted from future production allotments.

The appeal of the W. R. Smith Lumber & Shingle Company of Seattle, Wash., from a decision of the Washington-Oregon Shingle Association denying them permission to operate their Moclips, \Mash., mill on a double-shift basis, was dismissed. The only basis for the appeal was a timber contract, which the board held dicl not constitute sufi6cient ground for granting additional operating time.

In the cases of the Bellgrade Lumber Company of Mem_ phis, Tenn., the Stimson Veneer & Lumber Company of the same city, the Chicago Mill & Lumber Co., of Chicago, Ill., and the Jones-O'shaughnessy Lumber Company of Beaumont, Texas, all of which had appealed from production-allotment decisions of the Hardwood Manufactur_ ers Institute's Board of Directors, the Board of Complaints and Appeals voted to sustain the decisions of the regionat body.

The board was composed of Ralph Hines, Chairman; Emmet B. Ford, A. F. Deneke, W. H. Fields and E. L. Kurth.

NRA Fair Practice Hearings

Washington, D. C., November 27.-The NRA hearing on proposed additions and .exceptions to the Rules of Fair Trade Practice (Schedule B) of the Lumber Code, origin_ ally scheduled for early in December, has been deferred probably until early in January. The proposed changes were approved by the Lumber Code Authority during its October meeting in Washington.

Home Building is Dominant Factor in U. S. RecoverY

Bv B. G. Dahlbers The Celotex Company

In 19O1, when the first Roosevelt entered the White upward. It is here that rising prices send a man pell-mell House. the scandalous condition of New York City's tene- to buy a new suit and his wife to stock up on sheets and ments resulted in the enactment of the New Tenement towels. Law, whi,ch set a higher standard for the construction of History shows us that with enough to eat and sufiicient future dwellings of this type, In 1933, when the se,cond clothing to keep warm, man's next step has always been to Roosevelt began breakfasiing at the executive mansion, provide shelter for his family. If history in this respect is 1,800,000 New York families still ate such breakfasts as to be followed, and I think it is, rve can assume that the hard times permitted in these same stru,ctures that begot surplus accumulated by the upper half of our population the 1901 law. And as in 1901, families of ten or a dozen will be used, in large measure, to take up the housing slack still were packecl into wretched three-ro,om apartments. before it sweeps into less fundamental fields.

Housing 50 Per Cent Inadequate

Relaxing Depression's Pinch

New York ? We ihrng our shoulders. Surely, the re- The pinch of depression has squeezed two or more fammainder of the country does not present such a picture. ilies under many roofs intended to shelter but one. As deBut, according to Dr. Eclith E. Wood, a recognized author- pression relaxes, the reverse process of spreading out will ity on housing, less than half the homes in all the United begin. It has been estimated that ten or eleven billion dolStates measure up to minimum standards of decency and lars is required to bring us back to the housing level of ten health. These minimum standards do not include such years ago. This is the biggest market the building industry frills as bathtubs, central lighting, central heating, or ice has ever had, yet it represents only a natural unstimulated boxes. They do include running water, a water closet in demand for a necessity, and only among the upper layer of the house, dry walls, garbage removal, minimum privacy population. at least between one family and another, sunlight, ventila- This demand has been a long time in the making. Detion, fire protection ancl rental within 20 per cent of in- pression in the home building industry started after the .come. These minimums, so modest that they fail to provide peak year ol 1925, when the most family units were built, even a modern bathtub, embrace items that one-half the although more money was spent on general construction people of this country are stiil doing without. in 1928. In 1929, while business in general was at its

The Great American Riddle peak, home building had dropped to half its 1925 family

Inadequate housing is part of our great American riddle. unit level. From l9D to the beginning of 1932, home Since 1929, rve have seen with growing amazement a na- building declined so swiftly that last year witnessed the tion overflorving with foocl ivhile millions go hungry, 4 erection of only 13 per 'cent of the residential floor space nation whose banks bulge with savings while it suffers built in 1925. Thus, home building, having srveated off its from a shortage of .cash, a nation over-running with idle boom-generated poisons mu'ch earlier than other industries' labor ancl surplus materials, but short of absolutely essen- should be earliest in recovery, and as a matter of fact, the tial homes. ' home building cycle apparently is already moving in adAlthough this problem bafflqs all of us, it may contain vance of the general business cycle' the key to its own solution. Several factors indicate that Intangible Forces at Work the building industry may prove to be the nation's great There is also an intangible force working within the natural recovery ac,celerator. building industry at this moment in the form of radical

The tenement dwellers and others of the 60 odd millions changes in home design and methods of construction. New in this country who are inadequately housecl have had no styles, not modifications of the past, but arising from coneffe.ct on what we ,cal1 the home building industry. When sideration of effi'ciency and economy, have appeared' Visiwe mention the overprodu,ction of homes in 1925, we are tors to Chicago, this summer inspected some new home only talking of too many homes for half the people. When building ideas at the Century of Progress Exposition. Many we discuss the present shortage of homes, we are still only did not like them, because they were different, unconvenspeaking of the upper half. In the lower half, there is not tional, "queer"-jsst as the Model T rvas queer when a mere shortage, but a complete absence of adequate Henry Ford started to make motor cars for the masses rvhile his jeering competitors looked on and continued to dwellings'

The 1-350.db units make cars for the thin "upper crust" of the people. If the The 1,350,000 Units

When statisti,cians compute housing needs and announce genius and determination of a Ford had turned to building that we need 1,350,000 family units to make up for dwell- homes, if only half the progress had been made that the ings not built in the past fou, y"ur., they are calculating motor car industry has shown, the problem would be more the needs of only the upper half, because this half is where than fifty per cent solved. Progressive builders are bethe home building induJry has been doing its business. It ginning to realize this and here and there new ideas are is here that the visible surpluses are accumulated. It is appearing-not merely nerv in "style" for a home is not like here that fright freezes ,,rrpirn funds into inactivity, and it a woman's hat, to be changed rvith each season' but setting is here that returning confidence turns the buying curve a new standard of value, a new idea of comfort-in other

words, a new and better machine for home life, available to more people because priced within their reach.

Doubling the House Market

Low initial cost of srnall dwellings of improved types, combined with the e'conomy of maintaining them should enable the building industry to tap a market it hitherto has been unable to reach. This market is among the third of the families in the United States whose annual income ranges from $2,000 dorvn to $1,200. They are the ones we may reach r,r'ith good homes costing from $3,000 to $4,000. We have never been able to supply them with good homes at such pri,ces, but new design and construction methods may work the miracle. When that happens, the building industry will double the number of families in its market by serving, for the first time, two-thirds of our population instead of only the traditional upper third.

But under our new so,cial and economic deal, we must not forget that third of our population which has a family income of $1,2@ or less. These must have outside heip. In housing this latter third, we are far behind our European contemporaries, who, since the war, have worked steadily toward eradicating the old-fashioned tenement. Like America, they found private enterprise could not do the job alone, but unlike America, they brought aid to the private endeavor and much has been aocomplished.

Stimulating Flow of Capital Goods

Now, however, the government seems on the verge of taking over. this problem. It is well that this be done, as there is no enterprise more valuable to the nation than providing proper dwellings for its citizens. And econornically, such expenditures will stimulate the flow of capital

goods as much as the construction of bridges, postoffices, hospitals and schools.

To round out the picture of the h,ome building industry today, let us consider some further estimates.

To bring back housing to the proper basis for the first one-third of the population will require substantially eleven billions; to provide housing for the second one-third will require twenty-five billion dollars, and to provide adequate housing for the last one-third will require twelve billion dollars, or a total potential building necessity now existing of forty-eight billion d'ollars. This does not take into consideration the repairing or modernization of homes in the first third that will be required in the next few years by reason of such improvements as air conditioning and adequate insulation.

Nation's Biggest Payroll

In view of our present production, it does not seem to be necessary for the nation t.o raise any more foodstufis or manufacture any more ,clothing, but the nation does fa,ce the ne,cessity of spending over forty billion dollars for needed housing. Ifere, then, would seem to be the factor that rvould make the building industry the great recovery agent, and it is exceedingly likely that America will see, and see shortly, a home building era that will dwarf even the much talked of three billion dollar payroll in 1925, the largest wage bill ever paid by any industry.

Holds Sales Confer ence

Executives of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Company from the Northwedt and Southern California gathered for a sales conference with executives at the home office of the company in San Francisco last week. These included Mark D. Campbell of the Portland office; J. N. Manning, Seattle; C. M. Freeland and W. B. Wickersham, Los Angeles; A. A. Gay, manager of sawmill operations, Port Gamble; Paul M. Freydig, manager of logging operations, Seattle, and C. P. Henry, Arizona representative, Phoenix.

Corydon D. Wagner, vice president of St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co., Tacoma, for which the company is California agent, also attended.

Jerry Stutz, salesman in San Joaquin Valley territory; E. G. Davis, Sacramento Valley territory, and Geo. R. Kendrick, S. F. Bay district and Peninsula territory, attended one of the meetings.

FRANK ADAMS VISITS CALIFORNIA

Frank R. Adams, Eastern sales manager of The Pacific Lumber Company, with headquarters in Chicago, arrived in San Francisco December 6 lor a two weeks' stay at the company's headquarters. 'While in California Mr. Adams will pay a visit to the mill at Scotia.

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

Rate---$2.50

LUMBER YARD FOR SALE

Per Column Inch.

Los Angeles and Southern California lumber yards for sale. Address Box C-480. Care California Lumber Merchant.

WANTED MANUFACTURER'S ACCOUNT

Manufacturer's Acc.ount wanted for White Pine Lumber and Moulding for Fort Worth and Dallas, Texas, territory. Address Box C-499, California Lumber Merchant.

Orange County Lumbermen Hold Annual Meeting

The annual meeting of the Orange County Lumbermen's Club was held at Fullerton, Calif., on Tuesday evening, November 28, 1933. The following directors were elected: John Christiansen, Barr Lumber Co., Orange; R. A. Emison. Santa Ana Lumber Co., Santa Ana; Ernest Ganahl, Ganahl-Grim Lumber Co., Anaheim; F. N. Gibbs, Gibl>s Lumber Co., Anaheim; J. H. Newman, Patten-Blinn Lumber Co., Brea; C. W. Pinkerton, Whittier Lumber Co., Whittier, and W. S. Spicer, Bay District Lumber Co., Newport Beach.

Following the annual meeting, the newly elected directors held a business session and elected John Christiansen president for the ensuing year. He succeeds F. N. Gibbs who served as president during the past year. Leslie Pearson, E. K. Wood Lumber Co., Santa Ana, was reelected treasurer,

Report Buyers' Move to Obtain

\(/holesale Discounts

Washington, D. C., November Z8-Reports to the effect that retailers and large consumers are organizing "numerous companies" for the purpose of securing wholesale discounts have caused the Lumber Code Authority to caution its administrative agencies with reference to such possible raids on the minimum price strutture.

"Please report immediately to this office," declares a bulletin to divisions signed by Ray Weiss, Trade Practices Department Chief, "all instances of this character coming to the attention of you and your members. Such reports should present all evidence possible to secure, as we consider collection of evidence of this chatacter of the utmost importance. It is our purpose to vigorously enforce the provisions of Schedule B now in effect and we ask your cooperation, assistance and suggestions to accomplish this end,"

WANTED

A position by young man of good habits, experienced in yard and office work both retail and wholesale lumber business. Can run bookkeeping and billing machine, also has bank experience. Will go anywhere. References given. Address C-500, The California Lumber Merchant.

Expansion by S. F. Firm Compels Move to Larger Quarters

W. J. Nlulligan & Co., exporters and wholesalers of West Coast lumber, have just completed a lease of an entire building at 520 Montgomery Street, ,corirer of Commercial, in the finan,cial district ,of San Fran,cis,co, to house their activities.

This 'company has recently expanded its import business, necessitating larger quarters, and will occupy the entire building. W. J. Mulligan & Co. expect to be established in their new quarters Monday, December 18th. They will still maintain their same telephone number, Garfield 6890.

Wholesale Association Elect Olficers

California Wholesale Lumber Association re-elected its officers at the annual meeting held in San Francisco December 11. The offi,cers are: President and General Manager, Frank J. O'Connor, Donovan Lumber Co., San Francisco; Vice-president, M. L. "Duke" Euphrat, WendlingNathan Co., San Francisco; Treasurer, James Tyson, The Charles Nelson Co., San Francisco; Secretary, Miss N. Savage.

\(eyerhaeuser Sales Company Has Ne* S. F. Representative

E. E. Arthur has been appointed district representative with headquarters in San Francisco for Weyerhaeuser Sales Co., succeeding W. E. Barwick, who has resigned.

Mr. Arthur, who took up his new duties December 1, has been the company's district representative at Portland for the past four years, and prior to that period had con.siderable experience in the wholesale and manufacturing ends of the lumber business.

GENE RUTLEDGE VISITS CALIFORNIA

W. E. "Gene" Rutledge, Eastern sales manager of the lfamm,ond Lumber Company, with headquarters in New York, is paying a visit to the head office in San Francisco, and to the company's big Redwood plant at Samoa. He leaves for New York De,cember 16. lq

The cominq year will mark the 59th anniversary of the foundinq of the Long-Bell Lumber Company by Mr. R. A. Lonq, head of our organization. His business associates recently asked Mr. Long for an expression of his thoughts on Christmas. This he has done and, in appreciation of the fine sentiment he conveys, we desire to pass it on to our friends along with his latest photosraph, as a Christmas greeting from the entire Lonq-Bell family.

R. A. LONG Choirmon

The emblem of Christmcrs is the sicrr of Bethlehem. And just qs it led the wise men of old time it cqn crnd does leqd men todoy. Its rays ore bright, but to see it one must look up, not down. Forwqrd, not bqck. It rewqrds those who seek it with new hope, new foith, new courqge.

Somehow ot Christmqs time the world inclines its heort to such thoughts os these. Thot is the wonderful thing obout Christmos-this universql mood, this deep ionging for greqter foith, hope, qnd couroge. Todoy the world is hungry for them. Yet, not oll will look of their own cccord for this stor of Bethlehem. Let you qnd me ond oll of us who know its blessed grqce, point the woy. Whot finer gift thon this to q wcriting, groping, bewildered world!

I know full well thot greot stqtesmen crre endeavoring-ond with success-to untangle the snqrls which hqve enmeshed mcrnkind everywhere. They need ond well deserve the cooperqtion of everyone. Thqt, too, is o Christion duty. But my pleo todoy is thot the spirituol side of existence be recognized qs well, lest sight be lost of the greoter thing-the octual brotherhood of mon qnd the fotherhood of God which, qfter qli, olone con bring to fulfillment the hope of the world: "Peoce on eqrth ond good will towcrrd men." Of such, to me, is the spirit o{ Christmcs.

Sincerely,

ol the Board

The Long-Bell Lumber Compcny

I tfT1 I HE dorkest niqht the world hcrs ever seen did not put out the stqrs."