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Wood Foundation Use Up

Production of foundation treated lumber and plywood used for wood foundations during the first seven months df 1983 increased 5090 and 6990 respectively from the same period last year, according to the American Wood Preservers Bureau.

Total lumber production for foundations from January through July was sufficient to build approximately 6,700 wood foundation homes. July's236 million board feet was the largest single month's total in recorded history for production of lumber treated with waterborne preservatives.

Total AWPB production for the first seven months of 1983 was 1.187 billion board feet of lumber.

(Continued from page l5) nesses rise and fall in relationshio to the cost of money (interest rates) and the available supply of funds to a housing+onscious public. As we look ahead to 1984 and perhaps 1985, no threat is more frightening to the current financial climate than the plans by the federal government to finance the sizable federal dehcit. That is the Number One concern for all American businesses, but particularly for our industry. Be wary of increased federal borrowing. It could choke our recovery in short order.

The emergence of warehouse retailing has startled all segments of the industry. Several new public companies have carved a sizable share of market in the South during the past year. It is estimated that almost all key retail markets in the country will have one or more of these large units operating by the end of 1984.

This is not to say that conventional retail dealerships and home centers with sound financial planning and aggressive merchandising will not be active participants in the 1984 marketplace. The recession survivors will set a faster pace and compete more tenaciously for a growing building material market. Share-of-market figures will shift some, and the increases will go to the creative companies who have shrewdly laid plans for increased sales and profits.

1984 will be a good year for the aggressive, creative, resourceful retailers and wholesalers who view the post-recession building material marketplace as the opportunity of their corporate lifetime, a chance to move ahead in their respective trading areas.

Plywood Production Climbs

Record produclion of structural panels is anticipated by the American Plywood Association for the next two years.

Output this year will be 20.2 to 20.3 billion sq. ft., according to Peter Koehler, APA chairman and president. This figure is substantially higher than the 19.9 billion record set in 1979 and the 16.4 billion produced last year.

Production for 1984 is predicted to come in just under 22 billion sq. ft. The APA expects panel exports to hit 600 million feet this year. Over 6090 of the 1983 output will be used in non-housing markets.

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Hardwood Coverage

On behalf of the Lumbermen's Club Of Memphis, I wanted You to know how much we appreciated the coverage given to our club and its activities in your October issue.

We have had many compliments from our membership, not only on the article pertaining to the club but including the entire issue and your editorial.

Again, please accept our sincere appreciation ior this excellent coverage.

H. E. (Gene) Parker, President Lumbermen's Club Of Memphis Memphis, Tn.

Keeping Them Honest

I am writing about the article "The Truth About Loss Prevention" bY Thomas Dyar in the September issue of Building Products Digest.

As a specialist in loss prevention, I agree with Dyar; however, I think he missed a very important prevention method, i.e. polygraph examination.

A background check will not alwaYs tum up dishonest acts; some employers allow a dishonest employee to resign. An employee may also be dishonest and not have been detected. Drug and alcohol usage along with gambling are motivators for employees to steal, yet an employer may not have detected these problems.

A thorough pre-employment screening by the polygraph will determine if a problem exists in any ofthese areas. Periodic polygraph testing will tend to keep'the honest, honest and deter the dishonest. Finally in the case of a loss a specific test will readily identify the guilty party and eliminate the innocent from suspicion.

J. F. Joyce Ethical Investigators, Inc. Richmond, Va.

Texas Tale

I read in your magazine about Mungus-Fungus Forest Products but you did not give enough mailing info. Please be kind enough to forward my application for employment to them. They sound just likemy kind of hardworking people.

Will Makeit

Resume

Name: Will E. Makeit

Last Job: Betchacan Lumber Co. Location: 7-ll Easy Street Wiseass, Texas 5550202

Position: Sales

Job Description: Sold left over lumber, damaged plywood, cow manure, outdatd Super Bowl tickets.

Length of Employment: Long as I could without getting caught.

Reason for Leaving: Got caught.

Background: Raised in the industry. From deep East Texas Big Thicket area. My diapers were made of wood chips. I had pine sap in my baby bottle. I can eat sawdust and produce plywood as an end product.

As an industry service, we'd like to share this with potential employers-ed.

Proud Heritage

I enjoyed your article on the Memphis Lumbermen's Club. My great-grandfather, E. E. Taenzer, was one of the original charter members of the club and sen'ed as the first secretary in 1899, later assuming the presidency in 1902. I am proud to be pan of the heritage.

Craig B. Kincaid Manager, Lumber Department Robert S. Osgood, Inc. Los Angeles, Ca.

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