How l-rumber Lrooks

With stocks that have been slowly accumulating for a number of weeks, the Douglas Fir industry is now, for the first time in several years, in position to supply almost anything a buyer or builder could ask for, and on reasonably short notice.

The same can be said of Douglas Fir plywood. Announcement is just made by the plywood industry of the Northwest that plywood stocks of all sorts are now available in quantity, and their group of mills announces that it will immediately spend a million dollars advertising that fact to the building trade.

Western Pine market ,conditions have not yet fully developed, because so many of those mills were closed for the winter and are just now returning to full speed production, and just getting their lumber dry for shipment. Upper grades and also No. 2 Ponderosa are strong at the moment.

What was said of Fir may also be said of Southern Pine. For the first time in years there are available mill stocks, and mixed cars are to be had. Same with Southern hardwoods. Small mill stocks are in over-supply while the larger manufacturers have fair control of the situation. Oak flooring is plentiful.

For the week ending May l4th, 166 mills reporting to the West Coast Lumbermen's Association reported production ol 1M,209,171 feet; orders 5 per cent under production; shipments 5.6 per cent over production. For the previous week these same mills reported production 106,284,512 feet; orders 18.4 per cent under production; shipments 12 per cent under production.

Western Pine Association members, 98 mills, reported for the week ending May 14th, productron 61,670,000 feet; orders 51,527,m feet; shipments 58,517,000 feet. For the previous week these same mills reported production 58,763,0W feet; orders 51,865,000 feet; shipments 59,929,000 feet.

The Southern Pine Association, with 104 mills, for the week ending May 14th reported production 16,098,000 feet; orders 16,139,000 feet; shipments 16,364,000 feet. For the previous week these same mills reported production 14,(Continued on Page 52)