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Growing to serve you better

Our expanding services, additional product lines and improved and updated facilities mean we can serve you better. We have more than 28 ACRES OF INVENTORY. including 40,000 SOUARE FEET OF DRY STORAGE, fed by THREE DRY KILNS. Our milling facilities are complete, including a PLANNER/ MATCHER, MOULDER, RIPSAW, RE-SAWS, and AUTOMATIC TRIMMERS. The improvements and advances we've made enable us to better attend to OUR NUMBER ONE JOB Of SERVING OUR CUSTOMER. Let us show what we can do for you.

Call us at South Bay, we're specialists in two of the world's most durable and versatile softwoods.

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Goodby, illonongahela

'I'HIRTEEN months after it raised its ugly I head, the Monongahela Monster has been slain as thoroughly as it's possible to slay any monstrosity in Washington, D.C.

The signing into law of the new National Forest Management Act by President Gerald Ford (or perhaps ex-President Ford, by the time you read this) gives the U.S. Forest Service the clear authority to practice Twentieth Century forestry and no longer be hampered by the archaic language of the 1897 Organic Act. It was the narrow interpretation of that law by a federal court, which resulted in the halting of timber cutting in the National Forests in a number of states, that precipitated the battle with the preservationists that the forest products industry has so decisively won.

Importantly, the results of the industry's victory benefits a yery wide spectrum of the American public, including: the sightseeing public, sport fisherman and hunters, the recreation oriented, agriculturists and, of course, the industries tied to papermaking, homebuilding and furniture.

While the law covers 19 major areas of forest management, an important part is the acceptance and recognition of clearcutting of timber as a modern method of harvesting our country's slowest growing crop. It also directs the Forest Service to depart from the non-declining yield concept in setting the amount of timber harvested from our National Forests, a vital proviso that should increase the supply of timber availability in the coming years.

An additional positive result from the long, costly battle to bring reason out of the Monongahela crisis is recognition of the cooperation that can be engendered when the industry faces what amounted to a common foe. The forest products industry also worked very effectively with labor, consumer groups and even scattered environmentalists (of a reasonable persuasion) to bring it about. It shows clearly what can be done through coordination, planning and a marshalling of forces and the effective presentation of a strong case.

A tough way to correct a wrong and learn a lesson of cooperation, but retention of the teachings can serye our industry well in the future.

The HunterTeam stands ready to serve you with your pallet needs! By maintaining a tradition of finest quality and service Hunter has become one of the nation's leading pallet manufacturers.

We are now able to deliver pallets to you anywhere. Our experienced sales engineers can help you with your pallet, box, skid, and cut lumber needs in any of the 50 states. Call the Hunter Team!