Surveys Business Picture at Chicago Convention

A thorough survey of business conditions affecting the lumber business throughout the country was one of the features of a five-day convention, recently held by the Wood Conversion Company at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago.

Accor ding to Franklyn Hobbs, noted economist who addressed the convention, the low point of the depression was left behind in the summer of 1932. Other prominent speakers pointed out that a market for building materials

An Astonishing Tale

Here's a yarn that c,omes up {rom San Pedr An astonishing tale of a whale; Though you, when you've read it my brothe: May dub it a whale of a tale.

Now whales have soft, vulnerable tummies, According to longshoreman Hicks, And, down in the depths of the ocean, "Believe it or not," there are ticks !

So, when noting unseemly behavior

On the part of our sea going rvhales, Think not the poor creatures are locoed, There are ti,cks ,clamping dorvn on their scalt

When a whale spouts in mad clesperation And lashes about on the tide, I-et sympathy rule your emotions, There are ticks boring into his hide. When he makes a bee line for the mainland. And beaches himself on the shore, Dash forth with your first aid equipment And succor the beast, I implore !

Vood, Conuersion Co. representatiues in conaention in Chicago, exists, provided those materials are adapted for use both in old and in new construction, are priced f.or 1934 pocketbooks, and have new values to ofier the purchaser.

The lumber dealer who handles such materials, it was stated, is in a far more favorable position today than if he attempts to carry specialties which are foreign to his experience and which involve him in unknown competition. He is able to capitalize on his own knowledge of conditions in his field and to add volume with materials which he alone is best equipped to sell.

Barney Bergeson \7ith McCormick

B. "Barney" Bergeson, who was formerly with Talbot for about 20 years in various capacities, is the sales department of the Chas. R. McCormick Co., San Francisco.

The House of Friendly SerYice

Now ask me not brother I pray thee, How wood ticks live down in the sea; The horv and the why and the wherefore Of marine life are too deep for me.

I'm simply repeating a story Related by longshoreman, Hicks; Who judged by appeal4ns6 4nd-gestures, Most certainly knoweth his ti,cks.

A. Merriam Con

EDRIC E. BROWN ON EASTERN TRIP

Edric E. Brown, The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, stopped off in Los Angeles for a few days around the middle of the month while enroute to the East on an extended business trip.

One Stop Servicb

MILLWORK LUMBER SASH & DOORS

OFFICE, MILL, YARD AND DOCKS

2nd & Alice Sts. OAKLAN D Glencourt 6861

IJTE SPECIALIZE IN FULL MILL BIDS, DETAIL AND MADE-TO.ORDER MILLWORK, AND CAN GIVE IMMEDI. ATE SERVICE ON ROUGH LUMBER, SHINGLES, LATH, UPPERS, STOCK SASH, DOORS, TRIM, 'STALLBOARD, PANELS & BUILT-IN FIXTURES.

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B.C. Waterborne Lumber Products Show Large Gain in 1933

British Columbia waterborne lumber exports from the principal B. C. ports during the year 1933 totaled 753,810 M bd. ft., comparecl rvith 498,901 M ft. in 1932, a gain of 5l per cent, states reports from Vice Consuls Nelson P. Meeks, at Vancouver, and Robert M. Nervcomb, at Victoria, made public by the Forest Proclucts Division of the Department of Commerce.

British Columbia u'aterborne lumber exports to the principal markets during 1933 ,compared with 1932, in board feet, were as follows:-To the United States 31,259 \[ compared rvith 48,952 M a decline of 36 per 'cent; to the United Kingdom and Continenr 262,278 NI compared u'ith 116,297 M, a gain of 125 per cent ; to the Orient (Japan and China) 294,937 M comparecl rvith 222,2ffi M, an increase of 33 per cent; to Australia anci Nerv Zealand 143,532 M con'rpared with 122,749M, an increase of 17 per cent.

If total lumber imports into Great Britain are sustained during 1934 the British Columbia trade expects to show a substantial gain in exports to the U. K. even as compared to their increased 1933 exports.

Presidential Order Settles Legality o[ Code Fee Collection

Washington, D. C., April 18.-Any doubts as to the legality of Code fee assessments ancl collection have been rcmoved by an order from Pr esident Roosevelt, issued April 14, and a supplementary orcler from NRA Administrator Johnson. The President's order, based on the authority vested in him by the National Industrial Recovery Act, empowers the Administrator to approve the collection by a Code Authority of expenses of Code administration after approval by the Administrator of the Authority's operating budget and fee rates; and makes refusal to pay such fees a violation of the Code subjecting the delinquent to withdrawal of all Code benefits and loss of the Blue Eagle, as well as to a suit which may be brought by the Code Authority.

General Johnson's supplementary order sets forth the regulations under which Code Authorities shall act in assessing and collecting contributions. Employers subject to several codes will, rvith certain exceptions, lte assessecl only for the support of one code authority, that representing the employer's principal line of business. The order prescribes the form of notice which must be -Siven by code authorities before contributions become due, and allorvs a 15-day period for protest against an 'assessment. The protest may be on the ground that the basis of the contribution as approved by the Administrator is unjust as applied to the palticular employer or that the approved basis is not being followed by the Code Authority. An employer r'vho has receivecl proper notice and rvho has not protested within 15 days thereafter, and who has not paid his contribution rvithin 3O days after receipt of tl-re notice, u'ill be in violation of his Cocle.

To make the above effective a Code shall contain a Provision ll'hereunder non-payment of an equitable share of code administration costs constitute a code violation and rvhereunder the Administrator shall have approved an itemized Code Arrthority burlget and an equitable basis of contribution.

The Lumber Code Authority's proposed Amendment 50 to the Lumber Code, now before the Administrator for his approval, provides that persons failing to fulfill obligations rrnder Article IV of tl,e Code, including payment of Code fees, may be denied a prodrrction allotment by the governing agency.

Visits Redwood Mills

Milton V. Jones, Redrvood Sales Co., San Francisco' recently paid a visit to the mills of Holmes Eureka Lumber Co., and Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co., Eureka, two of the rnember mills of Redwood Sales Co.

Will Operate Mill Near Marshfield

The Stanclard l3attery Separator Company of Los Angeles will operate a mill near Marshfield, Ore., where they have purchased a tract of Port Orforcl cedar timber. Bert Dimmick will manage the mill. The company expect to make their first shipments around the latter part of May.

Railroad Tie Division to Meet Hearing on Proposed Amendment

Portland, Ore., April Z3.-Sawn and hewn tie manufacturers and distributors in Subdivision No. 6 of the recently created Railroad .Cross Tie Division will hold a meeting for electon purposes. commencing at 9:30 a.m. on May 3 at the Brown Palace'Hotel, Denver, Colorado. Notices of this meeting were mailed Saturclay to all knou'n producers and distributors of ties by the Western Pine Association acting as its temporary Administrative Agency ttnder instructions from the Lumber Code Authority.

The notice, which.was mailed as L.C.A. Bulletin No. 103, states that eligible persons furnishing sworn statements of their tie production or distribution during the years 1931, 1932 and 1933, and who are located in the states of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, IJtah, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Arizona may vote in person, by proxy, or by mail. In the case of votes which are mailed, the person should narne two persons of the Railroad Cross Tie Subdivision No. 6 for whom he wishes to vote, forwardi4g same to David T. Mason, Manager Western Pine Association, care Brown Palace Hotel, Denver, Colorado, before May 3. The persons duly elected at this meeting rvill serve as members of the Administrative Agency of the Subdivision. This election relates to persons who are not members of the Railway Tie Association in as much as arrangements will be made by the Lumber Cocle Authority for Railway Tie Association members to hold, separately, an election of the members of Subdivision No. 6 Administratice Agency who is to represent them'

Provisions for the election of members of Subdivision No. 7 Administrative Agency, having jurisdiction over ties produced or distributed in Oregon, Wa_shington and Caliiornia, will be announced by the Wbst Coast Lumbermen's Association.