Red Cedar Shingle Outlook for 1951

Bv \fl.V. \Uoodbridse, Secretary Manaser Red Cedar Shlnsle Bureau

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Like the silhouette of Mount Shasta seen in the early morning of a summer day appears the red cedar shingle demand for the current vear, when viewed realisticallyThis demand. rising from the foothills of the spring, reached an all time peak in late summer, and then quite naturally began to recede to a foothill level rvith the approach of winter.

Many lumber dealers and wholesalers have been confused, some even stunned, because of this lack of supply of shingles during the current year. IJnfortunately many manufacturers have failed to keep their distributors in'formed as to the reasons behind this inability of the industry to meet the coast-to-coast demand, and this has resulted in unfortunate misunderstandings and, in places, definite illwill towards the product.

Let's find the answer. Why is it, u'ith production greater than at any time in the past decade, shingles have been so hard to buy-at any price ? There are a number of factors involved. Within the past year or more. there have been devastating storms in many sections of the country. These have emphasized the u'ind resistant qualities of cedar shingles. Climatic conditions have greatlv stimulated the demand for cedar shingles in many sections of the East. Then, of course, the housing shortage has had a tremendous influence on this demand. Needless to say, the past twelve months have broken all records for home building. This has been particularly true in Southern California, where the cedar roof is popular and alrvays in de- mand. Then there is another, and perhaps a top factor influencing present day demand .the prestained processed red cedar shake. Practically all of these shakes are made from No. I Certigrade Red Cedar Shingles. Many of the larger shingle mills have installed processing machines rvithin the past year or so. The demand for these shakes has developed tremendous acceptance and popularity in sections of the country where shingles are not in common use. Along the Atlantic Coast, from Maine to Florida, in the deep South, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and neighboring states, the shake demand has gtown rvith unbelievable rapidity. Good siding has been more difficult to obtain than shingles, and shakes have filled the gap in sections s'here clapboards rvere used on walls in the past.

This. then, has been the situation during l95o-a marked increase in production and a grorving demand that has passed the ability of the mills to meet.

What of l95l ? Many of the mills are cheering optimistically the pessimists rvho predict that housing rvill fall off considerablv. The industry views s'ith alarm an over-demand as much as they do a demand below maximum production. One manufacturer has said recently that if the housing drops sixtv pencent, there rvill still be an adequate demand for red cedar shingles to take the anticipated supply. There is no man who can believe that the shingle industry has anything to fear from l95l unless panic or rvar drastically disturbs the national economy. No man in the lumber industrv entertains this fear.

Inside Inlormcrtion

Father and Mother, pouring over The Book one night, were discussing Judas, who betrayed the Carpenter. They were wondering whether or not even the forgiving God could pardon Judas and let him into heaven.

Up spoke their seven year old daughter, "Wait a minute until I go next door, and I'll find out for you."

"What do you mean, daughter?" asked the Mother.

"They've got a baby over there, she just came from heaven yesterday; I just thought I'd go over and ask her'"

Foolish One

Foolish one, to fail to borrow, Joys to fit the moment's need; It may be too late tomorrow.

Losses bring such bitter sorrow

To the hoarders of the seed Foolish one, to fail to borrow.

Spendthrift souls so richly know, Bliss felt only by the freed; It may be too late tomorrow.

Wisdom freezes in old marrow, Youth is such a flying steed; Foolish one, to fail to borrow.

Life's a dizzy skiff to row, To cold caution pay no heed; It may be too late tomorrow.

Minimize the passing sorrow, Tender hearts need never bleed; Foolish one, to fail to !s11e117ft may be too late tomorrow.

-Katherine Gorman.

Honest Conlession

"Ah congramulates you, Pahson, h'it was a mighty fine preachin' you jes done," said the town reprobate to the pastor of the Darktown Methodist Church.

"Glad it hit you, brothah, glad it hit you," said the preacher.

"Sho did," said the other, "h'it sho did. But furs dass concerned, h'its a mouty pore suhmon dat don't hit me somewheres."

Ingersoll's Defense oI Children

"I intend to so treat my children that they can come to my grave and truthfully say: 'He who sleeps here never gave us a moment's pain. From his lips, now dust, neve; came to us an unkind word.'

"If any of you ever expects to whip a child again, I want you to have a photograph taken of yourself while you are in the act, with your face red with vulgar anger, and the face of the little child, with eyes swimming in tears and the little chin dimpled with fear-like water struck by a sudden cold wind.

"Have the picture taken. If that little child should die, I cannot think of a sweeter way to spend an autumn afternoon than to go out into the countr5r where tte maples are clad in tender gold and the little scarlet runners arc coming like poems of regret from the sad heart of the earth; and sit down upon the grave and look at that photograph, and think of the fesh, now dust, that you beat.

"The laugh of a child ;; ;-. tte holiest day more sacred still. Strike with hand of fire O wicrd musician, thy harp strung with Apollo's golden hair; fill the vast cathedral aisles with you symphonies sweet and dim, deft toucher of the organ keys; blow, buglcr, blow until thy silve: notes do touch and kiss the moonlit waves and charm the lovers wandering mid the vine-chd hils. But kno'w your sweetest strains are discords dl compared with childhood's happy laugh-the laugh that fills the eyes with light and every heart with joy. O rippling river of laugbtcr, thou are the blessed boundary line between thc beasb and men; and every wa)rward wave of thine doth &own some fretful fiend of care. O laughter, rose-trpped daughter of jon there are dimples enough in thy cheeks to catch and hold and glorify all the tears of grief."-Col. R. G. Ingersoll.

The Incompcnable leoncrdo Dc Vioci

"Having created the most beautiful of portraits (Mona Lisa), the most beautiful of pictures (the Lord's Last Supper), the most beautiful fresco, the most bcautiful cartoon, he (Leonardo da Vinci) was content to give his mind to other things-to the modeling of an immensc horsc, to the building of the Naviglio Canal, to the contriving of engines of war, to the invention of diving armor, flyrng machines, and other more or less chimerical imaginations. He suspected the usefulness of steam, and predicted the baloon; he manufactured mechanical birds, which fcw, and animals whictr walked. He made a silver lyrc fashioned in the shape of a horse's head, and played upon it exquisitely. He invented the camera obscura. He planned tte great work of engineering that have controlled the courses of the Arno and the Po. He walked bcside the sea and understood that the waters were comlxrsed of countless molecules.

"No man was ever more human, more lovable, or more fascinating than this same Leonardo da Vinci. He was witty, graceful, polished. His bodily strength was so great that he could bend an iron horseshoe like lead. His physical beauty was flawless-the beauty of Apollo. Great painter that he was, painting was but one among his splendid gifts."-Gautier.