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Colgan \(/arns o( Danger To Free Enterprise

Washington, D. C., August 21, 1947. A narning that much remains to be done to preserve the free enterprise system u,as sounded before the recent \\restern Pine Association meeting in Portland, Oregon, by R. A. Colgan, Jr., executive vice president of National Lumber Nfanufacturers Association.

Addressing the Western Pine annual n.reeting, Mr. Colgan pointed out encouraging signs for the lumber business, but s'arned that all of this could be endangered by continued drifting into a planr-red economy.

Citing our stepped-up production for the first six months of the year and continuing heavy demand, Mr. Colgan forecast continued volume output for lurnber. FIe stated tlrat production for the first half of 1947 was about 11 per cent over the same period a year ago. On the demand side, he pointed to the Nation's construction program which is norv at one of its highest peaks on record.

Although these are inclications of good times for the lumber industry, Mr. Colgan injected a warning to the industry to beurare of false inclicatigns of prosperity. "It seems to me," he stated in this connection, "that u'e should stop and reflect so thal \\re may determine whether or not all of this evidence of prosperity has a sound foundation. f am u'ondering if much of this so-called prosperity smacks of synthetic stimulation."

As to markets, Mr. Colgan declared, "ff rve are to main- tain our industry on a high-volume ievel, rve r,t'ill all l-rave to continue aggressive anal)'sis of our operating problems, our markets, our merchandising, and the rules and conditions under rvhich we do our business. With reasonable application, with reasonable intelligence, rve can make pr( )gress.

Mr. Colgan pointed to discriminatory and biased buildir.rg codes as one of the greatest threats to lumller's markets. He told the \\Iestern lrine men of some of the elTorts of NLMA's staff of code er-rgineers during the past year in successfully heading off unnecessarity restrictive codes in many major cities, but, l-re said, "much l.I.r(lrc needs to be done."

"\\/e rvant to see to it that lumber's market is maintzlined and broadened, zrnd to see that lumber is Iree from improper restrictions. We lr,ant to be freed from unnecessary ancl burdensome federal regulation springing out of misconception and fostered by propaganda campaigns. \\re r,vant to put to good use the abundance of the forest and to see that this abundance is maintained bv sensible handiing. \\/e want to continue to do our part in the builcling of this countrv." he concluded.

Kemp Hcrrdware & Lumber Co.

Tckes on New Lines

Kemp Hardware & I-urnber Co., 1133 liast 63rd Street, Los Angeles 1, recently secured a number of netv lines of merchandise. These include products of the Perkins Glue Companl', Heilig Screen Cloth Co., and Cumrnings Dowel Co.