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Production of Douglas Fir Stock Doors Hit A New High Mark in 1947

Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 2-Production of more than 7,851,000 Douglas fir stock doors in 1947 hit a new high mark in output, Norman O. Cruver, president of the Fir Door Institute, declared here today.

"This production," said Mr. Cruver, "represents an increase of 54 per cent over the preceding year (1946), and an increase of 195 per cent over 1945."

Mr. Cruver said the industry's production figures 'ivere compiled at the headquarters of the Fir Door Institute, here, and included the output of both member and nonmember companies of that organization.

"Production of Douglas fir stock doors,".said Mr. Cruver, "totalled 5,094,000 for the entire industry in 1946, and 2,659,W for 1945.

"By greatly increasing the output of stock doors over the past three-year period, the Douglas fir door industry, representing approximately 70 per cent of the nation's stock door business, has demonstrated its belief that by increased production, inflationary threats can be met in a logical and satisfactory manner.

"There is a continuing demand for better housing on the part of millions of American citizens. To deprive these nren ancl women of decent homes, by cutting down their nloney supply, is no way to meet this problem of demand.

"By increasing its productive capacity 195 per cent in tu'o years, to meet the demand for more and more homes, the fir door industry is demonstrating that American manufacturers possess, by and large, the ability and the re- sources to satisfy the new Ameri,can consumer market.

"The industry, by new production techniques, by additions to its existing plants, is now within measurable distance of balancing production again_st the thousands of new homes in process of construction.

"ft is such all-out production, on a national scale, that will eventually halt present inflationary pressures."

Mr. Cruver said that hand-in-hand with this greatlv increased production there was a marked improvement in the quality of the industry's grades over the past year.

"Seven months ago," said Mr. Cruver, "the Fir Door Institute inaugurated an inspection system, open to both members and non-members of the organization. The standards set were those adopted by the industry in cooperation with distributors, consumers, and the Bureau of Standards in Washington.

"Compahies producing doors according to those industrywide standards have the privilege of grade-marking their products with the FDI seal.

"The number of .companies using the FDI seal is such that today a substantial proportion of all fir doors produced bear the grade marks, indicating that more and more fir door manufacturers are anxious to produce doors according to these high standards."

Mr. Cruver said that, barring unforeseen developments, it was likelv Douglas fir door production, for the entire industry, would total 8,500,000 stock doors this vear.

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