Dont & Russell Rounds UP Exotic Species of lmPorts On'Round-the-World

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Additional species of lumber whose exotic-sounding names hint of lhe Far East are being offered by Dant & Russell, Inc., one of the world's largest lumber and wood products wholesaling and exporting firms, as the result of i recent five-week tiip around the world by Al Struyvenberg of.the firm's Export-Import division. It was the second such trlD rn a year s rlme.

He revealed that Dant & Russell had pioneered in making extensive tests on Keruing, a species of lumber producecl in Malaya which has many uses .itr tl-re- heavy constrtlctlon inclustry. D&R now offers Keruing, wh-ich it claims cornpares fivorably with Apitong, which the U. S. has been buvine for a long time from the Philippines.

;Ke"ruing and Apitbng are one and the same specie.: W." have provJd this bv aci-ual tests." Struyvenberg explained' "Keruing is one-and-a-half times stronger than fir and sells for abou-t the same price or lower in the quality persons would buy fir for specific uses."

Also frbm Malaya and Borneo, Dant & Russell now is importing Seraya ind Meranti, species which are used for rnoidingr] furnilure, door jambs, etc. Struyvenberg says the

Roferdom-born Al Siruyvenberg (lefl) is on old "For-Eost" hond. Before he come to rhe big PortlonJ, Oregon, firm obout lwo y.o.. ogo, he spent ll Yeore tosed. in 3ingopot" os on execulive of Rollerdom troding Co.. on ofiiliqie of Iniernotionol' Rotterdom, Inc. He knows thot port of the world ond iis fine wood Producls.

Seraya marketed by D&R has an advantage over solne lrnporti because of price aud uniformity of color' He also inade arrangementi {or the importation of- Kapur, a -con- rii".tio" wJocl which can be used as a supplement to Keruing or Apitong.-So*-iit. in"Malaya turn out sizeable quantities of Keruing, which is becoming increasingly gopular' Evidenc-e by f-"-y.r, inaicates i'terelt in considi:raUte quantities,of the lumber in recent months, he said. The Malaya lumber -ie[i ."""tually be kiln-dried and machined by "associa.tes i" Tl-"f"yu" but presently this work is carried out locally' Struyvenberg said. - -Ai Ma"ilai he set up arrangements- for larger supplies o{ Philiooine plywoocls and veneers, and at Formosa arralge-"nt"'*.ti macle for additional plywood and door-skins' """".., ancl lumber have increas-d greatly this year, he revealed.

On around the world, he completed arrangements. to buy more Swedish and Finnish hardboards and Finntsh blrch "i"*ooa. Aclditional contacts were made with German, 'g;fgion, Dutch and English mills producing lumber., ply...^i.r ^.,,r fr^m-OLorrme T-imha.

*oo-a utta veneers frorn-Okoume, Limba, African Cherry, Mansonia. Afrormosia and Obeche trees' These are grown wodd airtl velreers from Okoume, Li sian. Dtltch lumbe-r, i.t "irA velreers from-Okoume, Limba, in Africa. n""t t Russell has been importing a wide range of wood proclucts for mauy years, and customers have come to rely bn the firm for specialized service.

"These exotic woods, often with an appearallce of luxury' are reasonably priced," Struy,venberg.pointed out, "and are ia."f iot finisfiing a home, oifi.., insiifutional b-u-ilding, den or Dartv room. f6r furniture, etc. The future of imports ou a continuing basis looks most enco-uraging'".

He said the importation of these exotic woods "is not really compeiing with butsupplementing. our domestic produc-tion. Several new industries have been cieated as'a result of these imports and expensive-looking wood products have now been made available to a .'"?y t"n"ft larger section of the population than would oth-erwise have been Possible."

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