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LUMBER AND BUILDING MATERIAL RAIl CARGO

Lumber Demand br 1951

(Continued from page 38) but undoubi.edly some of them have. In vierv of the firnr market, the certainty of further inflation and retailers' vivid recollections of how hard it was to get lumber during World War II, it rvould be surprising if some of our ,"..nt .hip_ ments hadn't been going into inventory. These increased stocks likely u'on't be a problem if new housing starts hold up rveli into the spring but if the government should further tighten down on home building the retailers might cut their buying even more, in order to reduce stocks as they did in the fall of 1948 and the spring of 1949.

While thcre seems no doubt that volume u,ill be dorvn from last year, the supply may be expected to shrink some too. A ceiling price schedule that holds down prices at all will make ir tough for mills now paying peak prices for Federal stumpage. Supplies and repairs will be harder to get. Much Ligher taxes are reducing the incentive to lvear out equipm.-.nt, deplete stumpage and pay overtime in order to get maximum production unless the government really needs it. Tlrtrs in spite of lorver volumes, the supply-demand situation may continue to be rather favorable for producers. Still, with so nlany uncertainties in the picture, the situ_ ation isn't one for the blind optimism that was perfectly safe at this time last year.

The first sarvmill of the West built in 1822 at Fort Van_ couver, Washington, used a rvater wheel powered muley sarv which rose and fell much like a single blade of the present day gang saw.

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The Bruce Doozit, a longhandled cleaning, waxing, polishing device for hardwood and linoleum floors, has been redesigned and is now backed by a five-year guarantee. Chief improvements are a more streamlined appearance and sturdier co nst ruction through the use of more metal and the elimination of a koroseal band around the base. The new model also holds the changeable pads more securely.

The old model is now in use in more than a million homes. The Doozit is designed for use with Bruce Floor Cleaner and Bruce waxes and is sold nationally.

Congrctulctions "Butch"

L. M. "Butch" Harringer and Mrs. Harringer are re_ ceiving congratulations from their many friends on the arrival of a baby boy, born at the community Hospital, Alhambra, on February 18. The new arrival has been named Timothy Joseph Harringer. ,,Butch,' is a salesman rvith Weyerhaeuser Sales Company, Los Angeles.

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