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All inquiries regatdins NE$f PRODUCTS, New Liter^t,rr" 6r booklEts anI other items mentioned in this section should be addressed to THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT, Room 5o8, 1o8 rWest 6th St., Los Angeles 14. Your inquiries will be promptly for' warded lv us to the manufacturer or distributor, who will then'answer your inquiries direct.

New Hcrrdwood Legs for Modernizing

Precision tapered hardwood legs are now available in individually rvrapped plastic sleeves for the "Do-It-Yourself" handyman. Essco Industries has also developed an exclusive hardware bracket that makes it as simple as opening a door to install these legs. All that is required to install the ESSCO legs to the table, chest of drawers or birch door is a screwdriver' Metal hardware is first screwed to the new or remodeled unit and then the legs are screrved into the hardware.

With the emphasis on the "Do-ft-Yourself" handyman, dealers have found that these legs will bring repeat orders. Each leg is packaged and labeled for easy recognition and they take a very limited space at point of sale by using their olvn carton as a self-service display rack.

concrcte, brick or ony other smooth woll ruilocc ir being introduced through filo3onitc dil' lrbulor3 cnd dcclers, Eoch kir contoins lO onchorr, lO bolrs cnd o con of odhcsive, sufficicnl for ottcching c pcncl vp to 4'x4' in :ize. No :peciol iool: ore rcquircd. fhc kil mokes posrible thc inrtollotion of rhe perforated ponels in olherwisc diftcult locotionr' Surfoccr to which thc onchors odhcre includc Prerdwood, ploster or gypsum wollboqrd. fhe ruggorted reloil price ir iugt under $2 pcr kir.

New, Burglor-Proof Gor-Lok Manufqctured in Culver Giry

A new burglar-proof garage door lock, heretofore used only by builders, shortly rvill hit the Do-It-Yourself homeor /ner market, announced James F. Sheetz, president, Industrial Coordination Service, newly appointed distributor.

GAR-LOK, manufactured by R & E Engineering Company, Culver City, California, has been in use by the country's leading home builders since 1949. The lock, said Sheetz, lends itself to the Do-It-Yourself market since it can be installed on an overhead garage door in 15 to 25 minutes. llomeowners need only drill one hole-the rest of the installation involves only a screw driver. GAR-LOK is the only nationally distributed garage door lock that unlocks from the inside. Since it locks both lo'iver corners of the door, Sheetz pointed out, GAR-LOK also prevents warpage of newly installed doors.

Sectionql Veneer Presses Avqiloble For Bonding tnqny Plnstic Finishes

Sectional Veneer Presses, with side opening feature, are now ofiered by the Wetzler Clamp Co. for performing any lamination operation on a production basis at a nominal cost.

For the bonding of the various plastic finishes, such as Formica, Micarta, Textolite, etc., the sectional veneer press is an ideal machine, and it also is in use in many plants for the lamination of wood beams, flush doors, etc. Further advantages of sectional presses are that they do not have to be permanently fastened to the floor, and can be set up against dead wall space, due to the side loading feature.

lnlqnd Seql-less StrcPPing Speeds Brick Shipments

- Introduced only f few months ago, the new Inland Sealless method of strapping is replacing conventional strapping, fastened with seals, and providing a new speed and economy. This photograph shows the Sealless method being used on a newly developed brick unit. Bricks are held securely, resisting damage venience in handling.

The secret of this new economy and convenience in handling actually lies in the machine used. fn tlvo simple operations, this machine tensions the strapping, cuts it to exact length void of waste, and effects a mechanical interlocking of the two overlapping ends of strapping. Coil holders and strapping table dispensers are also being made available to dispense strapping in easy feeding loops.

Johns-Manville's New Flexboord, Asbesfos-Cemenf Building Boqrd

Johns-l\fanville has announced a new asbestos-cement building board which u'ill be popular in residential, farln and commercial work. Known as Corrugated Flexboard, it is a cornpanion product to Standard Flexboard, a flat asbestos sheet rvhich has a long re,cord for satisfaction in service. Both are formed under high pressure and thcn repressed for extra strength.

Corrugated Flexboard is unusuallv light in u'eight and easy to handle 1et the sheets are big. They measure 42.in. wide by 8 ft., 10 ft. or 12 ft. long. The corrugations are 4.2 in. on centers. The surface is hard and smc.roth. The color is a natural gray. No preservative treatment is needed although the sheets may be painted or otherrvise decorated if desired.

In erecting Corrugated Flexboard, one man can handi.: a full size sheet rvithout difficultv. It can be cut with ing, for interior finishing and even for roofs.

Once in place, Corrugated Flexboard will serve with practically no maintenance. It rvon't burn. It is weathcr proof and moisture resistant so there is no danger of rot or rust. Also, it is rodent proof.

Corrugated Flexboard is easy to handle and rvork, it is an ideal material for do-it-yourself projects. The product is being made at the Johns-NIanville plant at Pittsburg, California, and is available on the rvest coast through dealcrs handling Johns-Manville materials.

'[ok.Tob,' New Aspholr Srrip Shingle Successfully Posses Hurricqne Tests

A unique roofing development norv being produced by The Ruberoid Co. promises to give rooftops what they have never had before-complete security with maximum eye appeal. It is an interlocking, asphalt strip shingle which looks like the universally popular square tab but is actually capable of shrugging off a hurricane.

Christened "Lok-Tab," the radically new building product is literally locked to the roof. The design making a sure grip possible is exclusive and patented. The center of each butt on the strip has a hook-shaped extension which is an integral part of the shingle. This fits snugly into a precut slot in the body of the shingle below. As each course is applied, the locking device is hidden from vier'r' so that a completed roof appears to be covered .rvith conventional asphalt square tabs.

Deltoshop Now Shipped Preqssembled

To enable its franchised dealers and distributors to overcome polver tool assembly and display problems, Delta Power Tool Division of Rockwell Manufacturing Company has announced it will ship the Deltashop, its four-in-one power tool, preassembled from the factory. This latest step, Delta says, rvill simplify matters for dealers and distributors to display "up front" a Deltashop, and to take advantage of national advertising and promotion and Fall season buying. Proper belts and pulleys, and s4 h.p. motor are included in the package.

Lorger Nu-Art Sign Boord Gon Corry Nqme nnd Address

A beautiful, new, larger Nu-Art Sign Board has just been introduced by the Macklanlturg-f)uncan Co. Measuring77'x27", it is large enough to mount both a name and address. It is styled for the current popular use as a sign for the larvn, or drive'ivay entrance, or it may be attached to a porch post. Made of everlasting California Redr,vood, the one inch thick board has notches at both ends for rustic effect and is finished in hand-scorched. hand-.il'axed and rubbed treatment.

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power saws having abrasive type wheels or an ordinary hand saw may be used. It is easily nailed to wood framing without drilling. It can also be applied over steel framing.

Corrugated Flexboard is recommended for exterior sirl-

Polyvinyl acetate has been added to the line of industrial adhesives offered by Monsanto Chemical Company's Plastics Division. Marketed under the trade mark Lauxite 301, the product is available as a white, free-flowing emulsion 'ivhich sets quickly to form a high-strength bond of excellent durability. Mold-resistant ancl odorless, the glue may be stored for at least six months at room temperature. It has a high initial tack and excellent gap-filling properties.

Americo's Demqnd for Wood

(Continued from Page 42) fixtures expenditures go from $759 million in 1952 to $1,360 million by 1975. fn summary, this revierv of the outlook for the maj()r forest-products markets indicates major expansion by 1975 in most markets. Questions remaining are the prospective supply and price of forest products and their impact on the competitive position of the various forest products'

Total railroad freight car output is expected to drop from 78,000 in 1952 to about 57,000 by 1975, based on the estimated inventory required in that year together rvith the estimated average age of cars of each type. Of the freight car types most important to the forest-prodttcts market, automobile cars, box ,cars, and gondola cars tvill probably account for rnore than 90 ,ao of total freight car production ]n 1975.

Output of trucks, truck-trailers, and busses is expected to increase about 70/c between 1952 and 1975' 'Iruck pro' <iuction is expected to increase |rom 1.2 million in 1952 t't 2.1 million by 1975.

Prospective Supplies and Relative Prices of Forest Products

Lumber: One of the fundamental problems of the national lumber industry is the 'cost of producing sawlogs. Through i975 these costs will probably increase to such ar-r extent that resultinq lumber prices will continue to increase relative to those of competing materials.

Among the reasons rvhy costs of producing sawlogs and lumber in the United States will probably continue to increase are these: o Mqde only of heol-treoted pure oils. r ls FORTIFIED with SRO-101 lo protecl the noturql beouty of Redwood from destructive sunroys, roin ond weolher. o Contoins no rosin. o Perfected ofter 10 yeors of supplying the besf Redwood Finishes to 1000's of solisfied users.

1. Costs of stumpage (stands of merchantable timber) are likely to keep increasing as the supply of available and readily accessible timber is redu'ced. Much rvill depend on the amounts cut from governmentowned timber, especially in the West, where almost t'ivo-thirds of the commercial forest-land is goverrlment ou'ned. These amounts cut from governmento'lvned timber have been rising in recent years, but they are still rvell below the allorvable annual cuts consistent rvith sustained-yield management of the forest s.

2. Logging costs are likely to rise as logging activity continues to shift to relatively remote areas or regions rvith rugged terrain, involving more difficult operations and higher log-transportation 'costs. The 1ogging of lands with less volume per acre, and the declining size of trees being cut in all regions will also raise logging costs.

3. Manufacturing costs r'vill probably be increased by the declining size of logs, rising labor costs (especially in the South), and an increased proportion of output from small, relatively high-cost mills as mill locations are adapted to scattered timber supplies.

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4. Distribution costs, which represent about two-thirds of the cost of lumber to the consumer, rvil! probablv also increase. Transportation is a large part of this cost. The higher transportation cost to eastern ma"kets for \vestern lumber (u'hich now accotlnts for lf it comes from q lree I con furnish if. Cqll me collect for onything. Hqrdwoods in Cor loods or LCI out of L. A. Don't heslitote to bother me-t wonl to be BOIHERED. more than 6O/o oI domestic softwood lumber production) as compared with southern lurnber will tend to increase average lumber prices in coming years.

It is expe'cted that annual U.S. lumber production will be moderately upward through 1975, increasing from tire 1952 level of about 38.2 billion board feet to about 41 billion board feet by 1975.

In the production of this quantity of lumber, the relative position of the West is estimated to continue to rise as it has in recent years, accompanied by a relative decline in the position of the South, and little change in the East,s relative position.

Considerable progress has been made for the past several years in placing the nation's timberland on a sustaineclyield basis.

This outlook for the next twenty years is strongly influenced by the fact that two-thirds of the present sawtimbt:r cut is in the west. If a projection l.rere made to the year 2,000, the fact that the area east of the Rocky Mountains contains three-fourths of the forestland, as well as more than four-fifths of the population, u'ould serve to temper the importance of the West over the longer period. It may be that the last quarter of the century v;ill be marked by lumber production shifts opposite to those suggested for the next tvr'enty years in this study, depending upon policies for timber restocking, forest management, and alloc:_rtion of rvood resources (as between lumber and pulp) followed in the South.

Another possible source of supply is from foreign courltries and Alaska. If imports of sawlogs and lumber could be made available at prices competitive with substiture

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AVAITABIE materials, the timber industry's problem in meeting short- materiars, timbei term demand would be solved. demand would solved.

Of the estimated 10 bitlion acres of

Asia, l9/o in South America, t9/o in North and Central

America, and only 3/o in Europe. The world supply of gions being in the United States, Canada, and the USSR.

Although North and Central America and Europe to- gether contain only about 30/o of the rvorld's forestland out-

USSR). This indicates large quantities of the world sup- 3 customersolisfying, ply are "inaccessible"that is even at the present high i level of rvorkl prices for lumber ancl sawlogi. i, t us, ,r"ot I Procficol Sliding Sosh wood supplies to produce much for the rvorld market. Prr- tential supplies in South America and Africa probably rvilt not be harvested and transported to the United States in large quantity unless the relative price of lumber increas,:s rnore rapidly than is expected in the coming twenty years.

In.r.asing demand levels in both Nortf;

Europe will tend to reduce their interchange of timber products in the next twenty years. Probably the increase in European wood demand will be met largely by Sweden, Finland, and perhaps the USSR, and wood for export to the United States will be at prices relatively high compared to North American supplies.

A considerable increase in the price of domestic lumber relative to the prices of competing materials would be necessary to make shipments of common grades of lumber from Alaska economically feasible, due to high freight costs. Furthermore, predominant Alaskan species are especially adaptable to pulping, and Alaskan timber is more likely to be used for producing pulp than lumber.

It would appear, therefore, that most of our future imports will be from Canada, lalgely from British Columbia. Since timber stands in that province can be cut less expensively than in the more northern provinces, and because of the nearness of this timber to the United States, it appears that increasing volumes of lumber will continue to flow into this 'country in future years.

Lumber demand would increase substantially if price relationships to competing materials stayed as they are. Only limited increases in domestic production and imporis are in prospect without prohibitive increases in cost. Therefore, the price of lumber is expected to continue to rise more rapidly than the prices of competing materials. This increase in lumber pri'ce relative to prices of competing materials is expected, ho$,ever, to be smaller during 1952-75