lVestern Lurnber e Building Materials

SEPTEMBER 1974

HOW THE BIG TEN CUT IT-LUMBER PRODUCTION SHIFTS 8

THE CASE IN FAVOR OF THE SIDE-LOADER LIFT TRUCK 1O

RENOVATION OF OLD STORE DRAWS IN NEW CUSTOMERS

MOULDING AND MILLWORK PRODUCERS' YEAR NUMBER ONE CODE CHANGES ALLOW BIGGER BUILDINGS TO "GO WOOD''

SURVEY NOTES MORE PARTICLEBOARD USE IN CABINETS

ANNUAL COMPANY OUTING AGAIN SCORES A DIRECT HIT

HOME CENTER PROFITS CONTINUE TO MOVE HIGHER

PHOENIX AND TUCSON CLUBS HAVE JOINT MEETING

STEAK AND SWIMMING HIGHLIGHT ANNUAL CLUB'S B.B-Q

PLUM CREEK LUMBER INTRODUCES NEW CORP. TRADEMARK

FREMONT FOREST PRODUCTS EXTENDS SERVICE ABILITY hrbllshcr A. D. Bell, Jr.

HOW DO YOU RATE ON THIS LIST OF EXECUTIVE TRAITS?

Edllor-Mcr. David Cutler

Contributinc Editor Dwight Curran

Adv.nising-Productlon Mgr.

Ms. D. Hamil

Ara DiFctor Martha Emery

Circulstion Marsha KelleY

EDITORIAI OFFICES

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SOUTHENN CALIFORNIA

Carl Vann, 1385 Westwood Blvd., Los Angeles, Ca, 90024. Phone l2L3) 471-7593 or (2131 792-J621. MOUNTAIN STATES

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THE MTRCHAI{T is an independent magazine, for the htmber and building materials industry in the 18 Western states, concentrati'ng on rnerchan(Lising, management and. accuro,te, f actual news. two car numbers in sequence!

Want to guess the odds on it happening a second time? Good

m HAT'S the only way to describe it. I We are all choking and strangling in the paperwork and red tape required by the federal government. And there is no end in sight.

Some horrifying statistics:

The average small businessman in 1974 will have spent more than two weeks out of his working year (up to 100 hours) complying with federal reporting requirements.

Sen. Thomas Mclntyre (D-NH), head of the government regulations subcommittee of the Senate Select Committee on Small Business, found America's small businessmen spend between $18 - $50 billion (that's with a B) wading through federally mandated paperwork.

Nearly 5300 forms are required, according to Sen. Mclntyre. That excludes those from the Internal Revenue Service; the good old IRS has 13,745 different forms of its own! It costs Uncle Sam (meaning all of us pigeons) a whopping $4 billion just to print, disseminate and file all these sillv forms and reports. That's just the one year tab. whv?

Are they all really needed? Do they really insure Life, Liberty and our Pursuit of Happiness? Not likely.

One certain result of all this paperwork is the businessman, both large and small, looses vital productivity complying with laws and regulations that compel him to spend time, coin and energy slogging through a morass of bewildering forms; with all of them required to be in triplicate, at least. In a nation struggling to increase its productivity, it is more than a hassle, it hurts the country.

A number of organizations over the years have announced campaigns to fight the proliferation of federal paperwork. If any have been effective, it is not immediately evident.

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