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LOS ANGELES, CAL., JANUARY l,1941 on f,ppliccrion

How Lumber Looks

,^f^nmber production during the week ended December Z, lv+U. was J per cent les.s than in the previous week; ship_ ments -were 4 per_ -cent less ; new business Z pe. ceni lesi; according to the National Lumber Manufactur... a".".i"] tion from regional assoc-iations covering tfr. .p*"1i."r'.f representative hardwood and softwood" mills. Shipments were 9_per cent and. new orders 6 per cent above inoau._ tion.. Compared with the corresporrhing week of 1939, pro_ duction was 3 per cent greater, ,irip-"n-t, t p.; .;;;;;;;_ er, and new business. 38 per cenl g.reater. 'The indlstrv stood at SO per cent of the seasonal iveekly averag.e ,i-Ig'ig prfld-rlcti9n,and 10O per cent of av-erag.e t6Zq Jip';.rt..---

Keported production for the 49 weeks of 1940 to date rvas 6 per cent above corresponding weeks "f fqSg; .hlp_ ments were 7 ,per cent above the shi-pments and new ordeis were.l.O per cent above the orders of the t9S9 perioa. F-;; the 49 weeks of l94O to date, new busine.. *"i 9 per cent above producti,on, and shipments were 6 p.r-ce.r-t-"1""a production.

The ratio of unfilled orders to gross stocks was 32 oer cent on December 7, .1940, compa-'red with 19 p;; ;;"i; year ago. Unfilled orders were 54 per cent greiter than a year ago; gross stocks were 9 per cent less.

Dtrring the week ended Derimbe_r 7, Ig4O,4g0 mills pro_ -dgced 236.108,000 feet of softwoods and hardwooas-.i-_ l:il.a-; shipped 256,773,W feet; booked orders it-ih,-{iO,- 000 feet. Revised fig-u1es for the preceding ;.;k-;; mills, €9; production 2\Z^,g.I,W fee't; shipm-e"t, iOZ,i+5,_ 000 feet; orders 257,268,06 feet.

.^llTb..^^"^.ders reported for the week ended December Z, 194O, by 399 softwood_ mills totaled Z3g,1trri,W i..i; L, d per cent alo-ve the production of the same mills. Shipmenti as reported for the same u'eek were 244,502,000 feet. o, g o", cent above production. production was 2ZS,3Z4,OOO fJ.r Reports from 95 hardwood mills give nerv busine;; ;.

965,000 feet,-or 11 per cent above production. Shipments as reported for the same week were 12,26.000 feet. or 14 per cent above production. Production rvas 10,784,000 feet. --Production during week ended December 7, 194O, of. 384 identical softwood mills was 223,819.W f'eet. and a vear ?g9_t_t was 2L5,D4,000,feet; shipments \,vere respectively 242,872,W feet, and 188,091,000 feet; and orders-received 237,82L,W feet, and 172,38,00O feet. In the case of hardwoods, 95 identical mills reported production this year and a year ago 1O,784,00O feet and ll,7T,00O feet; shipments 12,26,W feet, and 9,322,W feet, and orders 11.965.000 feet and 8,087,00O feet.

The Western cember 14, l0l feet, shipmentsfeet. Orders on 534,000 feet.

Pine Association for the week ended Demills reporting, gave orders as 78,918,000 82,D5,W feet, and production 68,401,000 hand at the end of the week totaled 305,-

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended December 74, I24 mills reporting, gave orders as 32,697,M feet, shipments 38,657,00O feet, and production 35,015,000 feet. Orders on hand'at the end of the week totaled |OZ.8,E.0OO feet.

The California Redwood Association for the month of November,-194O, reported Redwood production of 13 oper- ations as 31,468.00O feet, shipme,nts 36,318,000 feet, 1nd orders received 36,581,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the month totaled 42.849.000 feet.

With 93 of the largest cities on the Pacifi,c Coast report- ing, building permits in November, t94O, showed a 9.7 per cent gain over November, 1939, but a decrease of 25 per cent from October, 194O, according to the Western Monthly (Continued on Page 30)