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POSITION WANTED

Wide-awake, all-around man. Now manager of small yard in Southern California Experienced salesman, estimator, credits, bookkeeper, all-around office man. Will accept subordinate position with opportunity. Will go anywhere. Age 45, excellent healthAddress Box C-835, California Lumber Merchant.

WANTED-POSITION BY LUMBERMAN

Thoroughly experienced from stump to consumer, including sales, costs, balance sheets, accounting in cvery detail, retail or wholesale. Also licensed building contractor.. Best references. Bond if necessary. Free to go anywhere. Married, no children. Non-drinker. Address Box C-845 California Lumber Merchant.

POSITION WANTED

Lumberman with 17 years' experience as yard forernan wants position with retail lumber firm. Thorough knowledge of all building materials, including builders' hardware, paints, etc. Can furnish best of references and will go any place. Box C-853, California Lumber Merchant.

How Lumber Looks

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The Southern Pine Association for the week ended November 30, 109 mills reporting, gave orders as 30,614,000 feet, shipments 33,967,000 feet, and production 28,336,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 85.575,000 feet.

Seattle, Washington, December 1O, 194O.-The weekly average of West Coast lumber production in November (4 weeks) was 134,361,00 board f.eet, 8.2 per cent of the weekly averag'e lor l9bL9D, or 84.3 per cent of present installed capacity, according to the West Coast Lumbermen's Association in its monthly survey of the industry. Orders averaged 143,571,000 b.f.; shipments 132,438,000. Weekly averages for October were: production, 144,34O,000 b.f. (73.3 per cent of the 192G1929 average); orders 157,605,000; shipments, 150,7A2,m.

First 48 weeks of 194O, cumulative production, 6,552,433,000 b.f.; same period, 1939,-5,954,279,ffi; 19384,76,165,0m.

Orders for 48 weeks of. l94O break down as follows: rail. 3,&7,7fi,W b.f.; domestic cargo, 2,342,312,W; export, 370,906,00O ; local, 911.877,W.

The industry's unfilled order file stood at 7?5,631,W b.f. at the end of November; gross stocks, at 867,000,000.

The California Redwood Association for the month of October, reported production of 13 operations as 36,059,000 feet, shipments 38,245,000 feet, and orders received 47,674,- 00 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the month totaled 42,855,000 feet.

Competent Office Man

Capable office man, middle aged, single. Many years experience with manufacturer-wholesaler-retailer. A-l bookkeeper. Correspondent-detail man. Former salesman. Thoroughly trained lumberman. Desires position with manufacturer or wholesaler anywhere. Qualified to handle any office job required. Available now. Address Box C-843, California Lumber Merchant,

Bookkeeper For Small Yard

With Southern Cdifornia experience as bookkeeper, estimator, counter and yard sales. Young man preferred. Address Box C-555 California Lurnber Merchant.

Planing Mill For Sale

For sale, fully equipped Planing Mill-East Bay District. In live town with plenty of business. Good proposition. $5000.00 will handle. Address Box C-556 California Lumber Merchant.

Lumber Yards For Sale

We have a number of good yards in Southern California for sale. Twohy Lumber Co., Lumber Yard Brokers, 801 Petroleum Building, Los Angeles. Tclephone PRospect 8746.

U. S. Lumber and Log lmports and Exports (Continued from Page 25)

12,380 M board Leet (14,296); sawn railroad ties, 16,836 M feet (17,693); and box shooks 75,4ry M feet (23,688).

Total imports of hardwood and softwood logs and lumber (inctuding ca6inet woods, sawn railroad ties, box shooks and empty packing cases) for the first ten months of.lW totaled 77I,237 M feet (769,471), a gain of less than one per cent. In this amount, logs (hardwood and soft' wood) accounted lor 173,977 M feet (187,348); softwood lurrtber, 482,67 M feet (500,826) ; hardwood lumber and sawed cabinet woods 92,853 M feet (81,297), the latter item showing a gain of 14 per cent.

In the softwood lumber group, spruce was the most important species imported, totaling 238,215 M feet (234,94)-. Imports of fir and hemlock combined totaled lOI,947 M feet (137,294), and imports of pine totaled 100,806 M feet (92,er3).

Detailed monthly statistics on United States exports and imports of hardwood and softwood logs, lumber and allied products are compiled by the Bureau of Foreign Domestic Commerce and are available from the Bureau on a subscription basis.