Assure Sqtisfodion

Every lumber dealer knows that one of his best single business assets is his "stock" of satisfied customers. Satisfied customers represent more than repeat orders. They also serve as good salesmen. Their recommendations provide one of a dealer's strongest selling forces . at no extra selling cost.

The sure way to deliver satisfaction is to sell top quality lumber products-and a dependable source of quality lumber is Weyerhaeuser. Shown here are just a few of the wide variety of Weyerhaeuser 4-Square Lumber Products for home, farm, and commercial construction. 3557 o 4-Squore Kiln-Dried Dimension: Studding and Joists-scientifically seasoned to provide uniform dimensional stability. o 4-Squore Kiln-Dried Sidings: available in many patterns of durable Western species. These sidings give both beauty and lifetime economy. o 4-Squore Kiln-Dried Moldings: precision manufactured in a choice of patterns to meet many design preferences.

Dealers featuring Weyerhaeuser 4-Square Lumber and Building Products are continuously increasing their "stock" of satisfied customersand thus improving their profit and sales position.

HOw. LUMBER LOOKS

Although Crow's Lumber Price Index dropped again in the period ending September 6, signs of stability have finally appeared in No. 3 and No. 4 common lZ-inch ponderosa pine boards, which slowed the decline in the pine segment. No other phase of the lumber market showed evidence yet of a firmer trend but utility green and dry Douglas fir dimension was holding its own. Standard & Btr. green fir dimension lost a little more ground and there were a few price cuts in the same grade combination of k.-d. dimension. Industrial specialties and cutting were weak but bundled upper grades unchanged The higher freight rates which went into effect Aug. 26 brought a last-minute flurry of shipments but had little impact on the general price level. A fairly heavy volume of transit cars purchased and shipped on the old rate were still being ofiered eastern buyers. Settlement of the building-trades strike in Southern California helped producers in southern Oregon and Northern California to some extent Log market prices remained steady in western Oregon in the two-week period ending Sept. 9 as the area entered its fifth week without rain and forest-fire danger ran high.

Lumber shipments of 462 mills reporting to the National Lumber Manufacturers Assn. in the week ending Aug. 3l were 9.4/o above production; new orders 1.3/o below. Shipments were 9.8/o and new orders 8.5/o above the previous week and, for the year-to-date, shipments were 0.9/o and ord,ers 0.7/o above production Ordeis of 159 mills reporting (135 operating) to the West Coast Lumbermen's Assn. in the week ending Aug. 3l were 9.0/o under production of 106,486,882 feet, but shipments of 114,796,W7 feet were 7.8/o above. The weekly average of Douglas fir region sawmill production in August was 160,034,000 board feet, reported WCLA Secretary H.arris E. Smith; orders averaged 146,270.000 b.f. and shipments 163,008,000 b.f. The industry's unfilled order file stood at 545,873,000 b.f. at the end of August Shipments of 70,483,000 leet were 7.7/o above production at 96 mills reporting to the Western Pine Association in the week ending Aug.3l; orders of 65,@4,000 feet were 0.2/o above production of 65,453,000 feet. All were only slightly below the 1956 figures . . .'Shipments of 22,023,000 feet were 1.50/o above production at 100 mills reporting to the Southern Pine Association in the week ending Aug. 3l; orders were 3.55/o below production. Shipments climbed 7.20/o above the 3-year average.

Orders of 127,844,000 feet climbed to the highest weekly level of the year in the week ending Aug. 31, reported the Douglas Fir Ply-

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