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Lumber shipments oI 471 mills reporting to the National Lum,ber Trade Barometer were 3.6 per cent below produc_ tion for the week ended June 12, 1943. In the same week new orders of these mills were 5.7 per cent greater than production. Unfilled order files in the reporting mills amounted to 108 per cent of stocks. For reporting soft_ wood mills, unfilled orders are equivalent to 4l days' pro_ duction at the current rate, and gross dtock. "r" .qui.r"_ lent to 35 days'production.

For the year to date, shipments of reporting identicat mills exceeded production by 11.5 per cent; orders by l5.l per cent.

Compared to the average corresponding week of 1935_39 production of reporting mills was 32.7 per cent greater; shipments were 32.8 per cent greater, and orders were 54.9 per cent greater.

12, l0l mills reporting, gave orders as 86,886,000 feet, shipments 78,386,000 feet, and production 87,871,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 460,016,000 feet.

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended June 12, 167 mills reporting, gave orders as 31,095,000 feet, shipments 28,840,000 feet, and production 24,75O,W feet. Orders on hand at the end of the month totaled lS4,OS7,m feet.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended June 5 reported orders as 149,556,000 feet, shipments 125,0?8,W feet, and production 111,779,000 feet.

For the rveek ended June 12 orders were reported as 123,944,00 f.eet, shipments 111,484,000 feet, and production ll9,ZD,NO f.eet.

TWENTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY

The Ccrlilornicr Lumber Merchcrnt is twenty-one yecrs old on Iuly l, lg4g. To every one in the lumber and building material industries whose good will crnd cooperation through the yecrs hcs kept us "hitting the bcll," we scrlr, THANK yOUl