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1 908 Conqdo Boulevord Glendole 8, Colifornio

OLD GROWTH DOUGTAS FIR-GREEN-AD-KD Corgo - Roil - Truck&Troiler

Medford Corporolion Mixed & Pooled Cors KD or GREEN DOUGTAS FlR, KD V. G. UPPERS WHITE FIR, PINE, INCENSE CEDAR

PERSONAT SERVICE ON HARD-IO-GEI ITEMS TIMBERS TO FIFIY-FOOT IENGTHS

Representing Oceon View Lumber Co. - - Corgo

"Ore, Thirty-Five Yeors Experience Morketing Western Foresl Products"

Mechonizqtion Held Answer lo Small Componies' Problems

The adoption of autonration bv the niLtiorr's large liroclucers is being parallclcd br. an eclrr:rll-i sigrrilrcarrt trerrrl torr'ar<i mechanizati()11 :ull( )lrg smull nranufrtcturers ancl clistrilrtrtors, It. F. NIooclv, eirsterlr dilision s:rles r-nrLn:rger of thc Hrister C.onrlrarry, recentlv stated.

"This trerrrl mar-, or-cr the next 10 years, have itn er-err more significunt elTect on our cc()nomv an<i thc tnanner in u'hich u'c tlo lrusiness tharr any other singlc factor." \loodv saicl. I'ointir.rg out th:rt the rlecrc:rsir.rg availabilit,r- oi rnanu:rl lalror ar-rd thc increasing clen'ran<1s for better scrvice at nt.r increase in cost are putting a s(lueeze 'n the small lrrrsinessrnan. he continuecl :

"XlechaniziLtiorr is the on11' l-ly b.r' u'hich the snrall corrcern c:rn keep its costs ir-r line ancl expancl its sen.ice u'ithout investir-rg heavilv in nel. facilitics. lrxpar.rsion n'ithout nrechzrnization is uneconomiczrl. Ilconomical operation results or-i1y rvhen ar.ailalrle facilities arc rrsed in its most effici.'t r.lanner_sorrtctlrilg tr.hich, until nolr', sr.nal1 busincss has not a1u'avs clone. IJut the snral l businessman is lrec<.rnrirrg a\\'are c-rf this, arrd is starting to mechanize lrrbringing his l-randling rnethocls u1> to datc.

"This is the area of gre:rtest retrrrn. The :rnrount o{ monev that can be szrved by the application of rrrorlcrn hanclling techrriclrres and ecluipmerrt is substantial. \rrtrious sources har.e cstinruted that ironr 20 to 70/r of the cost of rnanufacturing a pro<luct is directlv cl'rargeable to h:rn<1lir.rg; the percentage deperrcls, of course, ulron the plant and the product.

"These conditior.rs must :rrrd arc being correcterl. \\te cannot continrre u'ith a 1956 manufacturinq svstcrr-r ancl 1906

HYSTER End-looder Aitochmeni con stock sheds without side occess; high stocking brings more profifs in odded storoge. lorger inventories, hondles,em foster. End-loqder odopis to new Hyster lifr developed for retoil lumber trode distributirin rnetho<1s. Neither can \\'c exist u-ith highll'el{cient, autonrate<l ltssemblv plants ancl ineffectile srrppliers :tud subcontractors. This is al)parent to the srnall lrusirresstn:in in everv inclustr,r',:rnd he therefore is buyir.rg not onlv lift trucks ancl tr:rctors, but con\.ey()rs, l.roists, varcl cranes. rtncl even palletizirrg machines.

"This trend is already changing the ways we package and ship our products the manner by which we ing materials and structural steel direct from storage or the freight yard to the buildirig site with straddle carriers. The trend is nationwide and across all industries."

1. store and merchandise them and to some extent, . the methods we use to deliver them to the customer.

"It is even affecting the equipment manufacturer. Hyster, 'allhough it is one of the country's largest manufacturers of 'gasoline-powered industrial trucks, has more of its equipment at work in small companies than in large. It is selling lift trucks, industrial tractors and straddle type carriers to some companies employing as few as four or five people, 'and many thousands, of its trucks have gone to companiqs employing fewer than 100 people. A sizeable percentage of these companies are first-time buyers. They never had mechanical handling equipment before. Formerly, all of their handling such as in-plant moveinent of goods, loading and unloading of trucks and freight cars, and. stacking for storage was done manually or with manual equipment. Now , they cannot afford to rely on manual effort alone.

The efiect of such mechanization by our smaller concerns and distribution companies will have far-reaching results, according to Moody:

(1) Our smaller manufacturers will, by the adoption of mechanized handling methods, be able to compete more effectively with larger companies-even though those larger companies become highly automated.

(2) Costs will be lowered or at least held in line-not onty as a result of more efficient methods but because of less damage to products and materials.

(3) Workers in our distribution industries will have an opportunity to keep pace with their fellow employes in manufacturing in terms of income, working conditions, and hours on the job.

Lobor Scorcities, Rising Cosls, Will Speed frend to Gonstruction of Houses Wirh Coordinerted Components, Rother fhqn Pieces

"All types of industries are mechanizingi' Moody said. "Retail lumber dealers are doing an excellent job. So are local bottlers, furniture warehousers a4d movers, brick and . clay producers, and even contractors, who are hauling builds1te.

"You can now buy almost all th.e parts you need to put a prefabs will be site-assembled from components factorywhole house together without using a saw at the site," de- sized to fit together quickly without cutting. clares a special report in the June issue of House & Home, "Reason: home building, like every American industhe professional magazine of the home-building industry. try, is rushing headlong into an intolerable labor shortBut the big question today, the magazine. adds, "is how soon age. will enough architects be smart enough to specify such co- "Ten years from now every forecast calls for at least 50/o ordinated, standard-size components, and how soon will more production, but there will actually be less men in the enough builders be smart enough to buy them ?" work force than there are today. That means every industry

Tremendous progress has been made over the last ten will be bidding wages up and up' years in the development and introduction of standard-size "By t967 all wages will be nearly 50/o higher' which building materials and products that can be coordinated means carpenters, masons' plumbers' electric'ians' paintwith each other, I{ouse & Ho-" points out. "But remem- ers' will be getting close to $5 an hour' ber," it advises its builder and architect readers throughout "Other industries, with their factory efficiency, can afford the nation, "you still can't save a penny with coordinated to pay those higher wages out of increased productivity' components unless you in turn dimension your plans to fit Home building at the site is hopelessly inefficient-so inthem on a modular basis.,' efficient that other industries will find it all too easy to out-

Explaining why it will be imperative for more builders to bid us in the wage race' readjust to Luilding with "paris instead or piece5"-as the smartest already do--the magazine says:

..ren years rrom now, rewhand saws w'r be used at the

"Almost all houses that are not out-and-out brand-name

(4) Smaller companies will provide bigger markets for manufacturers of capital equipment, particularly those in the materials handling category. factory-sized to standard dimensions."

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'Fort WorthOffice Adds lo

,liS&nley, Jr. as a representative {or the company's'line of im-;'ported wood products in the Southwest area. Stanley will make 1;$is headquarters in, Fort Worth. This marks a further expanri. sion in a sales organizapion that is ra.pidly gaining representa'tion in all key locations.

li,tAtkitr, Kro[ & Co., with a background of more than 50 )'years in the export-import field, now has a sales organization i:l :d'bvoted exclusively to servicing the imported hardwood and ;:fl11wood field. Headed by Schrnitt, who took over direction of tkb division in August 1956, the firm mairftains branches in

Los Angeles and New York, as well as the head office in San Francisco.

Assisting Charlie Schmitt at division headguarters'in San Francisco is Herb Schaur, Jr. Ar4old Bilsoe is in charge of the Portland operation, John Poole [eads up the Los Angeles office, and R. G. Hagen heads a sales staff covering the eastern seaboard from the New York office. Preston H. Holliday and Norman Hascall cover the Midwest from headquarters in Chicago.

In addition to the domestic sales offices, Atkins, Kroll & Co. has its own overseas btanches specializing in plywood and hardwood at Guam and Manila.

SCRLA Enrolls New Reloil Yord

The Southern California Retail Lumber Assn. last month enrolled the Canoga Building Center, 21335 Sherman Way (P.O.Box 548), Canoga Park, in its ranks of Active members. The partners in the retail yard are Ray V. and William R. Hassett.

G-P Sells Plqnt to Workers

It's afways e-asier to sell

Bellingham, Wash.-Georgia-Pacific Corp. plans to sell its oldest Northwest plywood plant here to a group of workers who are forming the Bellipgham Plywood Cooperative, Inc., with 250 owner shares. The license was expected by late June. G-P's other fir plywood plants are in Olympia, Coquille, Toledo and Springfield, with company officials explaining they wanted to locate the plants closer to the Oregon majority timber holdings.

New Yord in Gorrizozor N.M.

Corrizozo, N.M.-Opening ol the HarkeyPosey.Lumber Co. was set for around June 1 by Owners -$.rrel Posey and Jack Harkey, occupying the building vacated the end of May by the Big Jo Lumber Co. Posey has been associated with the Bonnell Hardware Co. in Ruidoso several years, and before that was with the Harkey Lumber Co. here.

L. A. Buildingot Record

Whea you feature genuine cedar, you leave comBetition behind. For cedar providee your cuqtomers far more tlran merc ehelter. Cedar means warmth and cbann- It means texture and dimension. ft meane the difference between pri& ard price.

Clear from the curb oedar sholvs its worth. and will for generations. Why spend yourtime aellingmake-believe materials wh€n Qualitv Street is where everyone wante to live?

Los Angeles building permits for May totaled $52,076,683, continuing a record-shattering pace excee<iing 1956. The unincorporated county areas, sparked by an Antelope Valley boom, accounted for $28,O05,370 of. the total. The San Fernando Valley again led all other branch offices, with 2948 permits at $23,580,275.

J-M Nomes Klomcrth Monoger

Klamath Falls, Ore.-W.H. Grahartr of Natchez, Miss., has been named manager of the new Johns-Manville insulating board plant under construction near here. He said the plant is expected to open early in 1958.

$l Million Subdivision

San Clemente, Calif.-Completion of. a tl4lot, $1 million exclusive subdivision'here was announ.ced. It is a projecf of the same trust that develooed the townsite. of San Glemente.

Ctean

Cleon, uniform sfock from enclosed worehouses. products thot build good will os well os repeot soles!

Fast

Fost delivery from our own worehouses or direct from monufoclurers. Regulor delivery schedules in northern Colifornio.

True quolity meons thot you will be well sotisfied with every order you ploce with Western Pine Supply Compony.