California leads the Counfry 'ln Producing Forest Producfs

California now produces more forest products-including some non-fat diet foods-than any other state, declared Alfred D. Bell, Jr., prominent lumber wholesaler, before a Forest Products Day crowd at the California State Fair in Sacramento, Sept. 9.

Bell is president of Godard & Bell, Inc., San Francisco wholesale lumber firm. and isa director of the National-American Wholesale Lumber Association.

Representing the entire forest products industry of California, the wholesale lumberman reported that "after 116 years of logging there is still enough standing timber in the U. S. to make lumber for building 35 million new homes----enough to replace every single dwelling in the nation."

Bell pointed out that 'odespits the heavy demand of recent years, we have more tim. ber now than before World War II. We are growing more than we are cutting.

"This is a sigrr of good forest management on the part of private industry and the federal and state governments," he declared.

The lumberman emphasized that forests provide many things that we use every day, including cigarette filters, cleaning creams, paper and even some non-fattening diet foods. And he stressed t}e forests' value as a recreation area and in water. soil and game conservation.

Bell noted his state's forest lands cover 42 million acres or almost half of California. 'oThere is enough lumber and plywood veneer cut every year in California to build a million new S-room houses."

He emphasized that the wood products industry is the third largest in the state, and employs 100?000 persons with an annual payroll of more than one-half billion dollars.

This was the fifth year that the Forest Products Day was held at the C,alifornia fair. It was a forerunner of the National Forest Products Wee\ to be held this year on October 20.26.

W.C.['A. Nomes Jomes Monnmg New Trofic Monoger

James G. Manning climaxed nearly 1? years in the traffic department of the Wegt Coast Lumbermen's Association bv becoming traffic rnanager October 1, succeeding K. C. Batchelder, who retired after 28 years in that position.

Manning had been assistant traffic man. ager of the Douglas fir region's major lumber trade group for ten years. He started as a clerk in Januarp 1947, soon after earning his degree in transportation from the LTniversity of Washingon. He has had charge of WCLA's universally-used freight rate book since 1950.

YES, ALL OF OUR QUATITY HI-ALTITUDE HEMLOCK IUMBER IS KILN-DRIED

A precision stocking mochine with uniform outomotic sticking insures stroight, dry lumber. Hemlock hos been increosing in populority with both the builder ond deoler. We believe ihot this method of milling, kiln-drying, storing under cover ond shipping under cover hos been o moteriol foctor in this increose.

We ore exclusive representolives for lhree long estoblished Oregon mills who produce oll grodes of Hemlock ond o limited supply of fine quolity Douglos Fir, Spruce ond Cedor.

BURI(INND TUMBER COMPANY . OREGOil ATDER.MAPLT COMPANY

CENTRAT OREGON FIR SUPPTY C()MPANY

Manning took over a key post in an industrythat pays out close to$300,000,000 a year in Ireight charges, and is critically dependent upon equitable freight rate structures, both rail and water.

Under Batchelder's direction, WCLA's tralEc work has been a primary factor in saving millions of dollars for lumber and plywood shippers, by leading successful campaigns for rate adjustments and through auditing of {reight bills for shippers.

Manning holds a certificate to practice before the interstate Conrmerce Commission. He is past president of the Pacific Northwest Shippers Advisory Board and the Portland Transportation Club.

Manning was a "Flying Fortressnt pilot in W'orld War II, and flew 35 bombing missions over Europe. He wound up three years in the air force ,by flying C-54s in the Pacific theater. A Seattle native, he now resides in Portland.

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