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ANGELES, CAL., AUGUST 15, 1934

How Lumber Looks

As was expected following the publication of the new co6t protection minimum pdces by the Lumber Code Authority involving,a reduction of about ten lrer cent in all building ium, ber, orders during the week ended July 2E werc

2OrrsStrOOO feet which were higher than any week in the last nine, according to reports to the National Lumber Manufacturers Association from the regional associations.

Fot the week ended August 4, orders reported by 1i20 mills showed a de.crease of approximately 7rofi)rtifi) feet as compated with the prwious week. Although-nen' business was loweithan th9_ y:.k before, it was otherwise heavier than any week since 1ld-Mgf. Production and shipments for this week were higher tha_n the_ previous week, the f-ormer totaling 1791362rOOO TeeE and the latter amounting to *1721865rOOO feet.

The Vest Coast Lumberments Association reports that new business _increased again during the week ended-August 4, due to the placement of. 4513821032 f.eet of orders in the domestic water trades, the Atlantic Coast and California. This is believed to be mootly business withheld due to the waterfront strike. Orders received during this period and the week before are approximately the same in amount as just before the strike started.

This l*!tt report shows decreases of consequence in the three other important divisions; rail, export and l&al Nothing in the nature of an active market for the fall, is yet in sight ani the.drought in the middle west is moct discouraging-to the ty-|* industry as that area ic. usually a heavy timfer"buyer in lumbet industry ic heavy the last part of the year. the Associaiion states part yat, the Associetion states.

.New busines: reported for the week ended August 4 by 551 mills was 95r8r2rl07 feet against a production of. ZereiZrOAZ feet.and shipments oI Zs,ZggpOz f.d. Shipments *er. urrde, production ll t.l lrer cgntt and cunent ."io *"." over pro- duction b-V 25 -Ver cent. Orders booked during this weck by'this grolp of mills were about 31600,000 feet oier the preclding ryee&, o't approximately 4 per cent. The unfilled ond., fiI" "i these mills stood at j24,O6jr6g1 feet. :rl.*rt*

The Southern Pine Associatio,n reports that ll7 mills for ttre ,ek ended August 4 show: Ord'erc received amounted to week show: 22r856r0{J{J feet; shipments agg amounted to 1a2,6>o,|Jfln, tftj 1rypT"nts aggregated 2tr56?r000 f.eet" and pro, duction totaled 2O1369'O0O f.eet. Orders werc 12.21 pet lent sgLuutr reqErr .ur)oyruuu reeE. \rfdefs wete LZ.ZI pef cent above productioq and 3 per cent below shipments. Sliipments were 15.68 pet cent abovi production.

Orders on hand at thece mills on August 4 totaled 6Sr6lZrOOO feet, equivalent to irl25 cars.

The Veetern Pine Ascociation fot the same week reported new bueiness from 139 mills at S2,OI+NO f""t, ,hip-oJt" +i" l67rq)0 feet and production 57rZ501f[f f""t. , Ordi, were 9.b

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Per cent below production, and 10.3 per c€nt above shipments. Shipments were 18.3 below production

For the yeat to date, orders have increased one per cent over the 1937 total for the co;r3sn*onding p*eriod.

The California Redwood Association reports production by 18 mills for the week ended August 4 as 61759r@0 feet, ship. rnents 4r953r(X)0 feet, and new business 515131000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of tfre **""k fet.

460 hardwood mills reporting for the weelc ended August 4 gave new business as 1513851000 feet, or 12 pet cent below aborre production, and shipments l8rt26rOOO feet, C 4 per ce4t above production. Production was* 1715481000 feet.

Pacific Coast building permits during July reflected a small' increase over June, despite a sharp decline in the San Francisco total, as a result of the recent unaettled labor situation, according to the western monthly survey prepared by H. R. Baker & Company.

Permits in July fo'r the twenty-five largest cities totaled f3r904,789, compared with $3,7641711 in June. Loo Angeles con{"fa in _the lead, followed by San Francisco, Beverly Flillo, Oakland, Long Beach, San Diego, Pasadena, Sacramento, Portland and Seattle.

The nation-wide housing program is getting under way with the hope of putting huilding back on its feet. Administrator Moffett has divided the country into ten regions, each under a director. Communiqi campaigns of an educational nature will be organized by tfne dircctori with the national oftce sup" plying poster designs, pamphlets and general material.

Region No. 10 includes Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Vashingon. Allen B. Swinerton, San Francisco, has been named regional director. Clilford C. Anglin, Richmond, has been named director for Nothetn California, and Fred V. Marlow, director for Southern California. S. A. Spear, n?"T, is state*director for Adzona.

D-ouglas fir and redwood cargo arrivals at Califomia poftB ate havy due to the accumulation of o,rders at the millo-ac a result of the maritime strike. At Loc Angeles harbor lumber shipments for the week ended August lf totaled l0r445rfi)O feet c_ompared to 615461000 feet of the previous eeven.day period, and 1,EOO'OO0 feet for the week eniod Jaly ?A. It ir e-xpected that cargo shipments will be heavy for the next thirty days or more.

It is reported that most of the Fir tidewater mills are opent. ing again. The California demand is slow and mil and cargo buying is light. Unsold stocks on the public docks at Loc Angeles hartor on August 6 totaled 456,0O0 feet.