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Western Pine Adds 4l 4 Shop Grade, Redefines Moulding Rules

Portland, Sept. 29-The following report of third quarter, 1951, production andrshipments of Western Pine region lumber products and estimate of prbbable fourth quarter shipments rvere released today by W. E. Griffee, assistant se,cretary-manager of the Western Pine association, Portland. The report covered Idaho White Pine, Ponderosa Pine. Sugar Pine and Associated Woods, The statement in fu11:

"The third quarter saw both the production and the shipment of lumber by mills in the Western Pine region belo'vv the booming levels of the third quarter of 1950. However, the decrease was not nearly as great as the slumi) in housing construction.

"Preliminary estimate of production during the third cluarter is 2,176 million board feet, a reduction of 12.3 percent from last year. Total production of 5,879 million feet for the first nine months of the year is still 1.6 percent ahead of 1950.

"shipments of 1,964 million feet were 16.0 percent belorv last year and also about 100 million feet belorv the second quarter of this year. The third quarter figure is not {ar belorv the 2,000 million feet estimated at the beginning of the quarter. Year-to-date shipments of 5,567 million feet \\'ere off 6.2 percent from a year ago.

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For building o rumpus room or chonging dingy otlic apoce inlo on ollroctive exlro bedroom or ployroom, Fir-Tex Insuloting Boords, Plonk, ond Tile ore lhe ideol moleriols. Avoiloble in Whife, lvory, Wheol ond Green.

"Housing starts for July and August rvere off roughly 40 percent from last year. Recently enacted legislation which loosens credit restrictions on homes costing under $12,000, and provides for federal housing in defense areas, should kecp the rate of housing starts from falling much lorver. \\rhether it u'il1 cause the volume of home construction to increase before the end of the year is questionable, particularly in vierv of metal shortages and NPA restrictions ttpor-r their rrse in housing.

"The actual building of homes lags a montl.r or t'ivo behind the rate at which they are started. In August, for ex:rmple, rvork done on housing rvas off only 30 percent from last year. u'hile starts were off 4O percenf. Therefore, it is evident that the full effects of reduced housing volume h:rve not been felt by retail yards until just recently' "Factors favorable to heavy shipments include the adjustments made in retail stocks this summer, the mounting clemand for boxing of war munitions and equipment, and the ready availability of rl,ell assorted mill stocks {rom rn.hich orders can be filled.

"Based on such factors and all other available information, it no\v seems probable that during the fourth quarter of l95i shipments (consumption) of lumber f rom the \\restern Pine region n'iil approximate 1,550 million feet. This figure is slightly above the last quarter of 1948 btrt about 20 percent under the fourth quarters of 1949 and 1950."

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