How Lrumber Lrooks

Portland, Oregon, November l8-Lumber Shipments from West Coast sawmills in 1948 are the highest for any peacetime year since the boom days of L929, according to H. V. Simpson, executive vice president of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association. Shipments so far in 1948 total 7,190,965,60 board feet, and will exceed 8.5 billion for the year. In the war years of L94L42 shipments were slightly over 1948 totals.

Simpson said these tremendous shipments of Douglas fir lumber fulfills the prophecy of this industry at war's end that they would supply a very large share of the lumber needed to convert America from a war to a peacetime economy if they were not hampered by restrictions.

Hope for the millions of people who need low cost homes was held out by Simpson who said West Coast sawmills have stepped up production of less expensive grades of lumber suitable for housing to 2 billion feet a year. This is a result of extensive conservation practices by lumbermen whose utilization of low grade and marginal logs have extended existing West Coast timb€r r'eserves by twenty-five per cent.

The weekly average of West Coast Lumber production in October was 163,331,000 board feet or 103.4% of the

L942-L947 average. Orders averaged 136,876,000 board feet; Shipments 151,268,000 board feet. Wgekly averages for September were: Production 169,958,0@ board feet (107.6% of the 1942-1947 average); Orders 151,174,000 board feet; Shipments 153,017,000 board feet.

Forty-three weeks of 1948 cumulative production 7,303,589,000 board feet; forty-three weeks of. 1947, 7,183,788,000 board feet; forty-three weeks ol L946, 6,4n,n4@ board

Orders for forty-three weeks of 1948 break-down as follows: Rail 5,O21,673,W board feet. Domestic Cargo 836,134,000 board feet. Export 282,396,n0 board feet. Local 832,381,000 board feet.

The industry's unfilled order file stood at 496,267,ffi0 bdard feet, at the end of October. Gro5s stocks at 848,801,000 board feet.

Lumber shipments of 398 mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer, National Lumber Manufacturers Association, were 13.6 per cent below production for the week ended November 6, 1948. In the same week new orders of these mills were 26.1 per cent below production.

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Flickering Lights that cheerfully express A Merry Christmas To All

Across the Ncrtion, its cross-rocrds cnd cities, crre the homes oI our citizens rellecting the Christmcrs Spirit. The flickering lights and the shcrdows lrom the hecrths'fires . . silently, yet glowingly ccclcrim cr Hqppy Christmcrs to all . . . Pecrce to mankind.

The home is the citcdel ol every Americcrn virtue the reql bqse upon which all the sociql cnd indushicrl grcrndeur oI Americcr hcs risen. It is the provider oI the spiritucl strengrth upon which mcrtericl thingrs cre built . . . it is the source oI all well-being.

More thcn ever belore the lumber industry is the vitcrl Iactor in the building ol homes. Every pcrrt oI this industry, lorest, mill, distributor, builder. hcrs plcryed crn importcrnt role in estcblishing the home in the Americcn wcry oI life.

Pope d Tcrlbot, now entering our l00th yecr, is proud to be c pcrrt ol this industry . . . to hcve been cr pioneer in the development oI the West crnd the entire ncrtion.

The need of America is not for qnen who can lift blocks of marble to the fortieth story of some great building, but for men who will lift the level of character-not men who dot the seas with the white sails of commerce, but for men who in their everyday living exemplify those homely virtues, those old fashioned verities, which in the last analysis, alone can bring happiness into the life of the individual, or build perpetuity in our civilization. The time has come when we must understand as never before that there is an everlasting difference between making a living and making a life. Life is not a goblet to be drained; it is a cup to be filled. The great need of America today is not for men who will add to the quantity of our materials, but men who will add to the quality of our living.-Dr. W. W. Youngston. !f !N. rF

Leadership. "A leader is best when people barely know that he exists, not so good when people obey and acclaim hirn" worse when they despise him. Fail to honor people, they fail to honor you. But of a good leader who talks little, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will san 'We did this ourselvss'."-fae-fss. ***

The effects of our present type of civilization on the production of great men was well illustrated by Governor Henry J. Allen, of Kansas, when he said concerning Lincoln: "Had Abraham Lincoln been living today, the Rotary Club would supply him with a set of books; the Lions Club with a good reading lamp; the Cosmopolitan Club with writing equipment; the Kiwanis Club with a wooden foor for the cabin. He would have the protection of the child labor law and government old-age insurance. A kindly philanthropist would send him to college with a scholarship. A case worker would see that his father received a monthly check from the county. The OPA would reduce his rent by 50 per cent. He would receive a subsidy for rail splitting i another one for raising some crop he was going to raise anyway, and still another subsidy for not raising a crop he had no intention of raising. Result: There would have been no Abraham Lincoln."

Time to say something about the recent election, from a business standpoint, at least. The world watches President Truman as through a strong magnifying glass, to see what he will do. Previous to the election he had a lot of tough stuff to swallow. The bulk of the newspaper editors of the nation proclaimed him to be a "little man." Some of them praised his courage, and his fighting heart, but added nevertheless that he was small; much too small for the job. That's why the world is particularly watching him. He will show clearly by his words and actions, whether or not they misjudged him, under-estimated him. If there is bigness in the man, now is a wonderful time to show it. And if he does, I think well enough of the American press to believe that they will confess they were wrong. And, vice versa, if he doesn't show signs of bigness, they will just say-"\iVe told you so." It will be interesting to watch.

Business has all eyes on Mr. Truman. Few business trren supported him in the recent election. Most business men were shocked out of their wits when the returns came in. Some of them immediately began seeing all sorts of dire things in the immediate offing, and rushed out to sell their securities as a first reaction. And now business is waiting to be shown, with all eyes on the President. If what he does in the next six months is of a character to reassure them and remove some of their fears, they will come slowly out of their holes. But to doubt that business has crawled in there for the time being at least, is to know nothing of business. For twelve years Mr. Roosevelt was openly hostile to business, and overlooked no opportunity to demonstrate that hostility. Mr. Truman, since taking the high seat, has also appeared to be anti-business. And sixteen years of anti-business administration is enough to give business folks the chills. So now-business watches. It hopes and prays-but waits to be reassured.

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The stock market has shown plainly since election day what the feeling of business is toward the situation. Tens of thousands of men rushed out to sell securities as soon as they got the election figures. These were not all big business men by any means. In fact the sale of stocks and bonds that comprised th'e savings of small folks throughout the land, has been seen everywhere. "I'd tather have the cash for a while anyway," is the way most of them explained their actions. Many of the more gloorny opinions that were uttered on all sides and quoted in all the newspapers right after the election, seem to have been toned down some. Bankers and other prominent financiers in profusion were quoted as saying-"This is the end of private enterprise,"-e1 "\[sq7 we have a labor government." {.**

I think most of them have calmed down by now, and are mixing some optimism with their opinions. But all are waiting. All the business, all the industry, all the employers of the nation are waiting to see what Mr. Truman is going to do with his "mand.ate." And what business does, will depend on what the President does. Vice President Elect Barkley was quotedt in the press as asking, "\Mhat has business got to be afraid of," whe.n the wild rtrsh to sell securities was going on for several days follpwing election. That's an easy one to answer. Business is waiting to see what sort of a climate for business, for investments, for private enterprise is going to exist in this country the next four years. And they will have a pretty good idea on the subject inside of six months. By that time we will at least know which way the arrow points-right or left. If ta:res are to run riot, if strikes are to take over the land without government restriction, if socialistic philosophies are to be encouragea, if Comrnunism is to be allowed to grow'unrestrained in this land; these and many other "ifs" will decide the attitude of business within the next year. If things look bad; dollars will hide, jobs will be aborted by employers' fears.

Mr. Truman has the greatest opportunity in all Ameri-can history to do something big and dramatic. I beligve that he considers himself a man of high power and great ability. If true, he has an unprecedented chance to show it. And, if he does, he will have political writers and thinkers of the country eating humble pie again, as they were the day after election. History sits in this man's lap. He can pursue a vindictive and narrow course and doubly convince the critics that they were right about him all the time; or he can take the opposite course and perhaps build a high niche for himself in history. It will be interesting to see.

One great satisfaction f got out of the election. Those who read this column recall the many times I have expressed my very poor opinion of public opinion polls; my utter disbelief that they were entitled to respect of any sor! because, in my judgment, they never interviewed' enough people to make it even faintly possible to discover what the public thought. f don't believe you can tell what

Weyerhcreuser Timber

The Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, Tacoma, Washington, which is the timber and milling end of the vast Weyerhaeuser interests, owns 2,170,000 acres of forest timberland, and 40 billion feet of standing virgin timber. The company is engaged in a vast effort at scientific reforestation of its timber lands, aiming to increase the realization from each acre of land harvested, and to provide constantly growing commercial forests for all time to come.

Keeps Him Inlormed

i A grand and inexpensive way to keep a line on the many friends in the Lumber Industry. Thanks again.

R. (Pinky) Nortvedt one twin thinks by asking the other twin. So naturally rI consider any attempt to test public opinion by asking :a small handful-if any-to discover what a multitude thinkb, to be either senseless or sheer quackery. I trust we he{r no more from these polls. Or, if we must, let me suggeft one very practical thought. With every poll opinion published, let them state exactly how many people were ilrterviewed to get the opinions of how much of the public. Knowing these facts, I don't believe anyone would be impractical enough to give such opinions a second thought.

Western Hardwood Lumber Co.

'Los ,&ngeles, Calif.

I or-..o" only the r""o".':"rf tJ" .,oooa research scientists of,this country. But already the foresters of Germany have done much better than that in actual practice. Always exemplars of scientific forest practices, the present economic condition of their land has taught them things about economizing that even they never thought of before this .last war. An outstanding British authority on such matters, says that in the German forests andr sawmills today ' "everything is used," particularly the' roots of the trees 'which they actually dig up from the ground, and the smallest limbs and twigs left in the logging woods. All this is used for domestic fuel. The twigs are cut to kindling lengths in machines specially created for that purpose. They pull the roots up with winches where possible, or . use blasting powder wher; necessary.

This authority tells about a German logger's experience that beats all records. The villagers nearby made a deal with him whereby they felled his trees, and trimmed and cut them into logs, in exchange for the roots, limbs, and twigs, and actually paid him some money in addition to getting his timber ready for market. When the deal was over his land had been logged free, it was entirely cleared of every bit of wood, and he had some honey in his pocket besides. All in exchange for what had always previously been left in the woods as necessary waste. firey have gone the American packers who utilize "all but the squeal"one better. ;

Dry KiIn Conl,erence

The Southern Oregon-Northern California Dry Kiln Club, the West Coast Dry Kiln Club, and the Washington-IdahoMontana Dry Kiln Club, held a big joint conference in Port'land, Oregon, November 19th and 20th. In addition to several interesting buisness sessions and a banquet, the program included an inspection visit to the Moore Dry Kiln Company plant at North Portland, and another to the Western Pine Association's laboratory to view its hlmber seasoning experi-

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Your editorials, Jack, are worth many times the price of the subscriotion

R. A. Johnson

" Oakdale, Califorraia' '/'

Shipping 8,000,000 Seedling Trees

Olympia; Washington, November 16-Work of lifting packing and shipping 8,000,000 seedling trees began yesterday at the Forest Industries Tree Nursery at nearby Nisqually. This is the largest crop of seedlings ever grown at this unique nursery established in 1942 and maintained by the forest products industry of the West Coast, according to W. D. Hagenstein, Forest Engineer for the West Coast Lumbermen's Association and the Pacific Northwest Loggers Association.

Hagenstein said these trees, planted 500 to 600 per acre, will cover about 15,000 acres. He said hand planting is necessary only where lands have been taken out of forest production by past fires or improvident timber harvesting. All seedlings will be used on private forest lands.

Only a very small portion of harvested timber lands have to be hand planted, Hagenstein pointed out. Since 1941 in Oregon and 1945 in Washington, loggers have been required by State law to reserve in each harvest area sufficient seed source to reforest the harvested lands naturally. He emphasized the preponderanqe of natural restocking of once harvested forest lands by pointing out that the 12,000,000 acres of second-growth timber now growing in the Douglas fir forests of western Oregon and Washington resulted mostly from natural restocking during the past 100 years of commercial logging.

Paying tribute to the private forest land owners who will spend several hundred thousand dollars this year in artificially restocking non-productive areas, Hagenstein called them America's greatest risk takers. "These men have real faith in our country for they are planting crops today which will not be ready for harvest for 60 to lCI years." He said private operators this winter will plant many more thousands of acres by direct seeding, using helicopters and airplanes.

Nu Frcrme Protected Screens Now by Bonderite

Nu-Frame all metal window screens are now protected by the Bonderite process for greater resistance to corrosion, according to Rudiger-Lang Co., of Berkeley, California, manufacturers of this modern flat screen.

"Previously the steel frame was protected only by a baked enamel finish," Morris Levin, the firm's sales manager, explains.

"Bonderizing is not visible. It doesn't change the appearance of the screen. Only the result-longer service without rust or corrosion-can be seen." l

Although additional value will be given the customer by this process, there will be no increase in the price of Nu-Frame screens. Mr. Levin states.

New Calilorniq Box Fcrctory

Construction has started on a new box factory and cut-up plant by the Winton Lumber Company, at Martell, California. It will cost $200,000. James B. Lusk is in charge.

AI Bell qnd Lew Godcrrd qnd Associoted Mills

CInd All of the stoff of Hobbs Wall Lumber Co.

Welcome this opportunity to wish oll of their good retcril friends ond Hoppiness in The

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