Never Taught You "Th is Dayls,,,Noo The First Day Of Your Life"

llninf about it. You don't remember that f irst day-,nor a lot of days after the memorable event, do you?

@nat you do remember is a montage of thought and events which are impressed upon your memory and have a lot to do with the manner in which you conduct affairs this very day.

flfe haven't checked, but we doubt that many of our customers remember the f irst day they gave us an order, or we made a delivery. We will, however, bet you that those who have been with us all or part of these forty years can tell you in detail what it is like to be a Mallco customer.

Iirst and foremost they could tell you that at Mallco the customer is valued for what he is-our business lifeline. This attitude makes the difference.

It you are now a Mallco customer, thank you for the business. Be certain we shallcontinue to deserve your consideration as we have been doing, though consistant quality, dependable service, and prices that let you be competitive and make a decent prof it.

It you aren't a Mallco customer, why don't vou talk to a Mallco salesman, or our order desk.[t could be the f irst day of a lot of profitable days for your business.

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The percentage of dimension lumber among total western lumber production rose again in 1984 to 48.590 or 8.66 billion board feet, according to the Western Wood Products Association.

Four years ago, 43.7v/o or 6.58 billion board feet was dimension lumber, with 3790 of that being green Douglas fir and Douglas firlarch. Now449o of dimension lumber is green Douglas firlDouglas frlarch. The association attributes the increase to the rise in housing construction.

Among the remaining western lumber production, stud production rose slightly to 12.03s/o and shop lumber to 9.78v/o,while common boards fell to 16.490 and timber slipped to 6.990, the third yearly decline.

A schedule of future tariff reductions for U.S. woodbased structural panel products entering Japan was "too little and far too long delayed, " said William T. Robison, president of the American Plywood Association, Thcoma, Wa.

"We and our federal govemment tariff negotiators have been talking with Japan for nearly 20 years, with very little progress to date," he noted in discussing the Japanese govemment announcement. 'As matters now stand, the proposed tariff cuts will be of no significant benefit to our industry."

Japan's schedule will reduce the current l5Vo duty on American software plywood to l2VzVa effective April l, 1987, then to lOVo onApril l, 1988. Restain surface worked and overlaid products are excluded. The present l2Vo duty on reconstituted wood panels (waferboard and oriented strand board) will be cut to 87o on April l, 1987.

"These latest proposals are a small step in the right direction," Robison said, "but I trust the United States govemment will not consider this a satisfactory conclusion and will continue to press for significant reductions in all of Japan's forest products tariffs."

A wood products demonstration building designed to show U.S. building technology, materials and wood design, is being constructed in Tokyo as part of an economic summit between President Reagan and Japanese Prime Minister Nakasone this spring.

The construction costs of the multiuse "advanced technology timber structure" to be completed in May will be underwritten by the U.S. government. The American wood products industry has been asked to supply the materials.

A frst for the Mountain States Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association, a spring building materials buying show will be held April 14 and 15 at the Merchandise Mart. Denver. Co.

The format will be strictly business with buying and product education. Dealers indicated in a survey taken last fall that they were interested in attending a spring shoq according to Fred Caruso, executive vice president. The survey, wh.ich was sent to 275 top managers, indicated 837o of the Colorado dealers would attend. In Wyoming and New Mexico, 4O7o of the dealers responded positively to the idea.

With a goal of generating sales for vendors and good buys for retail dealers, the show will feature a broad spectrum of building materials. Lumber, panel products, doors, windows, millwork, hardware, paint, tools, plumbing, insulation, fasteners, roofing, fencing, siding, and specialty products are among the materials to be offered.

Donn Corp., the nation's largest manufacturer of suspended ceiling sytems, is building a $l million plant on a l0 acre site in Stockton, Ca. Customers in the nine westem states will be served by it, according to Stan Sak, vice president and general manager of the ceiling division.