THE CALIFOR}.IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

W. T. BTACK

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Lumber shipments ol 414 mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer, National Lumber Manufacturers Association, were 3.6 per cent above production for the vgeek ended September 24, 1949. In the same week new orders of these mills were 15.5 per cent above productiorr. Unfilled orders of the reporting mills amount to 37 per cent of stocks. For reporting softwood mills, unfilled orders are equivalent to 21 days' production at the current rate, ancl gross stocks are equivalent to 54 days' production' For the year-to-date, shipments of reporting identicai mills rvere 2.7 per cent above prodttction ; orders were 4.9 per cent above procluction.

Compared to the average corresllonding r'veek of 19351939, production of reporting mills was 33.2 pet cent above ; shipments were 42.2 per cent above; orders were 51.3 per cent above. Compared to the corresponding lveek in 19.18, production of reporting mills rvzrs 8.8 per cent belorv; shipments rvere 4.1 per cent above; and nerv orders werc 17.5 per cent above.

The Western Pine Association for the week ended September 24,94 mills reporting, gave orders as 78,293,00O feet, shipments 64,846,000 feet, and production 65,202,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 197,999,W0 feet.

The Southern Pine Association for thq rveek ended September 24,93 units (119 mills) reporting, gave orders as 22,876,0W feet, shipments 20,491,000 feet, and production

18,275,000 feet. Orders on hand at thc totaled 57.018.000 feet.

M. ADAMS AEsiltqnt Mqasger

-fhe California Redwood Association for the month of August, 1949, t'ivelve companies reporting, gave orders received as 3(r,569,000 feet, shipments 33,055,000 feet, and production 44,.514,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the month totaled 38.352.000 fect.

The West Coast l-umbermen's Association for the n'eek crrdecl September 17, 167 mills reporting, gzrve orders as 127,910,W feet, shipments 115,0.57,000 feet, and production 109,779,N0 feet. Unfilled orders at the encl of the week totaled 438,787,000 feet.

For the week ended September 24, these same mills reported orders as 121,090,000 feet, shipments 112,512,0n feet, ancl production 110,331,000 feet. Unfilled orders at the end of the week totaled 447.007.000 feet.

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7ha/ DOORS

Like the Indion lope trick, we con't understond how they con do it.

We'te referring, of course, to the Poine Lumber Compony's reduction of 20% in the cost of their fomous Rezo Hollow Core Doors.

It's reolly omozing, becouse Rezo Doors olreody wete suprisingly reosonoble in cost. And when you odd the economies in instollotion (they're pre-fitted