THE CALIFOR}-IIA IUMBERMERCHANT

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J. C. Dionc, Prcg. ud Trear.; J. E. Martin, Vicc-Prcr; ItL A.lant' S€cictary Publbhed tba tct rDd 15th of cach noth at tl&r9-20 Catral Buildias, lCt Wst Sbrth Sbat' l5 A!!€b!' CaI, Tclephoc VAndkc 1516 Entend u Scmd.cl,ars mtte Scptcnbcr A, E4 et ttc Poct Officc at lc An3eler, Cdlfomla, u!&r Act of M!r.h t' rE7t.

Subrcription Priccr $Zfl) pcr Year

Single Copicr, 25 ccntr cech.

How Lumber Looks

From 8E cities in the Pacific Coastal area building permia registered e 45.5!s gain in April over the comesponding mo_nth oilast year, according to the Vestern Monthly Building Sur' vey pnipa.red by H. R. Baker & Co., California Investarent Banking filrrr.

Building per:rrits as reported by these 88 cities @ta,led fLTr9221600 and comprised, l0r792 perrnits, compared with t12r 67r&t value and Er500 permits in Apil' 1935. This sizable improvement was general thtoughout the entire te-rritory cover' "4- by the Suren and includes cities in 11 Vestern states' British Columbia and Hawaii.

Among the 25 cities reporting laqgest volume of luilding permits during April were several showing exceptional gains. these 25 cities reported a total volume in permits of. $L4AO8'' 941 cocrpared wiah il4,@4r579 in March, 1936, and $tor6lr506 in April, 1935. The gain in April over March totaled 2.2270 a,nd the gain in Aptil ovet April of last year approximated 39.47Vo.

Los Angeler again ted all Vestern cities in volume of per. mits, and ren up a volume in April considerably larget than the cocrbined total of t{re trext five ranking cities. San Francisco with a very sizable increase regained second pocitiont and was follo,rved by Sacramento, Long Beach, San Diego' Oaklendr Portland, Seattle, U*"".tP Hills and Vancouver, B. C.

Dtrting the weel ended l&.[ay 2, 1916, 569 mills producod zrtrlzsr0/ilo feet of hardwoods and softrvoods cocrbined' ship# 251,64;o,0(X) feet,rand booked orders of. 22VB67,W fetl accoding to relrorts to the Nationd Lumber Manufacturers Association from regionat associrtio{rs coveting the operations of important soff,wood and latdruood mills.

2fi) dorvn and operating mills in Vashirrgton and Oregon which reported to the Vest Coest Ltrmbermente Association for the wee,k ended l&.tray 2, produced 11116041510 feet of lum- ber. The industry producod 67.8 pet cent of its weekly cut during L926-1929. New business taken fon the wek was 103r7r2r025 feet, and shipments 12012811943 f.eet. The unf,lled order file at these mills stood at 451,872,817.

The volume of bueiness coming to the industry continued on a level of preceding weeks. Production also has continued even' >F t rf

The \ifestern Pine Associatio,n for the week ended llay 2, 114 mills reporting, gave orders as 6lr347rffiO feet, shipments 58r873rq)0 feet, and production 6Lrl62rOOO feet. Orders wef,e .3 per cent above production, and 4.2 pet cent a.bove shipments. Shipments werc 3.7 per cent below production" Unfilled orders on hand totaled 236,519r0fi) {eet.*

The Califomie Redwood Association for the same week reported production of 13 mills as 816751000 feet, shipmecrts 10,5071000 feet, and new business 11,7E3r0fi) feet. -Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 49r39F.r0}O f.et

The California market " *""-"O prices firm. Lumber cargo arivals at Los Angeles harbor totaled l6rl49rq)O for the week ended May 9 as compared with 2511581000 feet for dre previous -week. The increased lumber handling rates at Loc Angeles-Long Beach harbor went into efiect on May 6.Redwood prices were recendy advanced the advantes reflecting existing stoc& shortages. The demand continues at a high level absorbing practically all of the present production. . Fir mill prices are firrn with the exception of some sutplur items.

A q""d volume of business is reported by California pine manufacturers.

It is repoated that 60O loggers are on strike in the Lower Columbia River area.