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THE CALIFOR}-IIA LUMBERMERCHANT
How lrumber lrooks
A quick and terse report on the highlights of the lumber situation goes like this: No improvement in the transportation situation in the West, car shortage as bad as ever. Ponderosa pine market as strong as two weeks ago. Southern pine markets the same, no reduction in demand or prices. Douglas fir market in Southern California, prices a bit softer, but mostly depending on who you talk to. Most mills and wholesblers agree that prices are a little off, but no dates available for lumber delivery. Lumber still piling up in the North.
In the national picture 433 mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer for the week ended Sept. 9 shorved shipments 1.0 per cent above production and orders 12.8 per cent below production. Unfilled orders for reporting mills amounted to 57 per cent of stocks. For reporting softrvood mills unfilled orders were equivalent to 29 days' production, and gross stocks were equal to 47 days' output. For the year-to-date, shipments of reporting identical mills were 7.A per cent above production, and orders were 11.1 above.
The Western Pine Association, reporting for 93 mills for the u.eek ended September 9, showed orders 54.283.000 feet, shipments 64,113,000, and production 66,47,000 f.eet. For the previous week ended September 2, orders rvere 64,279,000 feet, shipments 67,951,000 feet, and production 71,764.O00 feet.
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175 mills for the week ended September 9 showed orders 95,413,590 feet, shipments 105,484,062 feet, and production 107,346,650 feet. F'or the previous week ended September 2, the same mills showed orders 101,267,534 feet, shipments 134,185,477 feet, production 129,092,499 feet.
The Southern Pine Association reporting f.or 122 mills for the rn'eek endecl September 9 showed orders 15,933,000 feet, shipments 18,786,000 feet, and production 18,717,000 feet. For the previous week ended September 2 the same mills reported orders 18, 819,000 feet, shiprnents 22,596,0@ feet, and production 18,958,000 feet.
NEE[) A DEPENIIABLE SOURCE OF SUPPLY?
NOW-we cqn offer this mcrrket q new ond dependoble source of supply for DOUGLAS FIRSPECIAITY CUTTINGS, IONG TIMBERS ond DIMENSION-REDWOOD, PONDEROSA qnd SUGAR PINE, SPRUCE cnd SH|NGIES. . . . In fqct onything you need in Pcrcific Coqst Forest Products cqn be obtoined by direct shipmenf, MIXED CARS or STRAIGHT.
We mqintqin conslqnt communic.ttions wilh our producing mills nnd ofier PROMPT, EFFICIENT SERVICE from Southern Oregon qnd Northern Colifornio shipping points. CAIL F. A. "PEIE" TOSTE-ALBANY 9887-he is qs close lo you qs your telephone. Teletype tA I | 84.
