THE CALIFOR}.IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

W. T. BTACK Advertising Mcrnoger

How Lumber lrooks

Thc longshoremen's strilic that has tied up \\-est Coztst shiplring shol's no chatrge,:tnd as \\:e lao to Prcss on C)ct,rber 2(t the strike is in its .55th tlar- u'ith no scttlement in sight. There are 71 struclt vessels in Los Angcles, 61 in San Franciscc.,, 31 in Seattle, 23 in I'ortlancl. and 27 in Nen' York. The ships tied u1t in the eastern port u-hen cre\\'mcn u,ho are metrtbers oi the strikirrg union u'alkcd off.

Portland, Oregon, October 21 \\'est C'oast sat-r.r'rills are getting thc one-tn'o prttrch fronr the crippling t'ater front strike zir.rd :r seriotts freight cltr shortagc irr the southern Oregon territory u,hich is clisrupting prodtrction scheclttles and demoralizing shipping of lrrmber, according to H. \r' Simpson, executive vice president of the \\test Coast l-umbermen's Association.

Septenrber re1>orts fronr I)ouglas lLr mil1s rcflcct thc critical situation, Simpson said. u'hich has cither completelv closed or reclucerl zr score of coastal rrrills to llarttime operation, throu'ing manv hurrdrecls oi mctl clttt of emplovment. C-oos Bav, Siuslau- TJarbor, Ncu'port Bav ancl Grar-s lTarlror mills arc harclest hit, t'ith some Colttn.rbia Itir-er mills reporting curtailn'rcnt of pro<ltrction bccause of inability to ship.

Southern Oregon mills on thc Southern l'acific svstct.u are short of neecled ireight cars, ancl some nrills on branch lines are accumttlating hear-v rnill stocks rltte to shortage of cars. Mills are cornplaining, too, that thcv are gctting cattle cars and other ur.rsuitable rolling stttck for lumber shipping.

M. ADAMS Circulctiou Mcacger

'fhe n'cekl,r- avcrage of \\-est Coast l-umber ltroduction in Selrternber \\:us 169,95t3.000 boarcl feet c>r 107.6c/o of the 1942-1917 average. C)rders averagecl 151,17'+,000 board feet; Shipments 153,017,000 boarcl feet. Weekly averaflcs f<rr .'\ugust u'ere: I'rotluction 185,66.+,000 board feet (117.6 lr of the 1942-1947 average); C)r<lers 1(15,001,000 board feet; shipn'tents 777,751,000 boarcl feet.

Tliirtv-nine u-eeks of 1948 cttmulative production 6,(t43,.q4t3,000 board feet; thirtr'-nine t-eeks oi 1917. (t,149,817,N0 lroarcl feet: thirty-nir.re rveeks of 1916, 5,83'+,30't,000 lroard Ieet.

()rders for thirt','-nine l'eeks of 1948 lircak dou'n as follorr,s: Rail 1,571,126,000 board feet. Domestic Cargo 851,9(19,000 lrriard feet. Iixport 273,851,000 board feet. I-ocal 757.00.;.000 board fect.

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