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TREATED POI."E cAtL l7t4l 9g6-44$6 o tReRreD PoLE BUtLDERS, rNc. oFFER THErR cusroMERS THE ASSURANcE OF HIGHEST QUALITY WORKMANSHIP AND MATERIALS AT MODERATE COST.

O TREATED POLE BUILDERS,INC. HAS THE ABILITY TQ DO A COMPLETE "TURN. KEY" JOB, EVERYTHING...............FROM DESIGN TO COMPLETION.

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Exclusively for California . .

Fire Fighting Forces

The cartoon figure here is "Cal Green" who does the same work {or Keep California Green.. Inc. that Smokey the Bear does for the USF S.

to more and more California dealers and distributors. For year around supplies of dirnension lumber and precision-trimmed studs, depend on D&R.

is a dedicated and effective force in fire prevention and like their sister organizations they are working especially hard during this summer?s record drought.

Persons interested in joining KCG should contact A. F. Van Horn. sec.-mgr., Keep Calif. Green, Inc., 2203 l6th St., Sacramento, Ca. 95818.

Morking Requirements Eosed

The Softwood Lumber Section l0 of the l97l Model State Registration became effeotive April l. As adopted by the National Conference on Weights and Measures of the U. S. Department of Cornmerce, the regulation will not require mandatory marking of net lumber sizes on each piece of lumber as had been proposed by some grollps.

Now, over 5,000,000 feet of dimension lumber and studs monthly . manufactured especially for Southern California c0nstructi0n needs.

Art t{eth would appreciate an 0pportunity t0 tell you how you and your customers will benelit from using dependable 0 & R dimension and studs.

You can reach him by calling 872-1280 or 783-05t14.

Moior G-P Spinoff Plonned

Georgia-Pacific Corp. plans to transfer about 2O/o oL its assets to b new corporation to be known as LouisianaPacific Corp. in p."pos"a settleme,nt of a Federal Trade Commission proceeding that charged that G-P's acquisition of 16 southern timber companies illegally restrained trade in the softwood plywood industry. The company action does not mean G-P believes the government claim was correct.

Final approval must be secrrred from not only the FTC and the IRS, but holders of G-P stock and debentures and insurance oompanies and banks that have loqned the firm money. Present G-P stockholders would get one share of L.P lor every four shares of Georgia-Pacific now held.

Approximately 507,000 acres of timberland in the South and on the West Coast would be transferred to Louisiana-Pacific Corp. Additional properties and operations to be transferred include: the Samoa div. which consists of eight sawmillq a pulpmill, a plywood plant and a chip export loading facility in California and which produces sulphate pulp, redwood, Douglas fir, and white fir lumber and plywood products and pulp chips; the Ukiah div., which consists of eight sawmills and one millwork plant in California and produces Douglas fir, redwood and white fir lumber, pulp chips and millwork; the Intermountain div. which consists of seven sawmills and one planing mill located in Washington, Oregon and Idaho and manufactures pine, fir, hemlock and other white wood species of lumber and pulp chipe; and assorted properties in the Middle West and South.

Total book value of properties transferred would be about $llo5 million, subject to liabilities of not more than about $I55 million.

William H, Hunt, G.P viee chairman and directo4 would becpme L-P's chairman and chie{ executive ofrcer. Harry Merlo would resign as exec. vp. and become president and chief operating officer. ,tree C. Simpson would be vp. in charge of the Western sawmill div. The sales organizations cpnnected with the propertie to be transferred would also go to the new corporation. In all, some 6,190 of G-P's 37,300 employees would be transferred.

NBMDA for Funcfionql Discount

At the 21st annual spring convention of the National Building Material Distributors Assn. in San Francisco, the board reafrrmed the importance of functional discounts in the marketing of wood products and other building materials.

In the resolution the board has asked "all wood prod. ucts manufacturers and other building material manufac. turers, acting individually, to include proper distributor functional discounts in the pricing of their respective products that fairly reflect'the costs of this function."

The resolution backs up the recent action by the North American Wholesale Lunber Assn. asking for a continu. ation of functional discount pricing in the industry.

D. G. Dutton, Jr., NBMDA president, further emphasized the importance of maintaining the present discount structure. "If the practice of pricing to distributore on a net basis were continued, it would lend itdf to the erosion of strfficient margins to cover the value of the services provided by the distributor."

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Figure out for yourself how much poneling profit you could moke selling the high profit spreod in rhe Abiribi line vs. the low priced cheopies.

COSTS OF HANDTING 4x8 PANEUNG PROFITS FROM SEILING JUST ONE 4x8 PANEI.

Lobor costs lo order poneling; lo inventory ond hqndle it when it orrives; to put it out for disploy; to figure o competitive selling price; io help customer select o pottern; lo hondle it ofter the sole; to exploin how to instoll ir.

TOrAt COSTS $..-.........._.PROFTTS t

Low Priced Abitibi 8O9* $2.3O** loTAt PROFTTS $.--..--_--.--...

*Averoged pennyprofit.

* *Averoged dollor profit per ponel over enlire Abitibi line bosed on overoged selling prices in this oreo.