Charts oJ Lumber fndustry Welf Received

Washington, April 2Z-An encouraging response has come from various academic, economic and building groups to "Charting the American Lumber Industry,', a -book tf 47 charts on lumber production, distribution, forest area and growth; also lumber consumption, exports and imports. The author is Mrs. Grace J. Landon, statistical depariment of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, Washington, D. C. Among the quantity orders received to date are: IJniversity of Michigan, 44 copies in first order and 21 copies in the second order; the New york State College of Forestry has taken 25; the Colorado State College, 75 ; Uni_ versity of ldaho, 20; University of California, Berkeley, l0; and there have been many orders from forestry libraries, forestry ,errrice, and organ-izations, great lumber co-pa.i.s, investment companies, stude:nts and others.

Enthusiastic comments haVe been received from some of those who have examined the new statistical publication. Some of those comments follow:

"These charts will be of great value to classes in Forest Economics and Forest p16du6fs.',-prof. W. J. Morrill, Colorado State College.

"The very excellent book of graphs is one of the finest things I have ever seen. It is full of information and of real educational value to our boys here."-prof. Nelson C. Brown, Dept. of Forest Utilization, N. y. State College of Forestry, Syracuse.

"A very fine piece of !v61t1.',-eselgs A. Houston, Weyerhaeuser Sales Co.

"Crammed with impressive statistics about the American Lumber fndustry." Frederic William Wile.

"I heartily congratulate you on the Chart Book. It fills a very valuable place in our national lumber facts.,' Col. W. B. Greeley, Secretary-Manager, West Coast Lumbermen's Ass'n., Seattle.

"Of very decided value to our students. You have brought together here a lot of material we have be.en covering a good deal of territory to obtain. It is set up in a forrn easy to grasp."-Burr N. Prentice, Head, Dept. of Forestry, Purdue IJniversity, Lafayette, Ind.

-"f want to compliment you on this comprehensive history of the lumber industry."-George W. Lapointe, Jr., president, National Lumber Dealers Association.

"Extremely interesting and well prepared.,,-standard Statistics Co., fnc., New york.

"A remarkable compilation.,'H,ardwood Recor.d, Chicago.

At the banquet of the Forestry Conferen,ce held in Wash_ ington, April 8, 1937, Col. W. B. Greeley, the principal speaker of the evening, referred to the book of charts siv_ eral times during his address, pointing out the significance of the charts. The chart books were individually inscribed and were used as place cards at the banquet.

The cha.rts show that about 8O per cent of the individual homes built each year are at least lumber framed. Lumber builds 90 per cent of all farm structures. Tn l9D the railroads took directly 16 per cent of the total lumber cut of the United States. Under improved forest management policies, it is declared that the lumber industry is not a declining industry, but is permanent, based on perpetual timber ,crop reproduction.

HOME LUMBER CO. TO BUILD NEW PLANT

Tom Butcher, manager and sole owner of the Home Lumber Company, Chula Vista, has started work on the construction of a new, modern lumber yard, 150 feet by 30O feet, in a location adjacent to the present headquarters of the company.

Just six years ago Mr. Butcher started the H,ome Lumber Company, he and one yard man comprising the entire force at that time. From this beginning the business has made continued progress, and the company is now enjoying a fine volume of business.

In addition to Mr. Butcher, the stafi now includes his assistant, Spike Frauenfelder; John W. Cooley and Bill Frey, salesmen; Charlie Johnson, Bill Gronaw and Everett Wright, drivers, and Ray Prather, yard foreman.'