THE CALIFOR}IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

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f'ortland, Oregon, January 2O-Douglas fir sarvmills of western Oregon and Washington failed in 19'18 to equal record postrvar production oI 1947, according to H' V. Sirnpson, executive vice preesident of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, as year-end figures l'ere released today.

The regir n's lttmber mills, rvhich normally cut about one thircl of the nation's softrvood lumber, tttrned out 8,580,731,000 board feet in 1948, Simpson said, 167 million feet short of tl-re previous year. Production fell off badly during the last quarter as hundreds of small marginal operators closed dorvn tight and manv larger mills rvent to shortened work u'eek in' the face of :r sharp drop off irr demand and choosy buying, Simpson said.

The lumber spokesman refused to forecast perfornrarrcc lor 1949. He did say the region has sufficient installc<l sawmill capacity to handle any foreseeable requirenlcnts of the home building and construction industries'

He emphasized that every effort of the industry rvottlcl be aimed at selling the nation's lumber users on the lorrgrange conservation-by-use program sponsored by \\'cst Coast mills. "There's a proper grade of lumber for eve-v use," Simpsor-r stated. "We have billions of feet of incxpensive, economy grades of lumber suitable for low-cost home construction, just as we have more billions of feet of the finest quality lumber in demand where strength, appearance and performance is essential. Like the {arnrcr

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n,ho must sell his number t\\'o potatoes, s() must lve sell our lorver grades of lumber to practice sotttlcl conservatiou and maximum utilization of our forests."

The u.eekly average of West Coast l-umber productiorr in December \\ras 135,419,000 board feet or 85.7/o of the 1942-1947 average. Orders averaged 130,626,000 board feet; Slripments 126,921,000 board feet. Weekly averagcs for November u,ere : Procluction 150,012,000 board feet (95.0/o crf the 1942-1947 average); Orders 112,059,000 board feet; Shipments 126,872,000 board feet.

Fifty-trvo rveeks of 1948 ctttnulative production 8,580'731,000 boarcl feet; fifty-trvo u'eeks of 1947,8'749,028,000 lroard feet; fiftv-t'rvo u'eeks oi 1916. 7,708'270'000 board feet.

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