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l'ortlitn<I, liclrrtt:try l{r-Ol<l Man Wintcr took a hcavy toll of lumller pro<luction in thc l)otrglas lir rcgion as ()utPut front Wcst Coast satvmills in Jarrtr:rry <lroppetl o{T ntorc than .50 million feet a u'cck lrclou' I)cccnrlrcr figurcs, lrccor<lirrg to I I. V. Sinrpsorr, cxcctttivc vicc llresi<lcnt of Wcst Coast Lttmllcrmen's Associittion.

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1>lants, Simpson sai<|, an<l many hitve not operated since ih" Chtitt-as holidays. Logging c:tnrps itrc virtually all battened <lorvn tight, excel)t for a fcrv along the ()rcgon arrd Washington coast f ,ttntbcr shipnrcnts of. 417 nrills rcportitrg to thc National l,umlrcr 'I'rrtdc llaromcter rr,ere 16..5 l)cr ccnt al,rtlvc 1>roduction for thc n'cck cn<lcd licllruary ll, 19.50. In the same u'ccl< ncu' or<lers of these n.rills wcre 40'0 pcr ccnt above prorlrrctiorr. Unfill<l or<lcrs of thc rellorting mills amount to 54 pcr ccr.tt of stocks. For rcllorting softrvoocl mills, trrrlilled or<lcrs are cc;ttivalcnt t<t 27 days' 1lr<l<lttction at the currcnt r:rtc, and gross stocks arc eqttivalent to 48 days' pro<luctior-t, lior tltc ycar-to-datc, shillmcnts of rcllorting iderrtical (Ciontinued orr l'age 4(r) fue only REzo (.*idoors have rhe exclusively patented inferlocking air-cell grid core. Only REzo has this feature which assures fife-time service with no-sag, no lvarp.

Freezing weathcr cut sharply into shipments, Sinrllson l.rointe<l out, and <tnly 577,772,000 lloard fcet rvere loaded out during Janttary, sonre 32 milli<ln belorv Decemller' (lross stocks at mills drolllled in thc face of short procltrction to 594,720,0N boar<l feet, lorvest in 16 months while unfilled order files junrpctl to t304.320,000 board feet as ortlers continued brisklY.

The 'iveeklv average of West Ctlast lumbcr pro<lttction in Jantrary u'as 133,342,000 b.f. or ltl.tt/o of thc 1915-1949 average. Orders averaged 213,633,000 t>.f.; shiprnents 148,095,000 b.f. ; rveekly averages for Decemller were: llrodttction 784,427,0W (ll3.l% of the 1945-1919 itvcrage) ; orders 174,994,0A0 b.f.; shipments 187,113,000 b.f.

Fottriveeks of 1950 cumttlativc production 577,772'000 b.f.; four rveeks <tf 1949, 609,837,000 b.f. ; four rveeks of 1948, 870,463,000.

()rc<lrs for fottr n'ccl<s of 1!).50 lrrc;tktlorvtt as follorvs: Itail (r.57,20,1,000 b.f. ; truck 20,36.5,tX)0 lr.f ; <lonrcstic cargo 207,351,000 b.f.; cxlx)rt 6,.500,000 lr.f.; loc:rl 31'2.10,000 b.f. 'flrc in<lustrl''s trnlille<l or<lcr filc stootl ltt 804,320'000 b.f. itt thc ctr<l of J:rrruary. Ciross stocks ltt .59'1,730,000.