The California Lumber Merchant - December 1935

AND HERE'S TO A NEW YEAR GAYWITH GOOD CHEER, BRIGHT WITH PROSPERITY, SPARKLING WITH OPPORTUNITY, BULGING WITH BOARD FEET AND BUNDLES, I T'S U NANIMOUS-_F ROM T HE PALCO FOLKS TO ALL OUR FRIENDS OF THE TRADE ! THE PACIFIC

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Rose Bowl Scats in Fine Condition

The afternoon of January I,1936, the nation will be looking towards the Rose Bowl at Pasadena where the big football event of the year takes place when Southern Methodist, winners of the Southwestern Conference, plays Stanford University, selected by the Pacific Coast Conference to represent the West Coast.

The Rose Bowl is already sold out for the New Year's game. The Bowl is a vast cement structure with a seating capacity of 84,600 persons. The seats in the Bowl are made of Port Orford Cedar with the exception of a section at the south end where they are of Douglas fir.

A few days ago, a representative of this paper while in Pasadena took time out to visit the Bowl. He was naturally interested in observing the condition of the seats after many years of service. Although exposed to the elements throughout the year, they are in excellent shape, which is a fine boost for wood.

Elected President of L. A. Realty Board

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Long-Bell Reorganization Completed

The reorganization of The Long-Bell Lumber Company, which provides for the consolidation of the Long-Bell Lumber Comany and the Long-Bell Lumber Sales Corporation, has been completed and became efiective as of midnight, November 30, 1935.

The Long-Bell Lumber Company takes over the assets of the Long-Bell l;umber Sales Corporation and, in the future, will handle all business matters under the name of The Long-Bell Lumber Company.

No ,change in either the present personnel or management is contemplated.

Albert K. Martin

Albert K. Martin, 55, vice president, Pacific National Lumber Company, Tacoma, died in Tacoma November 22, from injuries received in an automobile ac,cident three weeks before when his car skidded into a ditch.

Born in Des Moines, Iowa, Mr. Martin came to the Northwest.in 1903. He was a past president of the Tacoma I-lumbermen's Club, and was active in civic and fraternal

Harold K. Huntsberger, Secretary of Sampson Company aftarrs. of Pasadena, manufacturers of window and door screens, roller screens and ironing boards, has been elected president of the [,os Angeles Realty Board.

He is survived by his widow, and a Tacoma; a brother, James R., and a Moines.

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THE CALIFQR}.IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

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flcmmtd u&r thc l,awl of California f. C. pionrel Prea and Treas.; J. E. Martin' Vica'Pree' Publith.d thc l* ud l5tl of ach noth at fl&lr-t Crntral Bulldiry, iC Wcrt Strth Str4t,-Lor_A1ge-ler, Qt., fcblhoc, VAnd&c r5a6 Entcrcd ar S;md-clut nefts Scptmbor B' llid, a! tt. Fot otrtct !t Lor Angclcq C.llorli4 red.r'Act o[ Mlrch 3' rt?t.

CAL., DECEMBER 15, 1935

How Lumber Looks

New business reported to the West Coast Lumberments Asso' ciation by 201 mills for the week ended November 30 totaled lllr50tr472 feet against a production of. E4r670396 feet and chipments of 8717671514 feet. shipments wefe over production by 3.7 per cent and curent sales were over production by 19.9 per cent. The unfilled order file at these mills stood et 368r' 6l9r7tO feet, approximately 11'600,000 feet over the previous week.

The report explained that usually at this time of tfu yea4both production and buying of lumber go through a period of declining activity. By the first of December production normally ist down from 15 to 2o per cent below the levels of the 1rt".'io.t" September and Octobir. This year, buying is not slowit g .tp. At the moment otders are being placed in larger vol' .tm. t-it"o in the early fall. Allowing for the usual dorvnward movement, a decided and impo,rtant betterment in the market is now evident. Many lumbermen are of the oprnion that the best demand since 193O is moving into sight. The feeling of the industry is decidedly optimistic. Foreign markets continue quiet with the bulk of the business being placed with British eolumbia mills. The Amedcan mills are selling some volume of clears in foteign markets.

The Vestern Pine Association for the week ended November tO, ltt mills teportingr gave ordens as 51r1O4rO(X) feet, chiprnents 441536'OOO feet' and productiqt 49;494rOO0 feet. Orders wete 3.2 per cent over ptoduction, and 14.7 pet cent over shiP' .ments. Shipments were 10 per cent below production. Orders on hand at these mills at the end of the week totaled lrtr690r0oo feet'

The California Redwood Association for tlre week ended November 23 rcportd production from 13 mills as 7r927rOOO fet, shipments 61218'000 feet, and new business 7r453rON feet. Otderc on hand at t{re end of dhe week totaled 3Or523rW feet. 'Thirteen identical mills reported production 15 per cent greater and new business 56 pet cent greater than for the same week last year.

Advcrtiring Retcr on Applicrtiol

Building construction in California shows big gains over last yerir. Although there has been some seasonal slowing up in business the past two weeks the lumber demand is fair. The lumber trade is looking forward to a greater volume of business through 1936.

2r84O new homes have been erected in Los Angeles since the first of the year and prior to December I which represent a building cost alone of f8'720'00O. Building petmits in Loc Angeles for the first five days of December totaled f687rl60, the highest since December, 1930, 100 pet cent above the first ' five days in November and 400 per cent higher than the same period in 1934; no school permits ate included in the value of the permits for the first five days of December and this advance is attributed to generd*business betterment.

Lumber cargo atrivals at Los Angeles harbor for the week ended December 7 werc 151355'000 feet, a gain of almost 5r000r000 feet over the previous week.

Fifth Annual Christmas Keg Distribution

'fhe Christmas keg roll call at the December dinner meeting of East Bay Hoo Hoo Club No. 39 resulted in subscriptions for 224 kegs, and a campaign by letter and personal contact now in progress will greatly increase this total. Miland R. Grant, Western Door & Sash Co., Oakland, is chairman of the committee in charge of distribution of the kegs to East Bay needy families.

New Redwood Shingle Folder Ready

Attention is drawn to the announcement on the outside back cover of this issue of the new Redwood shingle folder in four colors, now ready for distribution by the lumber dealers to their trade.

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Pacific Coast Building Shows Big Gain

Pacific Coast building perrnits during November registered a 90 per cent increase above November, 1934, according to the Western Monthly Building Survey prepared by H. R. Baker & Co., coastwide investment banking firm, which compiled the data from 8O reporting cities. Permits totaled $10,084,723 in November, 1935, compared with $5,315,622 in November, t934.

Reports emanating from the 25 cities reporting largest volume of building permits in November showed these cities with larger volume last month than either the preceding month or the corresponding month of 1934. The 25 leading cities in volume of permits reported a 106 per cent increase over the corresponding month of last year, and a small gain over October. Permits in November, 1935, of this group amounted to $8,587,342, compared with $4,125,2ffi in November, 1934, and $8,507,817 in October, 1935.

Los Angeles continued as leading city on the Pacific ' Coast in volume of permits. It was followed by San Francisco, Long Beach, Portland, Oakland, San Diego, Seattle, Sacramento, Glendale, Pasadena, and Beverly Hills, respectively.

The following citigs reported increase in November over both October and November of last year: San Francisco, Long Beach, Portland, San Diego, Seattle, Sacramento, Glendale, Pasadena, Beverly Hills, Salt Lake City, Burbank, San Jose, Tacoma, Vernon and San Gabriel.

Those cities showing an increase in November over November of last year but not October were: Los Angeles, Oakland, Vancouver, Santa Monica, Berkeley, Fresno, Bakersfield, Spokane and Palo Alto. San Mateo showed an increase in November over October but not November of last year.

The following cities were added to the list of 25 leading in volume of new permits during the month: Santa Monica, San Jose, Tacoma, San Mateo, Vernon and San Gabriel.

Edwin G. Amet

Edwin G. Ames, for many years prominent in the Northwest lumber industry, died at Seattle, November 2O, fol' lowing a stroke of apoplexy. Mr. Ames was born in East Machias, Me., in 1846. He went to San Francisco in 1879 where he joined the Puget Mill Company, and two years later was transferred to the company's mill at Port Gamble, Wash., where he was manager until 1914 when he became general manager of the company. He retired from active business about ten years ago.

Mr. Ames served as president of the Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau for twenty-five years, and for many years was treasurer of the Douglas Fir Exploitation and Export Co. Several years ago, following the death of his wife, he presented his home to the University of Washington as a residence for the university's president. He was a director of several Seattle banks, and a trustee of the Chamber of Commerce.

Vagabond Editorials

By Jack Dionne

Again the world prepares to celebrate the birthday of a certain young Carpenter. ***

He was crucified by, the Romans; and for that the Christian world has since held the Romans of that day in execration. Yet, after nineteen hundred years of studying His words and His works, were Ffe to come back today with the same philosophy-

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He would be beheaded in Germany; hanged in Russia; and forbidden to speak in all Italy.

No doubt the time of ;,""*", was wisely chosen. I sadly fear that even in this land of the free His message would fall on deaf ears today. Not that we are so hard to convince. But .getting a hearing is the difficulty. We would be entirely too busy to listen.

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His pet commandments we have been obeying in great style of late. ttFeed my sheep." "Do unto others." t'Love thy neighbor." Surely, as never before in history, we have been following those philosophies. The poor we have fed as never before. The Golden Rule of helpfulness is a banner we have been holding high. I don't know whether we have loved our neighbor so much or not, but we have certainly taken an active and helpful interest in him, his welfare, and condition.

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Pessimists to the contrary notwithstanding, I think the spirit of the world is improving. In certain specific territories there is unhappy festering, but as a rule the thinking people of this earth are kindlier than they have ever been; more helpful than they ever dreamed of being. What saith the poet?

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"Their cause I plead, plead it in heart and mind, A fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind."

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There are rnore kindly people in the world today than there ever were before. Let us give thanks for that at this Christmas season. The people of this nation as a whole are better off than they were last Christmas. F'or that, also, make us truly thankful. We still have a long way to go and a lot to accomplish before rrre are out of the woods. But perhaps we should be thankful for that also. We ARE a people who forget quickly, and spoil easily.

In a city where there are ten thousand families on relief, there appeared conspicuously an advertisement for several men for good and permanent jobs. The advertisers got ready to handle an army of applicants. Instead, only a few made application. Not a single man on relief came to ask for one of the jobs'

The depressing fact is driven like a barb into our thought of late that it is going to take more than jobs to get the relief rolls perceptibly reduced.

In spite of the extreme difficulty of the situation-the really tragic difficulties in fact-one thing is definite and certain; there will never be any great reduction of the relief rolls so long as it is handled by the Federal Government. The fact that there are billions available seems to make entirely too many people unemployable. When the time comes when every relief donation is made after careful investigation of that particular case, and the wholesale scatteration of money is no longer indicated, there will be a change. :r*:k

A great army of unemployed is never going to be employed again, however. THAT is one of the problems that must be met. It is one thing to shake the bushel qf humanity and knock all the aged, the infirm, the crippled, the halt, the dependent, and the partly dependent-all into the relief basket. But how to get them back? Ah, my friends ! That is one problem that the future must work out. ***

You can shake a tree and all the over-ripe apples will fall to the ground. But try to shake them back into the places they came from ! It can't be done, of course. And THIS is the same proposition, exactly. We are going to have from now on an utterly unemployable portion of our population. How to confine it just to the present generation is the problem. But that we are going to have to care for THESE really unemployable people for the rest of their lives, only the fool can doubt.

Lots of discussion .0"..l il pro and con. At several recent meetings of lumber folks FHA has been the chief topic of conversation, and there are no loud and rousing cheers in evidence. The general impression from those

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closely in touch with efforts to build with Government guaranteed loans, is that there is a very visible chilliness evidenced by most banks aborit making the loans. They sign up as FHA banks, but make few loans.

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That the Government is eager and anxious to have lots of FHA loans made and lots of buildings started under Government guarantee against loss to the makers of the loans-there can be no doubt. But, as one lumberman said in. discussing the situation, there seems to be another side to the problem. When the banks were caught in the jam of two and three years ago it was because of the "slow" paper, plenty of it real estate and building paper, that filled their note drawers. They have worked out from under all that sort of collateral since,.then, and now they are being urged to again invest their funds in the same sort of biscuits that gave them so much indigestion before.

They don't seem to ,*. ,a ln" ,".a that the Government guarantees them against loss doesn't cover the situation. If a depositor comes in and wants his money right pronto, the bank has got to have it. So long-term mortgages on homes and buildings, even though good as pure gold and guaranteed by Uncle Sam, do not look "fast" enough.

Newspapers clutter *r:"; "l , *rr," this, complaining that there is much advertising of FHA but little action. It seems that that is a definite and clear statement of what is taking place. FHA looks grand. But it requires a cer-

tain amiunt of enthusiasm on the part of the lenders of money in order to make it amount to much.

I have been doing ."-" "r"rdgating and asking lots of questions since I wrote this column two weeks ago. I find that there is more disposition-in the places of my inquiries, at least-to loan private capital on building mortgages, than I had assumed to be the case. I talked to a number of men whose business it is to find investments for clients with money to spare, and these men tell me that most of their clients would welcome good mortgages, and at very, very reasonable interest rates. To people with surplus money today, five per cent interest with decent security, seems a splendid return compared with what they are generally offered. Because rnoney is, indeed, a drug on the market. If you don't believe it, try to loan a gob of it on safe security and see what you can get.

All of which brings -l o""o.a the same conclusion I have been following, namely, that what we need most is not so much for banks to loan money for building purposes, but for the bankers to advise the owners of their surplus deposits to take it out and so loan it. The money owner who is looking for a return on his money with reasonable security, is not interested in call money. What he wants is dependability and a decent return. He can get both by intelligently purchasing good first mortgages on homes. '1. :1. X<

If every banker would advise his depositors of surplus cash to buy building paper with it, we would really be getting somewhere. Wonder how we can get them to do it?

Ten Years Ago Today

From the Files of The California Lumber Merchont, December 15, 1925

The Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club will hold a Christmas party on December 23 when they will entertain 350 children from several institutions in Los Angeles. B. W. Byrne, Harry Hanson, Roy Stanton, Herman Rosenberg, Gus Hoover and Paul Hallingbl' are the members of the Arrangements Committee.

The Sacramento Valley Lumbermen's Club held their monthly meeting at the Elks Club, Marysville, Saturday, November 28, where they were the guests of the Marysville lumber dealers. The next meeting which rvill be Ladies Day will be held at Sacramento on December 19.

Rabbi Louis N. Newman was the speaker of the day at the Hoo-Hoo Club No. 9 meeting at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, on November 19. His subject was, "Who is the True American." The Club will hold their Christmas luncheon on December 24.

The employes of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co. and the NlcCormick Steamship Company and their guests held an enjoyable dancing party at the Roof Garden of the Hotel Whitcomb, Wednesday evening. December 2.

Burton and Charles Gartin are following in the footsteps of their father, James Gartin, manager of the Stanislaus Lumber Co. of Modesto. Burton is manager of the Ceres Lumber Co., and Charles is manager of the Salida Lumber Co.

The Bell Lumber Company are opening a retail lumber yard at Oxnard. ***

Four reels of motion pictures showing the operations of The Pacific Lumber Company at S,cotia furnished a fine entertainment for the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo at their meeting on December 3. A. L. (Gus) lloover, Los Angeles representative for the company, tvas chairman of the meetittg.

The Klicka Lumber Co. of San Diego, are opening a new yard at San t.tdro.

The Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo will hold a dinner dance and entertainment at the Hotel Vista Del Arroyo, Pasadena, Saturday, January 16. Berne S. Barker, Ed Houghton, Frank Wise and Bob Taenzer are arranging for the affair.

Lumber Grading Rules and Inspection

Services Cited by \(/orks Progresr Administration

Washington, Dec. 7.-Works Progress Administrator

Harry L. Hopkins has issued a bulletin governing acceptable practices in preparing specifications for the purchase of lumber and timber to be used on PWA projects. "The elementary features of good specifications" are outlined at considerable length.

Regarding inspection, Mr. Hopkins rules that a requisition can specify grade-marked lumber, that is, lumber that bears the grade-mark and trade-mark of the lumber manufacturing association under whose rules it is bought, and the mill identification mark, except that in finished flooring marking is required only for softwoods. Or the requisition can specify a certificate of grading for a lumber shipment as a whole; or it can be specified that inspection will be made by an inspector from the federal agency making the purchase. Association grade-marking or certificate are declared to be the preferable methods. In case of agency inspection, experts from lumber associations or testing laboratories may be engaged if competent inspection cannot be secured through federal government facilities.

The bulletin includes a list of regional and species lumber manufacturing associations, whose grading rules may be used. Included in them are associations covering all the commercial species 'of lumber made in the United States, such as the California Redwood Association, Southern Pine Association, West Coast Lumbermen's Association, Northern Hemlock & Hardwood Manufacturers Association, Western Pine Association, Northern Pine Manufacturers Association, National llardwood Lumber Association, and Southern Cypress Manufacturers Association.

As an aid in the selection of the suitable grade of lumber required for a project, attention is directed to a government publication entitled "How Lumber is Graded" and another useful publication-"Lumber Grade-Use Guide for Softwood and Hardwood Lumber in Building and General Construction" bv the National Lumber Manufacturers Association.

BOB OSGOOD REPORTS CONDITIONS IN AI.I, MARKETS GOOD

R. S. (Bob) Osgood, sales manager for CadwalladerGibson Co., Inc., Los Angeles, is back at his desk after a three months' business trip through the East, Middlewest and South. Commenting on his trip he says-"As you know, I have spent over half the last five years in traveling these United States, calling more or less regularly in every market from California to Florida, from Florida to New England and on up into Canada, and from the East Coast back to the West Coast again. I am happy to say that without exception f have found conditions and prospects in every market more promising than at any time in the above named period. I am confident that a cycle of in,creasing good business for lumber and allied lines is now actually here."

West Coast Ass'n Seeks Trcaty Changes

Seattle, Wash., Dec. 9.-Press stories appearing today, based on continued good business coming to the lumber industry of this area, imply that the West Coast Lumbermen's Associatior.r is now admitting that the reduction of $2 per thousand board feet on 250,000,@O feet of fir and hemlock from British Columbia is not retarding buying and hence that little or no harm will come to the industry from the importation of this lumber.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association has macle no such statement or admission.

This association has reirained from comment on the trade agreement since its first announcement. The agreement must be ratified bv the Canadian oarliament and will not become efie,ctive uniil ;anuary I,1936.

Our association in the meantime is trying to have the United States government limit, in the interests of market stability, the amount of lumber to be imported under the reduction-25o,000,000 feet-to 25,000,000 feet per month.

At the same time, we are also trying to have the part of this lumber which will move by water restrictecl to either Canadian or American tonnage, to eliminate the lower cost world tonnage now available to 1lritish Columbia manufacturers and denied Washington and Oregon shippers by American marine laws. American shippers must use American vessels between American oorts. Canadians may use any vessels obtainable to the same ports. Frequintly the -difference in cost is several dollais per thousand board feet.

We are also endeavoring to have the administration take an active interest in our loss of foreign lumber trade during the past five years within the British Empire to mills in British Columbia. These losses resulted from discriminatory tariffs.

Our recommendation is that when trade agreements are in process with Great Britain, Australia, or other countries within the British Empire, the United States State Department secure for our mills equality of treatment, country by country, with the mills in British Columbia. Ther-r rve could, through reciprocity, regain foreign trade within the empire to make room for the British Columbia lumber coming in here.

While the quota of 250,000,000 is labeled by ploponents of the treaty as insignificant when applied to British Columbia, this amount of lumber is over three times the 1934 sales of Washington and Oregon mills in all British Empire markets. Our mills sold 550,000,000 feet in these markets in I9D and but 70.000.000 in 1934. British Columbia mills sold 150.000.m0 in 1929, to these same British open the the British

Empire nations, and 625,000,000 in 1934. It is wholly indefensible "reciprocity American markets to Canadian mills and Empire markets practicallv closed to our

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REOPENS RETAIL YARD

The Fred L. Jones Lumber ancl Salvage Yard, El Verano, Calif., Fred L. Jones, Owner, has reopened the old El Verano Lumber Yard at El Verano. Sonoma Countv. Calif.

BACK FROM NORTH TRIP

F. G. Hanson, president, West Coast Screen Co., Los Angeles, has returned from a business trip to Lakeview, Ore. On his way home he stopped at San Francisco in connection with sales of Hollywood doors. distributed in Northern California bv Nicolai Door Sales Co.. San Francisco.

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RATt Wholesale Lumber CARGO

Fir-Spruce-Hemlock-Cedar-Redwood-Ponderosa and Sugar Pinc Plywood-Lath-Posts and Piling-Shingles-Fir-Tex

16 California St., San Francisco GArfteld 8393

Building Activity in Western States

BACK FROM L. A. TRIP

W. R. Chamberlin, president, W. R. Chamberlin & Co., San Francis'co, recently returned from a business trip to Los Angeles.

R. A. JEUB VISTTS SAN FRANCISCO

R. A. Jeub, assistant manager of Smith Wood-Produ,cts. Inc., Coquille, Ore., manufacturers of Port Orford Cedar, and Mrs. Jeub spent a few days the latter part of last month in San Francisco, and attended the big game betrveen Stanford and California, November 23, at Palo Alto.

While in the Bay city Mr. Jeub ,commented to James L. Hall, his company's California representative, on the grorving use of ,common sound-knotted Port Orford Cedar as an innovation for interior finish.

HAS ENJOYABLE VACATION TRIP

J. A. Privett, E. K. Wood Lumber Co., Los Angeles, had an enjoyable two weeks' vacation last month when he tonred by automobile through Arizona, Nevada and Utah. Among the many points of interest he visited rvere the Grand Canyon and Brice National Park.

Taxation--Federal, State and Local

By James Mussotti, Executive Secretary California Toxpoyers' Association, Los Angeles

Address DeliveredBefore the Annual Convention oI the California Retaif Lumbermen's Association at San Eiego, November 8,1935

Mr. President, Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention:

The problem of taxation menaces the entire economiq fabric of ttte Nation. Government is going rapldly into debt and exacting a tax burden from the people of over $9,500,000,000 a year. Our national debt has reached the high water mark of $30,000,000,000. In addition to that, we find that the states and their political subdivisions are in debt for another $20,m0,000,000, making the indebtedness of the country for governmental purposes alone some $50,000,0m,000.

To the average person a billion dollars doesn't mean anything because we don't deal in billions of dollars; it is_orly the government which deals in billions of dollars. When we tlanslate this huge indebtedness into terms which can be understood by the layman, we find that, if it were possible to divide equally among the families in the country the indebtedness -for governmental purposes, every farnily would have an indebtedness of $1,663. The enormity of this debt can readily be appreciated when we realize that, if it were possible likewise to distribute the annual national income of the country, each family would receive $1,587. In other words, the indebtedness of the family would be greater than the amount which represents the national income on a per family basis in the United States in the year 1934.

The cost of operating all the jurisdictions of gove,rnrnent in the United States represents an exaction of $517 per family per year. The tax actually collected by.thege governmental jurisdictions per family per year is $317. The difference between the $517, which represents the ,cost of government, and the $317, which represents the actual tax exactions by government, is approximately $200, which represents thq sum by which the government is annually going into debt on a per family basis.

The federal budget has been out of balance since 1930. still we 'continue our spending spree. Unless the federal budget is soon balanced, we will be faced with diire consequences which may bring untold suffering and disaster to the people of this country. Let us turn now to the situation which faces us in California.

For the fiscal biennium 1935-37, the State of California adopted a budget of $411,000,000. This is the highest budget in the history of the State. When considered in relation to the budgel of the local political subdivision within the State, it will lead to the heaviest tax exactions upon the people of the State of California ever before made in its fis'cal history.

The cumulative deficit in operating the state.government amounted to approximately $28,000,000 for the biennium which closed on June 30. 1935. As of June 30, 1937, the defi,cit in the general fund of the State of California will approximate $80,000,000. There is now outstanding against the State in the form of registered warrants some $30,000,000.

The 1935 session of the California Legislature was faced rvith the problem of trying to balance the state budget. The unbalanced condition of the budget was due to: (1). the decrease in state revenues resulting from the depression; (2) the loss of approximately $60,000,000 per biennium in taxes as the result of the adoption of the Riley-Stewart

constitutional amendment; and (3) the large proportion of. the state budget which is fixed by statute or by provision of the Constitution.

In an attempt to balance the budget, the Legislature levied a state income tax at graduated rates of from 1 to 15 per cent; increased the sales tax to 3 per cent, exempting food stuffs; passed a use tax act of 3 per ,cent; increased the franchise tax from 2 to 4 per cent on in,corporated corporations and from 6 to 8 per cent on banks; in,creased the state inheritance tax; levied a liquor tax of 80c per gallon; and took away from' the 'counties the right to tax motor vehicles as personal property, substituting a state tax of $1.75 per cent of the actual market value of the motor vehicle. Twenty-five per cent of the collections from the state motor vehicle tax are to be returned to the cities,12ft per cent to the counties, and the remainder will be retained by the State. This program of increased taxation, however, did not balance the budget. The 1935 session of the Legislature made practically no e,conomies in the ,case of state government.

Under the provisions of the Riley-Stewart constitutional amendment, there was this year returned to the several counties and their political subdivisions some $900,000,m0 of assessed valuation. Had this assessed valuation been used by the local governments for the purpose for which it was intended-namelv. the further relief for the common property taxpayers in these political subdivisions-averaging the State as a rvhole, the common property tax bill would have been reduced 20 per cent. Instead of this reduction of. 20 per ,cent, taking the State as a whole, there was an actual in,crease of 7 per cent over last year's tax bills.

Today in California there are 90 different taxes being levied by the federal, state, and local governments; these taxes range all the way from the property tax to the fedl eral tax on vegetable oils. The burden of taxation is a drag on recovery and is becoming a 'charge which is retarding our economic advancement. The time has come for sound thinking and reasoning on our problems of taxation. There is a remedy and that remedy is to be found in requiring political subdivisions to live within their incomes.

Before we can achieve permanent tax control and eventual redu,ction of taxes, a constru,ctive program such as the following must be placed in operation:

l. There must be a coordinaton of federal and state taxing systems. The federal and state governments are now tapping the same tax base as sources of revenue in more than 800 instances. Some of these are insignificant but at least seven of them are being relied upon is major sources.of revenue by both the state and federal governments. These seven are: the personal income tax, the corporation income tax, the inheritance and estate taxes, taxes on admissions to amusements, tobacco tax, alcoholic beverage tax, and the gasoline tax. As long as the people tolerate this independent and competitive race between the federal and state governments in taxation, there is no possi- bility of exercising effective control over the burden of taxation.

This situation can be corrected through the assignment of certain types of taxes exclusively to the federal government and of certain other types of taxes exclusively to the

states, and by centralization in the hands of the federal government of that type of tax whi'ch can be best administered by the federal government and part of the amount rebated back to the states.

2. California is sadly in need of a state tax commission manned by individuals who know tax law and tax administration, a commission which will be removed from the mire of politics and be invested with all necessary power to supervise and control the budgets of the political subdivisions within the State and administer the tax laws of the State of California. Until we have such a commission we cannot hope to a'chieve much in the rvay of better tax administration.

3. An efficient and uniform system of governmental accounting and budgetary practice is needed in this State. The lack of uniform reports on the part of the political subdivisions makes it practically impossible to compare .costs of government between the political subdivisions. The adoption of a statewide uniform system of reporting, accounting, and budgeting will do much to enable the citizens of each community to control the expenditures of government.

4. There are too many governtnental units in this country and in this State. California has some 6,000 governmental units. We are now operating under 58 counties; at one time rve only had 27. With the modern means oi transportation it should be possible to operate the count)' governmental afiairs of this State with a number of counties less than 58. We have 3,600 school divisions which should be reduced considerably in number. The net result of bringing about this reduction in the number of s'chool districts rvould be a better educational system and a more efficient one for the State of California. We have hundreds of special districts, all of which exact their pennies of tribute from the people. The reduction in number and the simplification of these governmental units will result not only in savings to the taxpayers but in more efli,cient governmental administration and service.

.1.5. We must eliminate the rnany overlapping and dupli-

cating functions that now exist betrveen state and lo,cal gov-

ernments. We have duplicating inspections, duplicating investigations, overlapping services, all of rvhich add to the tax bill without increasing the efficiency of the service and in many cases actually interfere with the proper functioning of political subdivisions. Centralization of administration in such functions as health and rural policing is an example of where money can be saved and a more effrcient service rendered to the people of the State.

6. The people must take an interest in the fiscal affairs of government. The complexity and intricacy of the fiscal affairs of government should not cause the people to feel hopeless, but should result in a demand on the part of the people that the fis,cal officials of government make these fiscal matters understandable to them. An articulate and responsive public opinion must be built up to stop this orgy of public expenditure which is bogging down the economic well-being of the tNation.

No nation on the face of .this earth has continued to live which followed policies of government which 'confiscated wealth, destroyed the taxpaver, and annihilated the thrift of the people. Turn the pages of history of this civilization and see for yourself how every nation which has followed these poli'cies of government has crumbled into dust. Need we mention the story of the Egyptians, the story of the Phoenicians, the story of the Persian Empire, the stories of Athens and Sparta, the story of the grandeur that was once Rome, to see how these policies of government destroyed thrift and destroyed rvealth, and then destroyed the nation itself.

A government is no better than the people which it represents. The goodness of a government is measured by the amount of interest the leading citizens of a community or

nation are willing to take in studying the problems that face their government.

We act too much like the trees in the parable of Jothair in the Book of Judges of the Bible:

The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, "Reign thou over us."

But the olive tree said urrto them, "Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honor God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees ?"

And the trees said to the fig tree, "Come thou, and reign over us."

But the fig tree said unto them, "Should I forsake my sweetness and my good fruit, to go to be promoted over . the trees?"

Then said the trees unto the vine, "Come thou and reign over us."

And the vine said unto them, "Should I leave my vine, rvhich cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees ?"

Then said all the trees unto the bramble, "Come thou, and reign over us."

And the bramble said unto the trees, "If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then you come and put your trust in my shadow."

If we want ferver brambles and less "brambling" in government, the American citizen must live up to the responsibilities which the republican form of goi.ernment pLces upon him.

COUNCIL MEETS IN SAN FRANCISCO

California Lumbermen's Council met at the Commercial Club, San Francisco, November 23. President George Ley presided, and there was a good attendance.

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sToRlEs ,, It Surprised the Preacher

It was a burning hot day in summer and the colored brother was down on his knees in the dust of the country road, trying to get the flat tire off his old Model T, and having no luck It was solid with mud, and rust, and the gatherings of the country roads, and the crust just held it.

Finally his exasperation got the better of hirn, and he just turned loose and "cussed" the ornery tire with every bit of profanity in his exasperated soul. Then he saw a shadow at his side, and looked up to discover the prBacher of his congregation standing there, looking and listening. His profanity suddenly ceased. Said the preacher:

Brothah Jackson, Ahm suttinly supprised at you, a man of Gawd an' a membah of de chuch, using dat kine o' langwidge. Ah suttinly is ! Don't you know dat you ain't

nevah gwine to git nowhah cussin', and swearin', an' takin de name of de Lawd in vain? You boun'to know dat! If you got to do somethin' 'bout dat trouble you havin' wid dat car, why don't you try prayin'? II'it mout work. You cain't nevah tell."

The thought appealed to Brother Jackson. He was already on his knees, so raising his hands in supplication, and his eyes upward, he said:

"Oh, Lawd ! Please hep me t'git dis tiah ofi !"

And as he said it, the tire fell off the wheel into his lap. The eyes of the preacher fairly bulged from their sockets, and he blurted out:

"Well Ah'll be blankety, blankety, blanked !"

Redwood Movie Ready Soon Ray Canady \7ith Coos Bay Lumber Co.

Recording of the dial'ogue for the new talking pictures of the California Redwood Association has just been completed, and the Association hopes to announce the release date of the picture by January 1.

Jim Farley, member of the advertising committee of the Association, made a flying trip to Hollywood at the first of the month in connection with the work on the new film.

,BUSINESS TRIP TO

Roy Barto, president, Cadwallader-Gibson Co., Inc., has returned from a business trip to the Northwest where he visited Portland, Tacoma, Seattle and Vancouver, B. C.

Ray Canady is now with the Coos Bay Lumber Co. in their Los Angeles office. Ray has been connected with the lumber business in Los Angeles for the;;;;"f;t;:;;;< having been with the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co. and before coming to Southern California r,vas in their San Francisco office for several years.

SUCCESSFUL HUNTING TRIP

Hawk Huey, Phoenix, Ariz., reports that he recently took time out from business to get in his supply of meat for the winter. He got his first elk which r.veighed 820 pounds, and a deer weighing 115 pounds.

To Speak at A. S. A. E. Convention

Max E. Cook, agricultural engineer, The Pacifrc Lumber Company, San Francisco, rvill be a speaker on the program of the annual convention of the Pa'cific Coast section of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers, to be held at the University Farm, Davis, Calif.. January 10 and 11, 1936. The subject assigned to Mr. Cook is "Standardization and Closer Utilization of Lumber in Srnall Farm Stnrctures."

Geo. S. Melville'sMother Passes On

Geo. S. Melville, Los Angeles, Southern California representative for South Sound Lumber Sales. Inc.. was called to Broken Bor,v, Neb., November 15, orving to the serious illness of his mother, who died on November 21. Mr. Melville, accompanied by his wife, returned to the Pacific Coast by way of Seattle, arriving at Los Angeles on December Z.

George A. Racouillat

George A. Racouillat, of the American IJox & Drum Company, San Francisco, formerly with Pacific Box Company, San Francis,co, passed away in San Francisco, November 30, 1935. He is survived by his widow, NIrs. Mae Racouillat. and a sister, Mrs. Adleine Meyers. Funeral services u'ere held on December 2 under the ausoices of Rincon Parlor No. 72, N. S. G. W.

VISITS PINE MILLS

George Geary, in charge of Pine sales for the E. K. Wood Lurnber Co., Los Angeles, has returned from a trip to the Pine mills. He visited Klamath Falls, Ore., where he conferred r,vith Carl Hornibrook, sales manager of the Ewauna Box Co., and looked over their mill and logging operations. The E. K. Wood Lumber Co. are Southern California representatives for the Ewauna Box Co. He also visited McCloud and Weed where he was conne,cted rvith the mill end of the. business before coming to Los Angeles and met many of his old friends.

BACK F"ROM EAST

Jas. E. "Jimmy" Atkinson, manager of the rail department of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co.. Portland. Ore., returned re,cently from a six rveeks business trip to New York, Middle West and Southwest points.

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\ FoR sLEEPLEssNESs

I \ Mark Twain had the best recipe for insomnia. He said:

lou cannot sleep try lying on the very edge of the bed; \bu might drop off."

EDUCATION

"There is, unfortunately, a very broad distinction between going to school, and getting an education. This distinction has become even greater during the past generation than it used to be."-Nicholas Murray Butler.

Some wise man once said that college rnight not educate a young man, but the other boys would.

TOO TRUE

Business has been waiting for years to get out of the red, again.

And most men are still waiting for young ladies' finger nails to take that same route.

I NO CHANCE

\ Suitor: "Do you think your father would object to my $rrying you?"

Tlapper: "f really couldn't say, but if he's anything like me, he certainly would."

INDEED

"Just think, a single Mormon would have as many as ten wives.tt

"My goodness ! How many would a married one have?"

THOUGHT AND ACTION

world of thought are no longer two divided hostile cyfrs. Build up the imagination of the boy of decisionf afi the will power of the dreamer, so that in the futurffnen will have the nerve to lead the way they have showri, and men of action will have the vision to imagine the consequences of their decisions."-Prince Max of Baden.

TAKING A CHANCE

A handsome young man wandered into the grandstand at a tennis tournament as a match was in progress, and asked the general guestion to those about him: "Whose game?"

A shy young thing looked at him longingly, and answered: ttl am.tt

SURPRISED HIM

Curious Old Lady: "'Why, you've lost you?"

Crippled Beggar: "Well, doggoned if I

ouyft6g, haven't aventt !"

ADVENTURES THAT GROW OLD

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Treat ed Lumber-lts Uses and Economies

Excerpts hom U. S. Department of Commerce Bulletin

Wood preservation, without doubt, is the keystone of the arch supporting efficient wood-utilization practices. The annual loss of timber in service because of decay alone, amounts to about one-fifth of the annual cut of lumber.

Since in most ,cases timbers in service are attacked by termites from the inside, not from the outside, spraying with chemicals will not protect the wood. It has been definitely established, however, that wood treated with preservatives according to accepted standards, both as to process and chemicals, by which the preservative is forced into the interior of the wood, is effective against termite attack and should be used in any construction where termite damage may be feared.

Having definitely established the fact that wood can be made immune to atta,ck of decay and insects, two very important things must be kept in mind if the greatest success is to be attained in that direction: (1) The preservative itself must be an effective one; and (2) proper methods of injecting the preservative into the wood must be followed.

There are many preservative materials on the market today. Some have great value, some have little or none, and some are so recent we have not yet sufficient knowledge regarding their performance under service conditions to judge of their merits.

Scar'cely a year passes but some new material is launched and claimed by its promoter to possess all the desirable qualities of.previously tried materials, plus a goodly number ttfirtrxl""?"?"*

oi these new compounds show promise of possessing valuable properties as wood preservatives they have not been in use long enough to demonstrate their effectiveness over long periods of time.

Fluoride-phenol salt mixtures are represented by Wolman salts and are also being used for treating wood. They are patented products composed of sodium fluoride to which other chemicals have been added. The large percentage of sodium fluoride contained in these pr'oducts would indicate that they have preservative value. While they have not been in use for a great length of time in the United States, it is generally understood they have been used in Germany for some time, principally for the treatment of mine timber and to some exfent for ties, and have given good service.

The superiority of pressure-treated lumber as ,compared with non-pressure-treated lumber has been established definitely by experience covering a long period of years, and lumber for.construction purposes should be pressure treated to obtain maximum servi,ce against.decay and insect attack.

Dipping, brushing, and spraying methods are especially superfi,cial in their results, and are not to be relied ripon for long life.

ff maximum service from preserved lumber is to be obtained, several important points must be carefully considered. Assuming that the w,ood is first of all properly seasoned and free from decay, the preservative treatment best suited to the particular purpose must be determined upon. There are certain purposes for which treatment with either creosote or a good chemical salt will be satisfactory. There are other purposes for which one or the other is definitely recommended. The choice of preservative can be determined by a study of the nature of the two classes of preservatives and their effect upon the wood, already described.

A surprisingly small investment will provide all the treated lumber that is required for most buildings.

Because the use of Dreserved lumber bv the small consumer has been comparatively..limit"ed, h-owever, there. it :. considerable lack of understanding of its application to his special needs. The recommendation that treated lumber be used in residen,ce construction, has reference only to its use for those portions of the buildings that are iir greatest danger of destruction by decay or inse.cts and which ordinarily are destroyed and must be replaced long before the remainder of the building has begun to show signs of deterioration. These are the portions that are in contact with or near the ground, in damp, poorly ventilated basements, or in contact with other timbers or with masonry, girders, joists, stringers, subflooring, window frames, roof timbers, and shingles. In these locations decay is certain, if moisture accumulates in the wood.

Wood Preservation and the Home Owner

The acquisition of a home is in most instances the most important investment which the average citizen undertakes. Generally ho'me ownership depends on the securing of a loan, and the terms of this loan are based largely on the value represented by the house. It is therefore evident that the home owner must not only consider the question of good design, plan, and construction, but he must also check up on the quality of the building materials used, because the life of the house is in direct proportion to the life of the materials employed. The best construction methods will not prevent premature depreciation if good building materials have not been employed. There are certain yi+*h.parts of a wooden structure which are particularly subject to decav and insect attack. If the home owner will insist on prottcting his interests by using treated wood for the construction of such parts he will undoubtedly find this fact taken into consideration by the banker wh,o grants the loan. The use of preserved wood will therefore contribute to the increase in individual home ownership.

Certain trends 'of modern archite,cture favor setting the house as close to the ground as possible. In su,ch cases preserved wood may be used to advantage wherever wood is used in direct contact with the ground.

In many cases home owners are desirous of remodeling their houses and thus an opportunity for the use of treated. lumber may be offered. The aim of the National Committee on Wood Utilization is to interest the small consumer in the use of preserved wood to protect his investment. If larger consumers of preserved wood, su,ch as railroads and public utilities, have been able to effect appreciable economy through its use, it is reasonable to expect that proportionately greater savings will accrue to the smaller consumers, on whom the burden of repair and premature depreciation rests more heavily. For this reason the National Committee on Wood Utilization is sponsoring the retail distribution of treated lumber, to make it available to the average lumber consumer.

The Builders' Interest in Wood Preservation

Ar.chitects, engineers, and builders interested in furthering good construction practices will find that the use of preserved wood represents an appreciable economy. They should bear in mind that it is cheaper to prevent decay than to repair or replace decayed.lumber. In determining the life of a building or a structure, and their obsolescence, it will often be found that the cost of the use of preserved

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LUMBER

Clanbcrlin & Co- W. R., Ith Flc, Fifc Bldg. ... DOu3lar 5{70

Dolbcr & Cmo Lmbcr Co, ?tr Mmhutr Excbau3e Bldg,......SUttcr 7|5C

Gsgc TV. Goruu 3ll Sasme St. .........

HaIl, Janer L, ............ t02i Mtlb B:ds.

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Hrmnon{ & Ltttb River Rcdrood Co". 310 Sanm. St. DOurlar tStt

Hdna Eunkr Lmbcr Co..

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C. D. Johum Lumber Co' 2q, Calllomia Strect.,.............GArfie|d @5t

MecDonald & Haningtm Ltd., fC Califomie Straet.. ,,. ... ,. .GArfield t393

McGomick, Chm. R., Lubcr Co., ,lll Mrrkct Strcct.......,.,...,....DOu9!a! 2501

Mm Mtll & Lmbcr Co.,

32t Mrrt t StBt .....

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LUMBER Pacific Lmber Co. Thc 100 Buh Str€i........... Red Rivcr Lumber Co., 315 MM&ck B|dt...... Sutr Fc Lubcr Coq rl Cdtfoni. Stret...

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.KEany 20?4

Schafer Bro. Lunber & Shbth Co., l20t Fifc 81d9,............:.........Sutter lnr

Shevlin Pinc Sales Co., 1010 Mmdnock Bld8. ...........KEaray ?Ofl

Suddel ll Chr'lstcrson, 310 5r!!6. Strect..,.............GArfield Zti6

Trcw* Lmbcr Qo-, ll0 Merkct Strect...................,SUttcr ltal

Unim Lumbcr Co., Chockcr Bulldtra ........,.......,...Suttcr aUO

Wcrndlilg-Na.han Qo., ll0 Markct Strcct ..................Sutter s3G

E. K. Wood Lunbc Co., I Drunn Strut......."...,..,.....KEany !lll0

Wcycrhaeura Salcr Co- lll Califomia Stret..........,....GArficld t9?l

SA1T FRANCISCO OATTLANII

LUMBER

Hilt & Mcton, lnc., Dmrlro! St Whail ....

Horu Lunbcr Cmpary' hd & Alie Str€t!.......

Pymld Lunber Sal,et Co.

115 Pacific Building

E. K. Wood Lunbcr Co,. Frcderic& & KlnS Sts..'..

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Bokltlycr-Bunr Lumbcr Co.,

HARDWOODS

Strablc Herdwod Co, Sil? Flrst StGt... White Brcthers, 5{10 High Street

HARDWOODS AI\D PAI{ELS

Fmyth Hardwood Co., 155 Baychm Blvd. ...............ATvatq al5r

White Brotherc,Fifth aad Bnnmn Strets .........SUttcr t3li

SASH-DOORS-PLYWOOD

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Nicolai Dor Sahr Co., 3!{5 lfth Strsct

Orcgo_-lVaahingto Plywod Co.

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Whcdc,rOtgood Saler Corpoatim, ${5 rtth St. ...... ....:. ....'...VAbncia 22{l

CREOSOTED LUMBER-POLES-PILING, TIES

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McCmIcl_ Char. R., Lunbc Co., {af Mrrkct Stre€t...............: ..DOuSl$ 25at

PANEIJ_DOORS--SASH

Elllott Bay Srlar Co., ttzl Brodny

Celifmir Buiklcn Supply Co. 5ll ztth Avuc ................,.ANdwc lr$

Wcrtcm Door & Suh Co.. 5$ & Cypre$ Sti ..............LAtai& S{00

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Pattrn'Blbn Lunbcr Ca,

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Rcilly Tar & Chemtcal Cm.

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HARDwooDs ff:";yfft.;;; '....'t"ck'r r43r *"1#Y*r*'.!:..............cEnrury 2t0?r stanton, F {.rlirtg-,............c'ntu ry ,i,tl

l2t Shall Bultdiry....'........"...VAndikc t792 Santi Fc Lunbcr Cc, H'mmd & Llttlc Rivcr Rcdwood Co, 311 Flucl'al Catcr Bldg"""'VAndl&c {l7l SASH-DOORS-MILLWORK

to:u So. Brudmy ............,..PR6Fctost schefcr Bro. Lumbcr & sblDst! co, p.tlfEIS AND pLyWOoD

Hcmminlr, E. W.' Ein W. M. Gulud Bl&.,.......TRiniVaZtr Buc*le5 --_55.'-$Erri.St............'....RIchnmd225r;;;;;;;;-

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MacDoq{d e Haningrm' Ltd-,.

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California Building Permits Jor November

Finance Plan Extended to Include Title 2

Weyerhaeuser officials announced this week that the company's finance plan has been expanded to include Title II loans in certain states and cities, and that the new service would be made available in other areas rvhen additional outlets for such mortgages are obtained.

For some time rumors have persisted in the industry that the Weyerhaeuser people rvere making extensive plans to provide retailers with a satisfactory outlet for Title II mortgages. This has been partially accomplished through a contract whi,ch the Weyerhaeuser Sales Company has entered into with the General Home Financing Corporation, St. Paul, Minnes,ota, an approved mortgagee under the National Housing Act.

"Ilow6ver, this does not mean that lve are now in a position to operate nationally," said F. K. Weyerhaeuser, President of the Sales Company. "Naturally the expansion of the service will be determined entirely by the progress made by the 'company in establishing satisfactory outlets. We believe the Single Insured Amortized Mortgage as developed under the National Housing Act to be one of the rnost important steps ever taken to promote home ownership and we are anxious to cooperate rvith the Federal ' llousing Administration in every way possible to extend its widespread use. We realize it is going to take time to perfect a Title II financing service for our customers but we are making a start in that direction and hope to make substantial progress during the coming yeat."

It is Mr. Weyerhaeuser's opinion that the progressive lumber dealer now has an unusual opportunity to render an important service in his community and to profit accord'irigly if provided with adequate finan,cing services uuder NHA terms. Weyerhaeuser customers have been able to frnan.ce remodeling, repairing, and new construction up to $2,000 under the company's Title I plan which has been in operation for more than a year. During this time negotiations have been under way to develop a similar service covering new construction up to $16,000 and for terms as long as 20 years as provided for under Title II.

"Our experience with Title I financing has proven conclusively that the public will buy repairing, remodeling, and new construction just as readily as anything else when given a chance to make the purchase out of in'come and pay the loan in monthly installments," continued Mr. 'Weyerhaeuser. "T,he results obtained by our customers, unfamiliar as many of them are with installment selling, indicate that the lumber dealer who is able to adjust himself to the new order of things is finally coming into his own."

Field men representing the Weyerhaeuser Sales Company are now,contacting 4-SQUARE dealers in three difierent areas where mortgage outlets have been obtained.

Weyerhaeuser salesmen were notified this week that sales conferences would be held at Tacoma, Chi'cago, and Ngw York early in December for the purpose of discussing details in connection with the new financing service and sales plans for 1936.

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Treated Lumber

(Continued from Page 18) wood will represent an appreciable economy as compared with the cost of using the more expensive and more permanent building materials, which might otherwise be considered.

In every instance foundation wall plates and joists in wood structures in close contact with the ground should be treated. Likewise sleepers and wood basement floors, or laminated floors laid on the ground, shoul'd be of treated materials.

It has been determined that, unless space is allowed to permit air circulation around girders, 1'oists, and stringers embedded in stone, concrete, or brick, they should also be of chemically preserved wood. This refers particularly to heavy timber construction.

The Lumberman's Interest in Wood Preservation

It is evident that if lumber as a building material is to retain its popularity efforts must be directed toward increasing its usefulness to the ultimate consumer. Through the application of wood preservatives to wood the principal handicaps of this material, namely decay and depreciation through insect attack, may be overcome. In the past a considerable market has been lost to forest products for purposes where the use of treated wood would have been both desirable and economical. fn many instances the present question is whether to use treated wood or dispense with wood altogether, and the progressive lumber manufacturer, as well as the lumber wholesaler and retailer, has realized the importance of wood preservation as an aid in the maintenance and expan'sion of their markets. Wood preservation is therefore a step in the direction of giving the consumer better value for his dollar, a step to.which every producer of building material in modern times is for,ced as a result of competitive conditions.

However, it would undoubtedly be wise for retailers to concentrate at first on the dimensions most in demand, and later to expand their stock lists sufficiently to take care of the demand for various sizes. As such demand gradually develops, with the continued progresd'in standardlzation of lumber sizes and grades all through the country the chances for the handling of preserved wood will correspondingly improve.

The only method by which properly treated lumber can be made available to the millions of small users is through the retail lumber dealers. This is a field which retail lumbermen should find very fertile. Some have already entered it, and others should be encouraged to do so . it has not been economically practicable for the individual user, in most cases at considerable distan,ce from a treating plant, to obtain the few hundred feet he would like to have to give his building the'permanence they should have. Through arrangements recently completed, however, certain retail lumber dealers have obtained standard treated

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lumber in quantity from the treating plants and can furnish the individual user with the quaniiiies he may desire of the most commonly used sizes.

Editors Note-The foregoing was briefed from the Report of the Sub-Committee on Retail Distribution of treated lumber of the National Committee on Wood Utilization. The complete bulletin is available from the U. S. Government Printing Office at 15c.

Interesting House Otgan

The Red Strand Magazine, house organ of the Two Rock Commercial Company, for October, contains some interesting articles. The leading editorial is entitled "Lumber as We See It Today." An article on "Roofing" recommends the use of No. 1 Redwood shingles for permanent buildings. Another discusses "The Chain Store and Margarine Tax." Charles Garrison is the Well-known head of the Two Rock Commercial Company.

Coast Counties Lumbermen's Club

A general meeting of the Coast Counties Lumbermen's Club was held at Watsonville on Thursday, November 21, to discuss the various problems of the retail lumber industry.

George Ley, president of the California Lumbermen's Council, reported on council progress.

I. L. Walker, se'cretary-manager of the Council, gave a detailed report on the lumber situation, and an outline of the activities of cement and roofing committees.

The new truck tax law was discussed in detail.

Following is a list of those present:

George Ley, Frank McGinnis, H. B. Chadbourne, W. A. Bales, J. E. Norton, A. Stoodley, J. S. Webb, Henry l-assero, Charles Peterson, Lester Tony, Eddie Donohue, Jerry Dubray, C. H. Griffen, W. F. Sechrest, I. L. Walker, J. H. Kirk, O,. F. Liebeskind, Fred Witmer, R. P. Davison, Charles Coburn, Stewart Work, Arthur Hayward, George Wood, J. O. Handley, L. M. Tynan, J. A. Greenelsh, Frank Sparling, W. H. Enlow, M. D. Bishop;..Secretaqr;manager.

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