Annual Report Shows Redwood Production Increase

By The CAIIFORNIA REDWOOD ASSOCIATION

Each year for the past six years, forms have been sent to mills in the Redwood Region whose production was believed to be 25 M feet or more per day, asking for figures on production, shipments, orders and stocks and other incidental information, if our information indicated that they were producing Redwood lumber. Usable reports received have varied from 33 to 44. Forty-three usable reports were received covering 1954, of which 31 were from companies who also reported in 1952 and 1953. The attached figures give comparative annual statistics for these 31 companies for 1952,1953 and 7954,and, also give figures for the 43 companies for 1954. Some of the companies which reported in 1952 and 1953 did not report in 1954 and were replaced with others who did report for the three years but whose figures were not received in time to be included in earlier reports.

Some of the figures were estimates rather than actual but are believed to be close enough to be included in this report. Figures on company use, factory waste and other disposal were supplied by 24 companies only.

Figures for shipments are net for the industry with intercompany shipments eliminateci by means of deducting purchases from shipments. This method would give correct industry figures if reports of shipments were received from all companies from whom purchases were made. The reports in'cluded do not, however, include all Redwood producing companies and we are sure that some of the purchases were made from companies which did not report. This introduces an error. Redwood stocks for the 31 identical mills, as computed from year end stocks on the basis of production, purchases, shipments, company use and factory waste, would be approximately 3,7O0 M feet more than the reported stocks, which indicates purchases from non-reporting mills of approximately that amount, and that the 31 mills actually shipped that much more outside the industry.

The figures in this report are not directly comparable with those shown for twelve months on our monthly mill report, and the difference between the two sets o{ figures does not give the figures for the additional eleven companies. Some companies reported a gross production figure on the monthly reports, with "factory waste" computed, but reported'a net production figure with no factory waste for this annual report. If the gross figure had been used, it would have increased redwood produ,ction and factory waste totals by about 11 million feet. Our monthly reports handle intermill shipments in a way so that the yearly totals for 1954 included the production and shipments of nearly 451 rr'illion feet of Redwood, and over 2 million feet of white woods purchased from non-reporting mills.

Although forms were sent to mills believed to be active Redwood producers, the 1954 figures for 43 companies include seven companies whose production of Redwood was 10,072 M feet and whitewood production 81,147 M feet.

The latest estimates of regional production published by the Bureau of Census are for the year 1953. They estimate 969 million feet of Redwood and 1,472 million feet of other species produced in the Redwood region. The sarnpling

Annual Statistics 1954, Compared With 1952 and 1953 Figures below give annual statistics on activities of 31 identical Redwood operations for 1952, 1953 and 1954, and for 43 companies for 1954. The reports from which the figures were taken were final figures after the close of the year's books and should be complete and ac'curate.

Annual Totals

(Sawn lumber, shingles, shakes, lath, and factory products in M ft. B.M.)

REDWOOD

31 Identical 43 ComCompanies method used may not give exact figures and the estimates for individual species may be farther off than estimate of totals.

(a) Shipments are net for the industry, inter-company shipments have been deducted. Shipments of factory products included as footage of finished product, not as lumber delivered to factory.

(b) Company Use is lumber used for construction and maintenance of the reporting companies' plants and logging operations.

These figures include sawn shingles, shakes and lath produced at these lumber mills.

The 1954 Redwood production for the 43 companies includes 688,827 M feet of lumber and 4,397 M feet of byproducts, mostly lath, shingles and shakes.

If their Redwood estimate is correct, the 31 identical companies produced 65%% of 1953 Redwood production. Applying the same percentage to 1954 Redwood production would give 988 million feet as the 1954 total Redwood cut.

Forum Sees Demonstrqtions

San Joaquin Hoo-Hoo Club 31's latest "Lumbermen's Forum" was held June 2l at the Marion Nine Lumber Company, Fresno, by arrangement with U. S. Gypsum Co. The members and guests assembled at 8 p.m. to see the program conducted by USG, which consisted ofa discussion and demonstration of drywall installation, joint taping and texturing, reports Club 3l Secretary Bernard B. Barber, Jr.

OFFICER3 of thc Redwood Re gion logging Gonfcroncc crc rhown in lcfr photo: Emonucl Fritz (lefi) wo3 t.-.led6d secre. lory-mondgar; [orry Morsholl (rocond from lefi) is furning ov€i thc gavcl to Henry Tro. bitz, prosidcnt of next year'r Confcrcnce, ofter scrving or prc:ident of rhc lTrh qnnuol RRIC. At righr in rhe group it fed Corlson, who wqr elccted vice-prcsident fhe l8rh Confer. ence will be held in Ukioh ncxl yeor. Photo ot fcr righr ir of Xcnncth 5mith, viceprcsidcnt of Thc Pocific Lunber Compcny, os he spokc on "Outlook for the Rsdwood Rcgion."

Over 6()() clf lTrh Redwood Region Logging Annucll

(speciof to fhe cALrFoRNrA LUMBER

More than 600 representatives of the lumber and timber industries of the Redrvood Region, together with county, state and federal foresters and equipment suppliers, met at Redwood Acres, Eureka, California, May 20 and 2l in the seventeenth annual Redwood Region Logging Conference. The theme of this year's show was: Timber Man-

^,IERCHANT,I agement Techniques for Perrhanence and the program was designed "to take a fresh look at just how we stand in the business of growing more trees."

President Larry Marshall, Dolly Varden Lumber Company, Ar'cata, dpened the meeting by recalling that only 50 people had attended the first conference in 1935, that subsequent sessions had been planned to provide a forunr to discuss ways and means of "improving our industry,' and that the themes had followed important developments of the moment. This conference was planned to anticipate the problem-the tremendous increase in production of lumber in this region has brought us to the point where we are cutting our reserves; it takes time to grow trees (probably 50 years) and our present stocks could be gone by that time. Many companies have a sound policy of production for the fu1u1g-"legging for permansnss"-and we shall hear from a panel of their foresters and logging managers, said Marshall.

The first presentation was by Charles E. Young, economist, Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, who presented the highlights from the Stanford Research Institute report, "America's Demand for Wood, 19n-1975," in which it was predicted that there would be a I0/o greater demand for wood in 1975 (but with a change in quantities and types of products). However, the requirements for sawtimber deiivered to the mills would only increase 3.4% between 1952 and 1975.

The by Kenneth Smith, vice-president of The Pacific Lumber Company, gave a somewhat less "rosy" picture of the future-if the region continues to cut into its basic supply. Points which Smith raised for consideration were:

(1) The rise in use of pulps, papers, plywoods and other cornpeting wood products; (2) the fact that the lumber industry, per se, is a static, if not a declining industry; (3) that it is not practical to grow trees for sawlogs alonethere is a problem of converting from old to new growth use; and (4) the tremendous capital needed to provide pulp and fibre plants.

He further indicated the belief that, based on present production methods, and without basic converting plants and a tax policy which r,r,'ill permit development of sound management for the future, Redwood production will decline to about 5O/o of its present figure and will stabilize at that level, while Douglas Fir production in the Redwood region will decline to l/6 of its present production. Smith concluded by saying that it is important that we are thinking in terms of sound management and complete utilization, that we have a fine quality lumber and top growing conditions, and that with some difficulties, the Redwood region will take an important part of the wood products in the national demand.

Papers on Salvage Logging were presented by Wylie R. MacPherson of the Arcata Redwood Company, Claude J. Falconer of the DeVil6iss Mill. Capella (Douglas Fir), Bry,ce Webster (the logger's viewpoint) and Clarence Gillson (the mill viewpoint), both of Hammond Lumber Company.

Problems of the Small Timber Owner were discussed by a panel consisting of Doug Pine, Humboldt County farm advisor; Finn Reilly, timber owner; Gene Hofsted, county forester, and Joe Russ, farm owner and chairman of the Humboldt county Forestry committee. It was brought out that "small" is a relative term, not in the context of the national scene where woodlots take precedence in this category. Sixty-two percent of the timber in Humboldt county is in orvnership of less than 1000A, 73/o is less than 50004. Owners were once happy to get fifty cents a cord for wood-until someone offered them a dollar a thousand for timber. The idea developed that selling timber wasn't just to make way for more grass. Need to understand what controls of timber sale should be written into contract so that logging won't be indiscriminate. Need agreement on who's to pay taxes while logging continues and who owns the residual stands. Present land classification survey by University of California, according to soil types, will go far toward planning for grass or for timber in future farming.

The Status of Insurance for Tree Farmers was given by J. B. Wright of Marsh & Mclennan, San Francisco, who sponsored a seminar of Pacific Coast departments representing the stock fire insurance companies in San Francisco, April 9, at which they proposed a policy with minimum loss payment and loss participation on the part of the timber owner. It was concluded that fire insurance on standing timber is not only in demand but is feasible, at rates acceptable to the industry. There is a growing interest on the part of timber owners, said Wright, and if you are interested, see your broker. If the demand is made known to the underwriters, policies will be written.

W. W. Spinney, supervisor of the Six Rivers National Forest, outlined the methods used by the Forest Service in determining the total allowable annual cut of 163 million board feet on the national forest lands of the Redwood region and pointed out that the achievement of that cut rvas only limited by the inaccessibility of the timber and lack of administrative personnel. He gave the locations of eight sales, totaling 202 million bf, which are planned to be advertised this year, of which 10 million feet will be cut in 1955-56, bringing the total cut for this year up to 100 million feet.

The Redwood Area Industrial Suppliers were hosts at the annual Sawdust Bowl cocktail party on Friday evening, followed by the annual banquet at which the presentation of awards to the "outstanding junior loggers" of the Redfuood Region Junior Logging Conference, held at Mendocino Woodlands, May 1 through 4, were made. A topnotch variety show of entertainers from San Francisco and Hollywood was presented through the courtesy of the Suppliers.

Saturday morning's session opened with an announcement by Emanuel Fritz, secretary-manager of the Conference, of new officers for the coming year. The three nerv board members, who will take office on July 1, are George Stoodley of the Pacific Coast Company, Willits; Larry Damm, Arcata Redwood Company, and Bill Baker of Holmes Eureka Company.

Henry K. Trobitz of Simpson Redwood Company was elected president of the 18th Conference and Ted Carlson of The Pacific Lumber Company was elected vice-president.

At the final session of the conference, a panel of lumber company foresters and forest managers, representing companies who have accepted a policy of sound forest management, discussed the theme, "Timber Management Techniques for Permanence," under the chairmanship of Waldron Hyatt, vice-president of Hammond Lumber Company, Samoa. Panel members were: Robert Grundman, forester, Union Lumber Company; Forrest C' Reed, forester, Sage Land and Lumber Company; Silas Catr, for' ester, Gualala Redwoods; Roy G. Wagner, forest riranager, Masonite Corporation ; Larry McCollum, forester, The Pacific Lumber Company; Al Rueger, forester, Dolly Varden Lumber Company; Al H. Merrill, forester, Hammond Lumber Company; Henry K. Trobitz, forester, Simpson Redwood Company, and Glen L. Deitz, forester, Northern Redwood Lumber Company. Some significant quotes {ollow:

McCollum (on company policy): ". every company could use more timber, but there's a limit to the.amount which any one company can hold. As old growth becomes scarce, second growth will take its place, especially in the lorver grades . Many other factors of the region depend upon timber permanence."

Trobitz (on small lands and mills): "Farming trees is just beginning to be accepted in the Redwood region -farmers are realizing that there's more money in trees than in other types of land utilization. We will

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Annucrl Spring Meeting of FPRS Held

The annual spring meeting of the Forest Products Research Society, Northern California section, was held May 13 at the Sheraton-Palace hotel in San Francisco. The day-long meeting, which wound up with a banquet and after-dinner speaker, was presided over by J. C. Rowney, 1954-55 chairman of the society.

Following registration and luncheon, the meeting convene,l for an afternoon of technical sessions. Lead-off speaker was W. R. Works, Crown Zellerbach Corp., who spoke on the development of "Plastic Overlays for Lumber and Plywood." Following Mr. Works, John Hartsock, chemical engineer, Stan-

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ford Research Institute, spoke on the "Analysis of Shook Yields Obtainable From Box Lumber."

"Chemistry in the Forest" was the next paper, which was delivered by Dr. George Brother, Union Lumber Company. The last topic on the afternoon program was "Electronic Edgegluing of Veneers With a Tapeless Veneer Splicer" by Max Pretorius, sales manager, The G. M. Diehl Machine Works, Inc.

The society then held a business meeting and elected the following Section officers for 1955-56: E. P. Ivory, Ivory Pine Company, chairman; H. N. Stephenson, Sacramento Box Company, vice-chairman; Victor Roth, Triangle Lumber Company, secretary-treasurer. Dr. A. B. Anderson was elected a trustee and Ray Berry was re-elected trustee.

The meeting then gathered for cocktails and dinner, with Milton Mater, Mater Engineering, Corvallis, Oregon, as windup speaker on the after-dinner menu. Mater spoke on a subject of increasing interest and importance to all of the lumber industry "Automation in the Sawmill."

los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club 2 Nominofes | 955-56 Officer Slqte

Jerry Essley, Snark of Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club 2, held the annual nominating committee luncheon at the University club, Los Angeles, June i4. In attendance were members of the board of directors and heads of the various club offices for the 1954-55 fiscal year. In addition to discussing new officers, the program and entertainment functions were planned starting with the next meeting to be held Friday, September 9. During July and August, members of the Black Cat organization will be on vacation and there will be no club activity.

Attending the June 14 luncheon were Snark Essley, Jim Forgie, Boris Kutner, John Osgood, Bob Osgood, Chuck Lember, Don Bufkin, Ed Bauer, George Clough, Roy Stanton, Sr., John Fitzpatrick and Ole May.

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Kutner Nominated Snark

Nominated to serve next year was a slate headed by Boris Kutner, sales manager of U. S. Plywood Corp., Los Angeles, Snark; Jim Forgie, Lst vice-president; Harry Bohan, 2nd. vice-president; Spud Jordan, 3rd vice-president; Jim Barron, 4th vice-president. Chuck Lember was nominated for the office of secretary-treasurer, and Ole May was held over as assistant secretary-treasurer for next year.

Arcodiq Lumber ComPonY Holding Six Weeks of 'HondYmqn Courses'

The Arcadia (Calif.) Lumber Company started a series of six Monday evening "Handyman Courses" on June 6 at 7 :30 p.m. The classes were designed by the retail yard operated by the Beckstrom family to help homeor'vners with projects commonly done around the house sucir as hanging doors, adding a patio roof, installing louver rvindows and many other fix-it jobs right up the do-it-yourself alley.

The course also includes instruction in building furniture, cabinets, garden accessories, tables, lamps, etc' Complete explanations and demonstrations with hand and po\\rer tools will be covered to acquaint the shoulder trade with proper uses ancl capabilities of each tool' Instruction in general construction lvork is also being included, with emphasis on building garages' tool sheds and adding a room. Another feature of the classes will be open discussion of individual building problems.

Instructor for the full six-lveeks' course is Edgar Winters, shop instructor in the Arcadia school district' Registration closecl June 4 for classes at the retail yard at 2I4 N. Santa Anita. The fee was $2 for the complete colrrse'

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