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LOSANGELES, CAL., DECEMBER t5, t93t "d::T;H":A:;

How Lumber Looks

louglas Fk-343 mills reporting to the Vest Coast Lumberments Association for the week end"d November 2g, the week in which the Thanksgiving day holiday occurred, operated at 24.4 pet -cent of capacig, .r compar"d to 27.1 pdr cent of capacity for the preceding week, and 39.1 per cent for the same week last year. For the fitst 47 weeks of lgil these mills havc operated at 38.4 per cent of capacity as compared to 54.g per cent fot the same period offg:0. During the week .nd.d November 21, 2O2 of these plants were repJrted as down and 140 as operating; those operating reported production as 49.4 per cent of their group capacity.

_ Production, shipments and orders by 221 identical mills for the week ended November 28 wete reported as follows: Production 611521,288 feet;' Shipm"ot" 62rV31r449 f.eeti Orders 6712371439 f.eet. New business was 9.3 per cent over production, and shipments were 1.3 per cent over the cut. Production at this group of mills decrearld about 6500,000 feet under the previous week, and totaled 3 million feet less than the second week. Unfilled orders increased about 3,500,O00.

Details of orders and shipments as reported, by these 223 mills for the same week follow: Orders-Rail 19,5311532 f.eet; Domestic Cargo 31,395,270 feet; Export lO,OlErgTT feet; Local 6,2911655 feet. Shipments-Rail 19,854,811 feet; Domestic Cargo 2512171595 feet; Expott 10196Trr&g feet; Local 612911655 feet.

The California market has not shown much activity during the past fifteen days. Incoming cargo arrivals at San Pedro continue to keep in line with the demand, and unsold stocks at this port totaled Sr4tlrOOO feet on December 9; incoming

C. C. Stibich Represents Pine \\ Mills in San Francisco

^ C. C. Stibich, former manager of the Pickering Lumber Company's San Francisco office, which rvas closed December 1, is now district representative of Sugar Pine Lumber Co., Pinedale; Yosemite Lumber Co.. Merced Falls. (operated_by_Sugar Pine Lumber Co.), and Pelican Bay Lumber Co., Klamath Falls, Oregon.

Mr. Stibich is making his headquarters at 2325 Bay St., San Francisco, and his tllephone number is WEst 6$6. He is one of the best known men in the sales end of the California pine business, and his long experience and large acquaintance with buyers equips him well for success in his new lineup.

cargoe for the week ended December 5 amounted to 7,2981000 feet, including 7 cargoes of Fir carrfng 6rZ4BrOOO f,eet, and. 2 cergoes of Redwood totaling 110501000 feet. 58 lumber vessels in the California service are reported laid up, with one vessel operating to the East Coast.

With lumber production sharply curtailed during the Thanksgiving week, lumber orders exceeded the cut Ey ^p- ptoximately 22 per cent, according to reports from 810 leading hardwood and softwood mills to the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. The cut at these mills amounted to l23rO28rOOO [et. Shipments were t6j per cent above this figure. The previous week 829 mills reported orders 19 per cent above and shipments 22 pet cent above a cut of l4OrrTTrOOO feet. *****{<*{.*

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended Novembet 28 reported production from 121 mills as 24r3l7,OOO feet (previous week 28r981rOOO feet); shipments 251326.OOO feet (previous week 281413,000 feet); new business 22,57510O0 feet (previous week 291463,000 feet ^t 135 mills).

The Vestern Pine Association reported iroduction from 18 mills as l5r794rOOO feet, shipments 281260;00O feet, and new business 32rl83rOOO f.eet The 85 identical mills reported production 52 per cent less, and new business 18 per cent less than the same week last year.

264 hardwood mills for the same week give new business as 2lr7l3r000 feet, or 35 per cent above production. Shipmentc for the week were 1811891000 feet, or 14 per cent above produc- tion. Production was 16,025,O0O feet.

New Association Formed in

San Francisco

Merrill Robinson, well known San Francisco Bay district lumberman, has been appointed secretary-manager of the recently organized Wholesale Sash and Door Asiociation of Northern California, with offices atll2 Market Street, San Francisco.

New Yard In Oakland

M. M. McCune, well known Southern California lumberman, formerly associated rvith his brothers in the McCune Lumber.Co., Brawley, will shortly open a new lumber yard 1! the site formerly occupied by the Tynan Lumber-Co., 6225 E. 14th Street, Oakland.