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Dealers can increase sales during slow Winter months with the new "Winter Fix-Up Time" promotion just introduced by The Celotex Corporation. The program also includes special material for Christmas merchandising and "After-Inventory" sales.

The Winter promotion package enables dealers not only to boost sales of Celotex products, but of many other profitable items. According to Marvin Greenwood, Celotex vice-presi- dent of merchandising:, many dealers are increasing their cold - weather promotional efforts because better account- ing methods have convinced them that yearly proflts are made or lost by business performance in the Winter months.

Featured in the kit is a counter or wall display (photo- graph) with take-home literature describing how the homeowner can secure materials for a 72'x24' recreation room for as little as 9198.50. Included in the cost figure are framing for one wall, a door, one wood- grain hardboard accent wall, ceiling tile with furring strips, asphalt floor tile and adhesive, molding and masonry paint. Provision is also made for the homeowner to list the dimen- sions of his own proposed recreation room. Cost estimates and remodeling suggestions are offered at no obligation.

Also included in the promotion packag:e are a cornplete selection of ad mats,' literature and radio and TV scripts promoting "Winter Fix-Up Time."

Celotex suggests that Winter promotions beg'in immediately and run through February.

For further information, contact local Celotex sales representatives or The Celotex Corporation, 120 S. La,SaIle Street, Chicago 3, nlins1..

Brighter Prospects Seen for Housing, Building in 196l

The brightest spot on the economic horizon in 1961 will be construction, according to the annual outlook statement released by F, W. Dodge Corporation. In fact, .Dodge economists expect that construction contracts will show a slight increase next year, despite an expected mild dip in general business activity.

The construction industry as a whole is not likely to be adversely affected by the expected business dip, the Dodge analysis indicated. Some segments of construction, particularly those involving business spending, rnay go down next year, but public projects, which account for more than a third of the total, should show strength.

In additlon, easier money should help the housing sector, at least to tho extent of preventing any further decllne,

The outlook statement, prepared by Dodge vice-president and chief economist George Cline Smith in collaboration with other staff members, indicates that total construction contracts in 1961 will amount to some $35.8 billion, a gain of t/e over the estimated 1960 level, and the second-highest figure on record.

Residential building contracts, by far the larg:est major construction category, are expected to be up about l/6 next year, totaling some $15.3 billion. Residential floor area is also estimated to rise 7/s in t)te year ahead.

Total private and public non-farm housing starts in 1961 are estimated at 1,325,000, a gain of 2Vo over the 1960 estimated level

TAXES TOTAL $lOO BlLtlON

Taxes collected by all governments in the United Statesfederal, state, and local-in their fiscal years that ended during 1959 totaled $100 billion, according to a report just made public by the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce. This compares with a 1958 tax total of $98.4 billion. The increase in state and local taxes more than offset the slight drop in Federal tax revenue between 1958 and 1959. Tax yields amounted to about $567 per capita in 1959, somewhat below the 1958 and 1957 amounts per capita, but higher than in earlier years.

of 1,300,000 on the current Census Bureau basis of measurement. The report, published in the November issue of Architectural Record, stated that there is some evidence that the backlog of housing demand is not as strong as it has been in the past, and that, while easier money will undoubtedly have some upward efrect in 1961, it may not be anywhere near as great as in previous recessionary periods.

On balance, the report says, "Construction contracts should move upward a little in 1961, ending the brief decline of 1960. The industry may well be resuming its upward course, paralleling the growth of the nation and the economy to be expected during the much-heralded and currently over-discounted Sixties."

Poul Sink ond Dick Freemon Enterfoin Building Moteriqls Group From Sweden

Paul Sink, general manager of Mason Supplies, and Dick F reeman, headman of So-Cal Building Materials Co., both of Los Angeles, entertained a gtoup of building materials executives from Sweden last month who were traveling throughout the United States sponsored by AB Interpares. Pictured here inspecting the American Cement Building, under construction on Wilshire boule- vard at Parkview, are: Paul Sink, Bob Hyche, Elof Elinder, Ake Bengtzon, Einar Bergmark, Allan Jonasson, Sven Lundqvist, Stig Samby, David Sjolander, Albin Svensson, Bengt Thermaenius, Sture Utterstrom, Will Bryngnas and Dick F reeman.

During'the seven-week stay in the United States, the executives from Sweden visited cities from coast to coast and from New Orleans to Chicago. The educational tour was highly successful, according to Paul Sink, who was host to the delegation during their Los Angeles stay.

SAW'WLI BURNER,S TOSING OUT IN WESTERN PINE R,EGION

Portland, Ore.-Sawmill burners in the Western Pine region have lost 63Vo of. their business, and nobody is sorry.

A survey just completed by the Western Pine Association's research department discloses that of 5,484,000 tons of residues, or "leftovers" developing in a year at the 12-state region's lumber mills, 3,444,000 tons are put to use as pulp chips, fuel, agricultural .soil helps, wood flour, briquettes and various small lumber products.

Tlre statistics showed the region's 1959 lumber production at an all-time high-nearly twice the 1940 pace-while unused residues were at a record low, and apparently dwindling further each year. Scores of mills have dismantled their burners.

In the unused residues class, available for new by-products industries, the survey found 2,039,000 tons a year. At the same time, used residues included 2,572,000 tons for fuel and 933,000 tons going into various products. In other words, only about one-third of the wood volume left over after lumber manufacture, including' saw-

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Tax revenue of the 50 State governments totaled 918 billion in the 1960 fiscal year ended June 30, it was reported by the Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce. This sum was up 73.7/6 from the $15.8 billion collected in 1959, and indicates that annual State tax revenue has more than doubled since 1951. State tax revenue per capita amounted to $101.72 in flscal 1960, compared with $90.29 the previous year.

Each of the 50 States had higher tax yields in fiscal 1960 than in the previous year. Increases of. 2O7o or more were reported for flve States. California collected $2.1 billion in State taxes and New York nearly $2.0 billion in fiscal 1960.

dust and shavings, failed of utilization. Weights were computed on a "bone-dry" basis.

Carl A. Rasmussen, director of research, termed the findings "an eye-opener for the 'waste criers' while at the same time they point to a fine opportunity to create more new jobs and new products through still closer utilization.

"We have no way of estimating how many jobs are based on, and how many new dollars are created for the economy by the productive use of 372 million tons of mill residues," he said, "but surely the progress made in utilization is impressive, and beneficial to the West as a whole."

Residues tallied in the survey include sawdust, slabs, edgings, trims, shavings and bark. Pine region information developed by the Oregon Forest Research Center of Corwallis helped in the study.

Present pulp chip production from the residues was found to total 662,000 tons a year, equivalent to full requirements of two large pulp mills. Oregon pine mills produced the most, 237,000 tons; Idaho next, 226,000 tons; then California, 87,000 tons; Washington 59,000 tons, and Montana, 53,000 tons.

Other uses for residues included 75,000 tons for briquettes (presto-logs), 28,000 tons for box material, 10,000 tons for shade rollers, 8,000 tons for car strips, 6,600 tons for lath and pickets, 1,300 tons for snow fence, 1,000 tons for handles, 410 tons for wood flour.

Pointing to increasing use of woodfiber on farms, the survey revealed 109,000 tons a year of sawdust, shavings and bark sold to agriculture to replenish and fortify soils. Seven of the 12 Western Pine reg:ion states are contributing to this development, with California's 40,000 tons leading. Idaho is next with 23,000 tons; then New Mexico, 21,000 tons; Washington 9,000, Utah and Montana, 3,000 tons each.

In the conversion of leftover material into hard fuels such as briquettes, Idaho was leading with 25,000 tons a year, the survey showed. Montana's 19,000 tons came next, followed by Washington, 15,000 tons; Oregon, 13,000 tons, and California, 4,000 tons.

To help in further utilization planning, the study pinpointed unused material by states and counties, with a further breakdown by type of material, such as coarse (slabs, edgings, trims and hog fuel), sawdust and shavings. A research note just published by the Westerrr Pine Association, Yeon Building, Portland, Oregon, and titled "MilI Residue Survey," tells the story in detail, including volumes utilized and volumes available in each county as basis for further industrial growth.

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