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Jack Dionne, Publisher

ANGELES 14, CALIFORNIA, SEPTEMBER 15, 1958

Ht]W LUMBEH Lt]t]KS

The ,strike of the AFL Lurnlber & Sawmill Workers Union had spread to six more .Oregon and Washington operations Sept. 9, ad'ding 2,000 more to 4,000 men already idle. The union had threatened to pull.an ajditional 2,000 men off their Northern California jobs bv Sept. 1O.

Crow's Lumber Price Index was up again in the Sept. 4 period, showing the price advance h,ad no't stopped ,but it was slowed consi'derably. Green fir dimension remained very strong despite a slowdown in buying. Mills were having difficulty finding boxcars, and the log shortage and labor strikes added to market resistance to any downward pressure. St,andard & Btr dimension and boards remained t,he stronges,t items. K-D fir and Hemlock dimension were also strong. Stud,s sh'o,wed an uipwa'rd tendency. Western pine region lumber, aside ,from di,mension and boards of associated species, was slightly firmer . Redu'ced logging activity because of severe fire weather, and a continued high dem,and for both lumber and ply,wood produ'cts kept log prices steady in western Oregon the past two weeks; trend towar'd higher sawmill log prices in some localities was noted.

Shipments of 452 mills repo,rting to the Natl. Lumber Manufactu,rers Ags,n. in rthe week ending August 30 were 10.8/o a,bove production; orders were 5.6/o above. Orders of 95,M5,2ffi feet were 8.5% un' der production at 155 mills rep,o,rting (135 operating) to the West Coast Lumbermen's Assrl in the week ending August 30, after mounting to l1.l/o above production in the previous week; sh.ipments, however, climbed 5.8% above production in the currenrt week. Douglas fir region sawmill production averaged 158,819,000 b.f. during August, reports the WCLA; orders averaged 176,696,M b.f., and shipments 167,910,0ffi b.f.-all well o,ver July figures Orders of 94,803,000 feet were 2.6% above production at 120 mills rerporting to the W€stern Pine Association in the week ended August 23; shipmentrs were 4.3/o above. Produation of 34,682,0@ feet during July at 14 mills reporting to nhe California Redwood Association fell 6l milli'on feet below June but was only 2 million feet below the July 1957 figure. July shipments orf 40,612,000 feet were more than 7 million feet under June shipments but were almost equal to July 1957, and shipments were well ahead of producrtion for the fif,th month. July orders of 45,738,000 feet were more than 5l million feet greater th,an July but about 2 million under this June. July orders on hand rose m,ore than 5 million feet from June and brought the July unfilled order file to its highest mark in 18 months.

Club 39 Chonge of Meeting

The Color forms containing the Calendar of Corning Events listings had already gone to prese for this issue when wo,rd was received Sept. l0 that Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club 39s Election Night meeting, Sept 22, will now be held in the Lanai Roorn of the Claremont hqtel, Berkeley, instead of Andy's Fisherman's Pier. Your coo,peration is most earnestly requested in helping us to keep the service Calendar accurate by getting your meeting dates and places to The "MERCHANT'' as ofterr aad as early as possible.