How Lrumber Lrooks

Lumber shipments of 451 mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer exceeded production by 29.8 per cent for the week ended January 23, 1943. In the same week new orders of these mills were M.0 per cent greater than prroduction. Unfilled order files in the reporting mills amounted to 78 per cent of stocks. For reporting softwood mills, unfilled orders are equivllent to 37 days' production at the current rate, and gross stocks are equivalent to 44 days' production.

For the year to date, shipments of reporting identical mills exceeded production by 14.5 per cent; orders by 16.7 per cent.

Compared to the average corresponding week of 193539, production of reporting mills was 13 per cent less; shipments were 1.2 per cent greater, and orders were 3.7 per cent less.

The Western Pine Association for the week ended January 30, 87 mills reporting gave orders as 55,47&000 feet, shipments 54,642,000 feet, and production 37,758,000 feet. Orders ,on hand at the end of the month totaled 333,321,000 feet.

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended January 30, 87 mills reporting, gave orders as 23,767,ffi feet, shipments 21,224,000 feet, and production 17,935,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 124,459.000 feet.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended January 23 reported orders as 81,096,000 feet, shipments 76,591,M feet, and production 60,708,000 feet. For the week ended January 30, orders were reported as 96,035,000 feet shipments 72,234,00O feet, and production 54,454,000 feet.

Change Of Name

C. M. Speers, owner of the Atlas Lumber Company, San Mateo, announced that the name of the firm has been changed to Atlas Home Supply Company. The company is widening its sales market and is including in its stock many items of regular home use.

Annual Dinner Meeting

The annual dinner meeting of the Gibbs Lumber Company employers and employees was held Thursday evening, January 21, at the Elks Club in Anaheim.

Los Angeles Visitor

Francis W. Pool of Phoenix, Arizona, representative for E. K. Wood Lumber Company, spent a few days at the company's Los Angeles office.