THE CALIFOR}.IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

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Advorttrlng Mcacgor l. C. Dlour, Pro. cld frcr.r l. E. Mcrtb. Vlor-Pror.r W. t. Dlcel, Srcrotcrl Publlrhod Or lrt cad lStb ol oqcb nonth ot 508.0.10 Contrcl Bulldlng, 108 Wort 9blth Stroot, Lor Angolor. Cctllt., Tolopboao Vf,ndlko 4585 Enlrrod cr trcod-clcrr Eatt.r 8.Dl.abor 13, l9tl, ci Oo Porl OEco cl Lor Asgelor, Cclllonlc, undor lct ol Mercb 3, lt?0

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How Lrumber Lrooks

'fhe I'itcific Northrvest has exllerience<l its worst snow stornrs, cxten<ling frottt Nortltcrn Citlifornia into ltritislt ('olunrllia, irr a half centtrry. Many nrills are dorvn, antl thc srrorv is irrtcrfcring rvith logging opcrlrtiotrs. It is cxllcctc<l that many rnills rvill not be irr 1>ro<luction for at lcitst :r nronth. A nttnrllcr of mills h:tvc been rcfusing to t:tkc ()r1 new business, and rvholesale ltrices in the Califorrri;r nrarl<ct have incrcasecl trraterially sirrce the first of thc ycar.

I'ortlanrl, ()rcgon, January l9-For thc fourth consccutive year since the errcl of World War II, Douglas lir sau'mills have shorvn a gain in lumber production over the previous year, acc()rding to H. V. Sinrpson, executive vice presidcnt of the West Coast Lumbermen's Associatiou.

Wcst Coast mills in 1949 produced 9.59 billion lroard feet <rf lunrber, topping the previous year's 20-year record output by 190 million feet, Sirnpson said. The relatively small, compact I)ouglas 6r region of rvestern \\t'ashingt<ln an<l Oregon maintained its leadership as the nation's most important lunrber prodtrcing section and accounted for 28% of the nation's total lumber cut.

Thc lumber leader said shipments of Douglas fir, \\iest Coast hemlock, Western Itecl cedar and Sitka spruce lumber from this region during 1949 totaled 9.86.9 billion board feet, a gain over the previous year of 680 million feet. Orclers for these four fine woods, as West Coast lumbermen des- t tf Fttt{cttco omcl W. T. Elqclr @ Mqrl.t tt. lca ?rsadroo ll YUlor &l?t7

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M. ADAMS ignatc tlrcsc top cotntttcrcial sJ)ecics, re:tche<l 9.9.5 llilliolr lroard fcet in 194!), exceeding or<lers for l94fl by l.l billion lro:rrrl fcct.

"fhc u'eel<ly avcr:rgc of West Co:rst lurnller production irr I)cccnrlrcr \v:rs l,\4,427,000 b.f. or 115.6'/r, of the l9'13l9.ltl irverirgc. Orders :rverage<l 174,994,O(D b.f.; Shipnlents 1t{7,113,000 b.f. Weekly averages for November \\'crc: I'roduction 193,(t2(t,O0O (121.4% of the 1943-1948 irverirge) ; rrrders'204,170p00 b.f. ; shipments 214,475,000 b.f.

Fifty-trvo rvceks of 1919 cumulative production 9,594,9iJ1,000 b.f. ; fifty-trvo rveeks of 1948, 9,405,104,000 b.f.; fifty-two u'eeks of 1947, 8,962,268,000.

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