THE CATIFOR}IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

Jack Dion ne,pthlisltu'

Incorporcied uader lhe lcwg ol Ccliloraic

I. C, Dioaue, Pres. qad Trecs.l l. E. Mcrtin,

How Lumber Looks

Lumber shipments of 497 mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer were 55% below production in the week ended June 16; new orders were 1.7/o below April lumber- production bt f,tgg,OOO,O0O board feet was l/o above March but.4/o below^April 1955, reported the National Lumber Manufacturers Assn. . Oirders of 113.266.607 feet and shipments ot 118,422,937 feet were 5'9/o and 7.6/o,'respectively, under production of 120,400,274 feet in the week ended June 16, reported the West Coast Lumbermen's Assn.

Orders-of 75,180,000 feet and shipments of 81,596,000 feet were 9.6/o and. 1.9/o, respectively, below production of 83,159,000 feet in the week ended June 9, reported the Western Pine Association

Orders of 17,i54,000 feet and shipments of 18,607,000 feet were 5.26/o and 0.71/o, respectively, below production of 18,740,000- feet in the week ended June 16, reported the Southern Pine Association.

Douglas fir plywood orders of 94,700,000 feet continued higher than production of 88,484,000 feet in the week ended June 16 for the third successive week, reported the Douglas Fir Plywood Assn.

Total retail lumber stocks of 5.425 million bf on April 30 were 1.3/o more than on March 3l but 1.4/o less than the end of April 1955, with the largest gains in inventory in the Pacific region, .reported the National Retail Lumber Dealers Assn. Retail lumber sales during April were 7.7/o above March but 7.0/o less than April 1955.

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In this issue, we welcome these new advertisers and the return of these former ones:

QUICK SERVICE scys lhe sign os you enter the Lumber & Builders Supply Co. Solonq Beqch, Colif. One of the pioneers in the Self'5ervice trend in l.loil yordr, os rhis sign points out, it is one of the fcw things not brcnd new in the remodeling of the H. G. lorrick ycrd, which is reported on Pages 18'19-20 ln