Whyit'sgood business lo deal rltith us

llhereos a fixed principle here at TW&J that we go all out to live up to promised shipping schedules. It's an essential part of the policy of over 40 years standing - prompt, courteous, efficient seraice.

Ten large saw mills, augmented by an extensive wholesale distributing organization. Ibu are assured a dependable supply of West Coast lumber ahd lunrber products in a wide choice of sizes and erades.

White Fir, Douglas Fir,Incense big and definite to figure on. It means a lot of houses, garages, furniture, etc., in short, lots of additional lumber and other building materials.

Cedar,Sugar Pine, Ponderosa Pine; also Pine dools, K.D. sash, Pine and Fir mouldings, Pinc plywood.

Mr. Snyder made these points to prove his contention that a state of business prosperity for the next year or more, need not depend solidly on defense production. He said that since V-J Day about $170,000,000,000 of private capital has been invested in new plants and equipment, all of which are contributing to the present high business tides. He said that we now have 63,000,000 people gainfully employed, who are being paid at the rate of about $275,000,000,000 annually, and that we have a gross national production valued at about $345,000,000,000.

Mr. Snyder's goodbye interview was an optimistic one, containing good stuff to mull over.

Ladies Night crncl Dance Februcrry 7

The Northwestern California Lumbermen's Club met at the Eureka Inn, Eureka, on Friday evening, January 16. There was a good turnout and a business session followed the clinner.

The Club will hold its annual Ladies' Night and dance on Saturday evening, February 7 at the Veterans' Building in Eureka. This has been a very popular affair in past years with the members, and a big attendance is expected.

Eisenhower-Nixon Inaugural Match Books Truman Tax[Load for L. A. tr 2.5 Billion

Springfield, Mass., January l6-Match books for the inauguration of President Eisenhower and Vice President Richard M. Nixon in Washington on Tuesday are likely to become a collector's item-unless too many people read this.

Provided with the compliments of The Diamond Matclr Company, a total of 12,500 match books will be distributed.

The match books are in gold and black on a white background. Two panels on the front cover show the smiling faces of the nation's two nerv top leaders, framed in gold. The reverse side shows the Seal of the United States, offers the compliments of the Presidential Electors, and gives the date of the inauguration.

Inside the cover are imprinted the names of the new president and vice president, and of the chairman of the Electoral College.

The million hobbyists who collect match books, although concentrating for the most part on the quarter-million commercial advertisers which utilize the 12.5 billion match books produced annually in the nation, place high valuation on rare political or ceremonial match books. They pay $11 for the match books distributed at the Truman-Barkley inaugural in 1949, and $100 for the two known copies of a match book given out when Lindbergh returned from his epic flight.

Plates for the printing of the Eisenhower-Nixon Inaugural match books have been destroyed to assure continued high valuation.

Harrv Truman's 1953-5+ budget, presented to Congress last u'eek, involves a Los Angeles county tax burden of $525 per person-an increase of $177 over last 1'ear, President Roy M. Hagen declared this rveek.

"The federal tax load per person in Los ^\ngeles County u.as $278 in the l95G5l fiscal y.'ar and n'as onll- $17 for the l91O-41 year," Hagen said.

"NIr. Truman's proposal represents a federal tax load about three times the size of the total burden of all state and local taxes imposed in Los Angeles countv."

Truman proposed expenditures of $78.600.000,000 as opposed to taxes of $68,700,000.000-s'hich calls ior deficit financing.

The Truman budget suggests expenditures of $6.9-10,00,000 in California and taxes of $6.066,000.(D0. rvhile Los Angeles countv is earmarked for $2,845.000.000 in expenditures and tax levies of $2,487,000,000.

"It is interesting," Hagen added, "to compare these figures u'ith some others. For instance, total value of farm products of I-os -A,ngeles Countv in 1951 rvas $243.000.000 and, until recentlv. Los Angeles rvas the countrl''s top agricultural county.

"In other u'ords, ii everv cent of our farm products dollars rvere put torvard paying the Truman tax levv on the local area it rvould amount to less than one-tenth of our total assessment.

(Southern Calif. Business, Januar:- 24.)

Specification Red Cedar Shim Pack

Introduced bv Fisk a Mason

A "tailor made" pack of Red Cedar Shim stock has recently been introduced by Fisk & Mason, of South Pasadena & Gardena, manufacturing distributors of Red Cedar products.

Hugh Mason, one of the founders and president of this nationally recognized concern, is generallv known for his alertness as to the needs of the building trades. Cbservation illustrated the man hours lost to the general contractor by the carpenter trying to find the proper width and length shim among the accumulated debris to complete the installation of a door or window. Not only the time lost but the haphazard quality used, often results in inferior workmanship and finish. This obvious need brought about the cooperation of a general contractor u'ith years of actual building experience and the Cedarn Manufacturing Co. Fisk & llason has introduced to the trade an attractive bundle of red cedar shim consisting of. l2O pieces lf" wide & 15" long, which u'ill properly shim the average house of approximately tw'enty openings. Each bundle is labeled, giving the necessary information as to the products use. The trade has reported most favorably on its use, as a time saver. Lumber yards who have added this tailor made shim product, are meeting with excellent results as a iasg moving and profitable building aid.

Verl A. Smith Eugene. Oregon, visitor.

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FPRS Publishes 1952 Annucrl Proceedingrs

The Forest Products Research Society has just released its 1952 Annual Proceedings. The 34,tpage publication is titled "The Annual Proceedings of tlre Journal of the FPRS, YoL 2, No. 5."

It features the complete text of 48 papers presented at the nine technical sessions at the FPRS sixth annual meeting held at Milwaukee, !\/is., June 23-25, 1952 and the full discussion from the floor u'hich follon'ed. It also describes in words and pictures the highlights of the meeting and includes official Society business.