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Miiiwork Manufacturer

(Continued, lrorn Page 34) problems. This is also true of other manufacturers who bny the lumber grades, either green or dry, to process into mouldings and other finished millwork items. We are all aware of the increased cost of stumpage today. This is caused by the limited amount of available timber and the mills having to bid on the stumpage; this can only result in higher stumpage prices. We have experienced a continued increase in wages along with our operating costs. These conditions make a defi- nite hardship on the manufacturer, but seem to be beyond his control. The above increases leave the operator with only one place to look for relief of his problem and that is to show an increase in the price of his products, whether it be in lumber or from the sale of his finished mouldings, millwork and other items.

Should the lumber industry remain the only business to continue to market their products below the level of 1959 average?

In looking back I would say that the present day pine lineal moulding prices are some l5/o under what the peak price was l0 years ago. This fact, along with the present increased costs to make the finished

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Phone ANgelus 3-4161 product, does not make for sound business and makes it unfavorable for a business to survive.

We often hear of the substitutes which are hurting the lumber business-the sound lumber business we once enjoyed. I do not feel that the lumber substitutes are entirely responsible for the unfavorable con. ditions in the lumber industry today. I feel that over-production has also caused a lot of present-day problems.

With the increase in population and a decrease in lumber production and inventories, we can expect some improvement in prices in the period that lies ahead. I am sure that we all, as manufacturers, are striving to produce the very best finished product that has ever been made in our history. I am further convinced that the lumbermen of today are a strong and capable group of individuals and that they have the know-how to solve their presentday problems and will work toward a better future for the lumber industry.

I am sure that all lumbermen appreciate the problems of the retailers, millwork jobbers and the wholesalers and that they will be ready at all times to work with them towards unity in the industry. I feel that I can speak for all lumbermen when I say that I like being associated with this sreat industrv and the manv fine individuals who control its future. My many friends and acquaintances are lumbermen, either manufacturers, retailers, jobbers or wholesalers.

I am inclined to feel that the lumber manufacturers are going to see an improved demand for their pine production. I hope I am correct in feeling the next 60 days will start the improvement for the pine market. The luture can be bright and prosperous for us all as I do not know of any finished product that has the finish, the beauty and warmth of lumber, and I do not know of any industry that has people devoting their lives to its

Golewood Nomed Borrelt Vice President

Appointment of Wesley E. Gatewood as vice president of Allied Chemical Corpora' tion's Barrett Division has been announced by James B. Prendergast, division president.

Mr. Gatewood joined Barrett in February, 1959 as manag€r of sales training and promotion, and later that year became director of field sales for the division. In September, 1961, he was named Barrett's general sales manager.

A native of Portland, Oregon, Mr. Gate' wood was a pilot during W V/ II.

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