INSECT SCREEN CLOTH

'DUROID" Electro Galvcnired

Nalhon Brodley

Vice President

TERffIINAL SALES BIDG.

Portlqnd 5, Oregon ATwclter 9544

WHOLESALE LUMBER.

DOUGLAS FIR

HEMLOCK

WESTERN RED CEDAR

PONDEROSA PINE

SPRUCE PLYVOOD SHINGLES

Corgo ond Roil Shipments

CHARTES E. KENDAII

Pocific Goqst Representolive

714 W. Olympic Boulevord

Los Angeles 15, Cqliforniq PRospecl 8770

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Pacific ltire Produot$ Co.

WHOTESALE ond JOBBINO YARDS

FIR, R,EDWOOD, PONDEROSA qnd SUGAR PINE IUTUBER

IATH ond SHINGIES

PTYWOOD

Generol Offices

ISOO ARfiTY ST.

SAN FRANCISCO 24, CALIJ.

ATwoter 2-l3OO

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Phone KEllog 4-1884

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Phone JUniper 5-6083

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Who's \(/asting \7hat Waste?

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"The location of large sawmills near large power-consurning industries and centers in Western Washington," explained Wilson, "accounts for the relatively large proportion of power developed there for others."

About 2@,593,700 cubic feet or 38.3 per cent of their total by-products were sold by sawmills of the two states for domestic and industrial fuel purposes. Thousands of householders who have chosen to heat their homes with sarvdust burners are puzzled at the intimation that by so doing they have become forest devastators.

Sales for pulp amounted to 12,930,000 cubic feet or 1.9 per cent of total by-products developed. Principal deterrents to larger sales, according to Wilson, were distance from sawmill to pulpmill, costs of removing bark, and present limitations on economical conversion of Douglas fir and pines to pulp.

Sales for lath and other uses including pickets, handles and stock for furniture and toys amounted to about 3,753,60O cubic feet or 0.6 per cent of the total by-products developed.

Remaining was the volume of by-products for which no use at all could be found-125,966,800 cubic feet or 18.5 per cent of the by-products. Of this, a little more than one-fourth was sawdust, one-fifth was shavings, and one-half coarse materials.

Of this residue in the trvo states, Western Oregon sawmills accounted for 69 per cent, Western Washington mills i6 per cent, Eastern Oregon mills 12 per cent and Eastern \\/ashington mills 3 per cent.

"The most important factor affecting volume destroyed," Wilson reported, "was and is distance from source to market-the costs of getting sawdust, shavings and coarse materials away from the mill to the point of consumption. Volume destroyed increases with distance."

Wilson suggested that opportunities for decreasing the volume destroyed exist in the produ,ction of alcohol, fodder veast, charcoal, pulp, plastics, insulating board and interior-finish board.

Further light on this phase of the question is shed by H. V. Simpson, executive vice president of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association.

"No industry is more keenly interested in achieving full utilization of its raw material," Simpson said. "But it must be remembered that disposition of what is actually waste-a surprisingly small amount-is dependent upon economic factors.

"It is quite true that this waste residue contains elements of value. So do potato peelings and very low-grade ores rvhich at present are discarded. The trouble is that no one has found a way to turn these things into useful commodities without prohibitive expense.

"Insofar as forest waste is concerned, the United States Forest Service has been working steadily for many years to reduce it. Yet with all its manpower, experience and research facilities, the Forest Service has been able to provide no practicable solution.

"Progress, however, is being made. Witness the development of hydraulic log barking which saves up to 20 per cent of the pulp log, thereby increasing the productive

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Redwood Operators Committee Reports On Strike

January 14, 1948 marks the second anniversary of the strike of the Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union against eight of the leading redwood companies of California. It is believed that this constitutes a record for the duration of a labor dispute for any major industry in the country. Reviewing the events oI the strike and its present status on the date of the second anniversary, the Redwood Operators Committee, representing the eight struck redwood manufacturing companies, has issued the follorving statement:

"Not all of the struck companies had contracts rvith the Union when the strike following the breakdown of preliminary negoiiations was called on January 14, 1946, but picket lines were thrown around the mills and woods of all eight members.

"Other smailer operations, engaged in manufacturing redwood lumber, were also struck at the same time. Some of these subsequently made terms with the Union and others are gtill operating non-union shops.

"Negotiations were continued after the calling of the strike, and all major issues were settled except the granting of the union shop. That is the only issue remaining unsettled.

"The strike has been accompanied by mass picketing, the stopping of rail trains engaged in interstate commerce, and considerable violence, particularly against some of the smaller companies. The mass picketing of trains was stopped by injunctions, and the arrest and conviction of a group of strike pickets in the superior 'court of Mendocino County, ended the violence.

"The last meeting between representatives of the struck companies and the Union took place in Mar,ch 1947. At that time the companies again refused to grant the demand of the Union for a union shop and there has been no resumption of negotiations since.

"The woods and mills of the struck companies remained closed for the frrst six months after the declaration of the strike. The companies continued negotiations, with practically every issue settled except the granting of the union shop. They then determined to resume operations.

"Many of the strikers had gone to work for other operators, both union and non-union, wl-rile still others had found jobs in other lumber sections, both of this and other states. Horvever, a sufficient number of trained employees rvere available and returned to work. These were augmented by other workers new to the lumber industry, many of them recently returned veterans.

"Within a year all of the companies won their way back to normal operations, and today they are employing more rnen, operating more head rigs, and producing more lumber than they did before the strike was declared.

"As the personnel of the companies has increased, that of the picket lines both in the woods and at the mills has decreased. It is estimated that as of today there are betrveen fifty and seventy-five pickets available for the thin lines they still maintain. At some mills, frequently there are only trvo pickets on duty, .lvhile any one of the struck companies has only one in front of its mill. No one pays any attention to these picket lines, in many instances not even their fellow unionists.

"Since the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act neither the companies nor the striking union have any authority to negotiate a union shop. We know of no good reason why the token picket lines should be maintained and the union l.ras not disclosed any.

"In the meantime, we are operating under conditions indicating the utmost good relations between management and men in our woods and mills. This is a condition we intend to maintain.

"In recapitulation, the second anniversarv of the strike finds picket lines about our operations, if you look closely. But these picket lines do not interfere with our employment of more men with a greater output than before the strike was called, and finally, in an attempt to support a lost strike, a secondary boycott in violation of the TaftHartley Act still exists."

Terrible Twenty GolI Tourncment

The Terrible Twenty golf tournament \\.as held at San Gabriel Country Club, San Gabriel, Thursday afternoon, January 15, and was sponsored by George Gartz and Doug Douglas. Bob Osgood won the first lorv net prize, a sterling silver cocktail cup. Jim Goodhew and Doug Douglas were tied for the second lorv net prize, a sterling silver ash tray, and will play off the tie at the next tournament.

The next tournament rvill be held at the Lakeside Country Club, Hollywood, February 19. Sterling Stofle will be host.

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Plywood Redwood

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