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Mill owners moving thousands-or millions-of board feet monthly are finding ir.wise to standardize on berlinger mass-handling through every phase of lperation from receiving to delivery. Profits gained have actually paid ofi the investment in less than -a ]ear.

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Foresl Industries Add $1.2 Billion to Cqliforniq's Economy

The forest industries of California are adding $1.2 billion annually to the state's wcalth, according to C. A. Gillett, managing director of American Forest Products Industries, Washirigtin, D. C., national sponsor o{ the industry-operated. Tree Firm'prog.am of private timberland management and industry's KeefAmcrica Green forest fire-prevention education campiigtt. He said the Department of Commerce's newest Census bf fi,{"r,uf".turers show^s industries of the Golden State in 1954 added $760 million in value through manufacture, distributed $426 million in payrolls and spent $56 million in capital improvements. ^

The $760 million value added through manufacture- represented an increase of nearly 9l/o since 1947, Gillett said'

The forest industries, the report shows, directly employ more than 100,000 people. Forest industries in California are those sAtTA ilolllGA

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Profits oi 23 building products manufacturers declined about 12a/o in the first quarter of the .year, u,hereas an average for more than 500 companies in various industries shorl,ed an increase of 7.8/o.

All but four building products concerns shou'ed a drop in profits, due larg:ely to the decline in new housing^staris. llon'ever, niost of the decreases rn'ere moderate and none of the companies reported a loss.

The four companies rvhose profits increased are engaged in produting elevators, asphalt rooling, and olvu.ood.

- Even r'vith the drop, the 23 companies sl.rolved a combined net profit of about $20,000,000 for the three months.

Other industries reporting lower average profits includecl farm equipment, chemicals, floor cor-erings. pulp and paper, and textiles.

which manufacture lumber, furniture and fixtures, pulp, paper and other papcr and wood Products.

Gillett siia the report illustrates the importance of California's forests in the state's econorny. Ilxpansion of the Tree Farm program, which encourages private landowners to grorv repeated tiee crops through protection and care-ful management of their woodlands, will broaden the base of California's vast forest economy, he said.

The l-.ree Farm program is sponsored in this state by Western Pine Assn. and thi California Redwood Assn. Nationally, the program is operated by the forest industries through.AFPI, with more than 41 million acres of timberland in 44 states enrolled.

Wiscomb Sqles ComPonY APPointed Mid-Wesr Represenfcrfive for Osgood

Upon his return from Chicago last -month, John -Osgood, partner in the Robert S. Osgood lumber concern' Los Anqeles, a.rnounced the appointment of Wiscomb S:rles Comiany, llvanston, Illinois, ilioneer wood products concern, is *iaat. rvest sales representative for the imported plyt'ood division of the Osgood company.

Wiscomb Sales Company is a r,vell-established rvholesale distributing concern in Illinois handling^ rvood p-roducts and allied inaterials, according to young Osgood. The firm is managed by three brothers, Russell, Scott and Harold Wiscom6, attd covers the mid-u'est dealers in the states of Illinois, Ohio. \\risconsin, Minnesota and Michigan.

"\\re intend to complete a nationr'vide chain of r"'holesale distributors for oui imported plyrvoods from Japan and the Philippines, and the Wiscomb Sales Company is a big link in tliii sales coverage program," Osgood saicl'

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