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LOS ANGEI,DS 14, Cn LIFOITNIA, JUNL: l, 1950 Advrrtldag

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I'ortland, Orcgon, I\lay 24--l3y thc cn<l of April, I)ouglas fir mills finally catrght up rvith last ycar's pro<luction volunte with a littlc to sparc, sairl II. V. Sirnpson, c.xccutivc vicc presitlcnt of thc Wcst Coast Lumllcrnrcrr's Association. F'irst four nronths output \vas up 5l millior-r fcct ovcr sanrc period ol1949.

"We are still 344 rnillion fect behind pro<luction for 1948," Sinrpson pointed out, "which was our last r.rormal lvcather year."

Shipments from the conrpact region west of the Cascadcs in Oregon and Washington, rvherc a thir<l <lf thc nation's housing and structural lumbcr originates, avcraged 22.5 million feet a week during April, Simpson sai<1. Shipmcnts have exceeded production every week except trvo since the first of January.

The weekly average of West Coast lumller production irr April was 2?3,839,NO b.f. or 137.3% of the 1945-49 avcragc. Orders averaged 253,882,000 b.f. ; shiprnents 225,898,000 b.f ; weekly averages for Mar'ch were: production ?n5,817,0W (126.3% of the 1945-49 average) ; orders 224,489,ffi0 b.t.; shipments 218,105,000 b.f.

Seventeen rveeks of 1950 cumulative production 3,0ti2,142,n0 b.f.; seventeen weeks of 1949, 3,030,520,000 b.f.; seventeen weeks of 1948, 3,426,ffi,000.

Orders for seventeeu rveeks of 1950 breakdown as follows: Rail 2,565,870,000 b.f. ; truck 148,712,000 b.f. ; domestic cargo 838,920,000 b.f.; export 52,581,000 b.f.; local 193,488,000 b.f.

The industry's unfillecl order file stood at 910,337,000 b.f.

at thc crr<l of April ; gross stocks irt t{17,913,000 lr'f.

l,rrnrlrcr shiprnctrts of ,133 nrills reptlrtitrg to thc N:tti<lrral l,ttnrlrcr 'l'ritrlc llitrottrcter u'crc 3.'{ per cctlt alttlvc production for thc s'cck cn<lerl May 13, 19.50. In thc sattle rveek ncrv or<lcrs of thcsc mills u'cre 0,tl per cent beltlu' productior.r. Unfillcd orders of the reporting mills amount to 59 l)cr ccnt of stocks. For reporting softwclod nrills, unfilled <rr<fcrs are to 27 days'prodttctitlrr at the ctlrrent rate, ancl gross stocks arc etluivalent to 44 days' llro<luction.

I,'or thc 1.c:tr-to-<late, shipmcrrts of rcllortiug i<lcntical rnills rvcrc 14.2 par ccnt al)()ve prtltlttction; ortlcrs rvcre 21.t{ per ccnt alrove procluctiotr.

('onrparc<l to thc average corrcsptlrrding rvcek of 19351939. prodrrction of rellorting mills rvas 72'0 per cettt above; shipmcnts wcre 80.5 per cent altove ; orders rverc 72.8 per (Continued on l'age 56)