THE CALIFOR}IIA LUMBERMERCHANT JackDionne,fublislru

Pacific Northwest

How Lumber Looks

-_-- Douglas Fir-A total of 343 mills reporting to the West Coast Lumberments Association for the w.ek .nded l:une 27 operatd at 42.14 per cent of capacity, as compared to 42.49 per cent of capacity for the preceding week, and 55.54 per cent of capacity during the same week last year. For the-first 25 weeks of 1931 these mills have operated at 42.34 per cent of capacity, as compared to 63.89 per cent for the same period in 1930.

Production, orders and shipments at 222 identical mills for the week ended lune 27 reported to the Association as follows:

Production 108,4331127 feet; Shipments 114,110,805 Leet; Orders 10912541770 feet. Orders werc 0.76 per cenr over production and_ shipments 5.24 per cent over the output.

Details of otders and shipments as reported 6y these 222 mills follows: Orders-Rail 3516!11772 feet; Dornesric Cargo 4317601962 feet; Export 22,4541117 feet; Local 7r427rglg f.@t.

Shipments-Rail 36725;706 feet; Domestic Cargo 5OrOO7,ll7 feet; Export 19,950106, feet; Local 71427,919 feei

Buying is light in the California market. Production at the Fir mills during the next two months will probably not exceed 35 pet cent of capacity and it looks as though lumber, especially some items, will be scarce. Retail stocks in the California yards are low. Unsold lumber on the public docks at San pedro totaled 916721000 feet on July S. Ten cargoes of Fir arrived at San Pedro for the week ended July 4, carrying 9r434rOOO Leet. On July 2, it was reported that 60 lumber vesiels in the California service are laid up and one vessel is operating ofi shore.

The California Pine Manufacturers Association for the week ended June 27 rcpofied, production fuom24 mills as 1719881000 feet, shipments 171426,OO0 feet, and orders lj/lgr000 feet. The same number of mills reported production 37 pet cent less than for the same week in 1930. The California liedwood Associa- tiol _r9qo-r!ed production from 12 mills for the month of May as,15r326r000 feet, shipments lBrT64rOOO feet, orders on hani 1716061000 feet, and orders received 16,Z21^,000 f.eet. The pine and Redwood markets show very little change. * ,< d. * * t * -* ,F ,t

Lumber orders, shipments and production approximately balanced during the week ended Juni 27, it is indicated in telegrap_hic reports fuom74B leading-hardwood and softwood mills to the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. The cut for the week amounted to 219,895,000 feet. A week atliet gl2 mills reported orders 7 per cent below and shipments 5 per cent below a cut of,228r471,0b0 feet.

The current relationship between orders and shipments to production for the fitst 25- weeks of 1931, as ,"portt by' the regional associations to the National Lumber &tanufa"tt r.r, Association, follow:

Vest Coast Lumberments Association-Producti on 216g6r}33 M feet; Shipments 2,7g2rl3,g M feet; Orders 2,B44rOEt M ieet. California Pine Manufadurers Association (24 weeks)-pro. duction 247r8ll M feet; Shipments 380,189 M feet;'Ordete 393,363 M feet.

Western Pine Manufacturers Association-Production 699r. 866 M feet; Shipments 719,930 M feet; Orders 692,13l M feet.

Southern Pine Association-Production E98r070 M feet; Shipments 978,621M feet; Orders g7E,si>E M feet.

Total Hardwoods-Production 541,492 M feet; Shipmentr 582,171 M feet; Orders 588,582 M feet.