FIR . PINE .
REDWOOD . SPRUCE . WESTERN HARDWOODS DIRECT MIIL SHIPMENTS
CONCENTRATION YARDS
HmUNAN It[AcKlN [Ul,lBER COI,IPANY, lNC.
sizes and grade designation without adequate consideration
of the detrimental efiects on the industry as a whole. The Committee is expanding rapidly a'nd will soon announce members of
the steering committee repre-
senting manufacturers, dealers
and users of lumber. WHAT? The aim of the Com-
mittee is: 1. The complete dissemination
of the facts regarding proposed changes.
2. The elimination of the se-
crecy surrounding the proposals.
3. The insistence that any changes be preceded by com-
plete study that conclusively
proves that there is a need for
them which serves the best interests of the industry and the public.
Destroying rhe Myrh
Because proponents of these
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changes have constantlY inferred that they must come, the following fact should be known to all:
1. The Government is not ask-
ing for them. This ofrce has a
letter which completely discredits this widely publicized statement by saying "no one in Government is advocating that green lumber be cut oversize".
We will be happy to show it to any of you. 2. There is no widespread cla-
mor for any changes and theY
are neither desirable nor necessary unless the industry and the public as a whole ffnd them bdneficial. It is therefore not necessary to choose between various size change proposals. The present lumber standards have been fully acceptable to the public and should be left unchanged unless and until those
Olympic Stoined Products Stoges Contest Olympic Stained Products Company of Seattle is now staging a contest with 33
prizes totaling well over $1,500 for its dealers. and the dealers' employees. First
prize in the fall dealer-salesman contest is
an all expense-paid trip for two to Las Vegas or $600 in cash, according to George Oistad, Olympic sales manager. 'Winners
will be named Nov. 1 in the two-
month contest which began Aug. 24 and ends Oct. 27. To participate, a dealer or
who use our product see a need that would be of benefit. There is little reason to feel impelled
to make some change out of fear of the proposal for oversize gteen lumber; this proposal has met with no success for many
reasons although advocated and attempted for 10 or more years. Again, we emphasize no change must be made and no change
can be made if a substantial
amount of opposition is known
to exist. Ttris Committee has on
record as opposing these proposals over 50% of. the produetion in the Douglas Fir area. 3. Although the current proposals are called "Grade Standardization" there are few who agree that they are standardization. Members of this group and others have conducted extensive survdys to determine customer opinion; the reaction has been
any of his salesmen briefly fills out a postcard after every sale of Olympic stain and mails it to the Seattle firm. Generally speaking, said Oistad, dealers
in all kinds of stain everywhere have reason
to welcome fall. In Septcmber, for example, stains go on easily and smoothly because the weather is neither too hot nor too wet, and they penetrate completely because the wood has dried and seasoned in the sumrner sun. Finally, many homeowners want re-
coating proteetion against cotning bad
weather
Green & Dry Uppers
Mouldings-loth .l/t
less lhon Corlood [ofs Pockcged Lots-Truck-&Troiler Shipmenfs
who feel that such changes will
surely invite the greater use of substitutes. THIS IS A RISK THAT OUR INDUSTRY CAN. NOT AFFORD TO TAI{n and no action should be taken on any proposals whidr incur this danger.
We believe that anything as important as a return to multiple sizes must be subjected. to the full glare of public scrutiny and not ground through a sieve of high priced public relations talent. We invite your inquiries at our ofrce and you will no doubt find many in your own
area working with this Com-
mittee,
Thirty-two of the fall contest winnerg will select from any one of five prizes . . . a man's Gruen wristwatch with 17 jewels, worth $49.7&-a Remington cordless electric
shaver with case, worth $87.9F-W"estinghouse transistor radio with case, earphones and batteries, worth $29.95 imported - worth Swift 8x30 binoculars with case, 946 a dual-control electric blanket, worth
-and $39.95.
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Rough & Milled Commons
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quick, violent and over 90/o opposed. "Confusing" and "complicated" are the words most widely used to describe them by wholesalers and retailers with a disturbingly large number
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