THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT Jack Dionne,

Publisher

How Lumber Looks

THE LUMBER INDUSTRY has had its period of overproduction and abnormal demand and now must adjust itself to a more normal situation, President A. L. Helmer told the Western Pine Association annual at San Francisco, March 7. The do-ityourselfer and builders plyir-rg their trades in remodeling and modernizing have had a remarkable effect upon the nation's lumber markets, the western pine lumbermen agreed. Convention story starts on Page 8. Every segment of Crolv's Lumber Price Index moved up in the week ending March 22, with the industry average 22 cents higher. Sales have improved in green Douglas fir dimension and P. P. common boards, with some higher asking prices on Standard & Btr. fir dimension and some higher prices granted on Utility 2x4 and 2x6. Stud prices moved up another notch. Production cutbacks have helped stabilize the base price for sanded plywood. Lumber shipments of 497 mills reporting to the National Lumber Manufacturers Assn. in the week ended March 16 were 8.5/o below production; new orders were A.6/o above in the week and 2.6/o above

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In this issue, we welcome these new advertisers into the family of California Lumber "Merchant-isers": of longuoge when the SoCol lumbermen held their Howoiiqn Conference in Honolulu Feb. 23 - Mqrch 3. Here lhe deoler qssociotion's president, Wcyne Mullin, receives the troditionol lei from Jeanetle lllqkoio, "ftliss Alohq-Howaii of 1955," qt Hilo. The full report is in o l5-poge Speciol Section, Poges 37-52

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