THE CALIFOR}.IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

How Lumber Looks

Lurnber shipnrents of 508 mills rcporting to thc \:rtiorral l-umber Tracle llarometer rvere 2.3 l)cr cent belos' pl-oduction for the u'eek ended Ma1'13, l9t1-1. In tire saure rveek trerr. orders of these mills l'ere .7 per cent belo\\' production. Unfillecl ortler filcs of the reporting mills amounted tcr 123.0 per cent of stocks. For reportir.rg sof tr,vood mills, unfillecl orders are ecluir.alent to 41 days' procluction at the current rate, and gross stocks are cquivalent to 31 days Droduction.

The Wcstern l'ine Association for thc r,vcek ended May 13, 109 mills reporting. gave orclers as 711,632,000 feet, shipments 74,'+51,000 feet, and procluction 77,918,000 feet. Orders on hand at the encl of the \veek totaled 385.751.000 feet.

The California Redu'ood Association reportcd productiorr for trvelvc opcrations for the r.nonth oi April as 37,653,000 feet, shipnrents 36,8.54,000 fect, ancl orders received 32,442,0C0 feet. (Jrrlcrs on hand at cncl of the month totaled 161,208,0@ fcet.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended N{ay 6, reported orders as 111,428,000 feet, shipments 120,300,000 feet, and prodrrction 123,6.1(r,000 feet. For the n,eek endecl May 13 orders \\''ere reported as 114,607,Un feet, shipments 117,9:13,000 feet, and productiorr I21.O62.UJO feet.

Northwest Lumber Strike

I'ortland, Ore., May 30-A grotlp ol 2OO A.F'.I-. loggers ancl sau,mill rvorkers at Valsetz, Ore., ptlintecl the n'ay for resumptiotr of lumbering activities in Oregon and Washington today by returning' to tvork.

Everett, Wash., district council lumller zrncl sau'mill u'orkers' officials announcecl affiliated locals votecl to go back to n'ork at that commttnity's four iclle mills.

As rve go to press, it is reportecl tl.rat n-alkouts in the Northlvest lttmber industrv har-e affected 106 plants' sa\\:nrills, cloor and plyrvood mills, \\'oodworking companies, logging and booming operatior.rs. ancl lletween 25,00O and 30,000 men are iclle. Estimates are that 11,000,000 board feet of luurber is lost dail1- b1- the rvalkouts, rvhich are in protest against the War Lallor Board's denial of pay increases.

Union officials have maintained that the *'alkouts, which beg:rrr a l.eek ago, were unauthorized.

The A. tr. L. is demanding an itrcrease in minimttm hourlv rates from 9O cents to $1.05, ancl the C. I. O. to $r.02%.

The War Labor Board arlvisecl the strikers it rvould not consider the dispute or appeal cases ttnless the meu n'ent lrack to rvork.

Back From Business Trip

Henrr' \f. Hink, Dolbeer & Carson l-un.rller Co., San Francisco, is back at his desk after spending several dayi on business in I-os Angeles aud Sau Diego. llrl Set'ard, Los Angeles, the companl"s Srtuthcrn Califonlilt rellre-sentative, made the trip to San Diego u'ith him.