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How Lumber Looks

(Continued from Page 2) lows: Rail 2,656,393,A00 b.'f. Truck 198,539,000 b.f. Domestic Cargo &2,117,0N b.f.. Export, 188,893,000 b.f' Local 409,557,000.

The Industry's unfilled order file stood at 405,502,000 b'f' at the end of Tune. Gross Stocks at 932,277,000 b.f.

Lumber shipments of 415 mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer, National Lumber Manufacturer' Association, were 5.7 percent above production for the week ending July 9, 1949. In the same week new orders of these mills were 27.8 percent above production. Unfilled order files of the reporting mills amount to 29 percent of stocks. For reporting softwood mills, unfilled orders are equivalent to 20 days' production at the current rate, and gross stocks are equivalent to 64 days' production.

For the year-to-date, shipments of reporting identical mills werc 2.6 percent above production; orders were 2'5 percent above production.

Qpmpared to the average corresponding week of 1935-39, production of reporting mills was 15.3 percent below; shipments were 13.7 percent below; orders were 1.8 percent below. Compared to the corresponding week in 1948, production of reporting mills was 33.0 percent below; shipments werc 29.5 percent below, and new orders were 16.5 percent below.

Orders for Western pine for the week ended July 9 totaled 41,822,000 feet, as compared with 62,462,000 for the previous week and 45,265,000 for the same week last year, the Western Pine Association reports. Similar comparisons of production figures were 33,035,000 feet, 51,484,000 and 43,812,000, and of shipments were 30,082,000 feet, 52,529,000 and, 42,64,000.

For the year to date, orders are 7/o under the same period last year ; shipments are down ll/o, and production is down 6%.

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended July 9, 85 units (102 mills) reporting, gave orders as 10,870,000 feet, shipments 12,452,000 feet, and production t4,022,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 32,174,0A0 feet.

The West Coast Lumberman's Association for the week ended July 2, 166 mills reporting, gave orders as 84,667,000 feet, shipments 105,529,000 feet, and production 83,446,000 feet. Unfilled orders at the end of the week totaled 325,577,000 feet.

For the week ended July B, these mills reported orders as 54.186,000 feet, shipments 46,274,000 feet, and production 35,461,000 feet. Unfilled orders at the end of the week totaled 331.771.000 piece of wood will give off or take on the surrounding atmosphere until the wood has come to a balance with that in

Any uncoated moisture from moisture in the the atmosphere.

Newest retail building materials store of the Long-Bell Lumber Company was opened in Tulelake, California, during the month of June with the citizens of the srnall communitv entering into the celebration of the new store.

Gifts from many manufacturers were presented to several of the visitors during the day and the mayor of the city took part in the awarding of the gifts. A Kalacloth, new household cloth made of vegetable parchment, was given to everl' visitor to the store during the opening day.

The modern display space in the new Long-8e11 store covers 2450 square feet. Island displays for merchandise are conveniently located throughout the store with unpainted furniture and other larger merchandise attractively grouped.

The interior walls are done in several finishes using a variety of materials for wall construction. The ceiling is in J-M tile. Knotty pine and vertical grain Douglas fir paneling are finished in the natural state in several arrangements to forrn a permanent display. O,ne wall using both vertical and horizontal paneling painted white brings to the prospective buyer's attention different uses of paneling. One wall is plastered and painted and another employs plasterboard and wall paper The store has a bright atmosphere for customer appeal.

The front of the store employs full length plate glass win-