THE CALIFOR}TIA LUMBERMERCHANT

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Subecription Price, 32.00 por Year r n c a \r/sinete copies, 25 cenrg ;;l - LUs AN'F'T ES l',+, CALIFORNIA, DECEMBER 15, 1945

How Lumber Looks

As a result of the ending of the 10-rveek A.F.L. strike, production in the Douglas fir region vvill shor,r' a substantial increase this r,r'eek over recdnt \\reeks. Mills whose logging camps rvere closed by the strike will be slower getting into production than those with C.I.O. logging crews. A good deal of road repair u'ork rvill have to be done before camps idle for tr.vo and a l-ralf months can operate efficiently.

Ileports from the Northwest state that for the first time irr several years there is a surplus of labor in some districts. This may mean that many mills that used to operate on :t two-shift basis before the lrar rvill again' be able to clir so in the near future.

A shutdown for the holidays u'ill cut productiou tenrporarily, but it will enable mill operators to make necessarv repairs that they were prevented by the unions from making during the strike. It is likelrv that the production totals will shorv a decided \\feekly increase after the first of the lear, and with the probable early ending of the manpower shortage may soon exceed figures for the war years.

Production for the r,r,eek ended December 1, as reported bv the West Coast Lumbermen's Association totaled 38,917,000 feet, 153 mills reporting, and for the u'eek ended November 24 lrom the same number of mills, 32,179,Un feet.

Some of the A.F.I-. pine mills in the Oregor.r and Westr:rn Washington districts and Inland Empire are still don'n. Negotiations are continuing, and it is expected that most of these mills will be in operation bv the first of the vear.