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THE CALIFOR}IIA LUM B E R M E RC HANT
JackDiorne,prhlishu
bcorporclcd uadcr ihe lcwg ol Cclilonia l. C. Diouc, Pres. cad Trccs,; t. E. Mcrtin, Vice Pres.; W. T. Blcch, Vice Pres.; M. Ados, Secrelcry,'E, Stirliag, Asst. Secy. d Asst. Trecs, Published the lst cnd l5th ol each monlh ct
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Portland, Oregon, October 16-Shipments of Douglas fir lumber topped production by ten million feet a week during September, according to Harris E. Smith, secretary, West Coast Lumbermen's Association.
Smith said sau,mills in the Douglas fir region through the first forty rveeks of 1952 were within 118,700,000 feet of the 1951 production figures for the same period; shipments in 1952 exceed production rvhile orders were 79,800,000 feet below production. Through September these mills had produced 7,8O5,359,000 board feet; shipped 7,817,24I,NO board feet; and orders totaled 7,725,543,UJ0 feet.
Rail shipments as well as cargo to California and Atlantic Coast rvere above 1951, the lumber leader pointed out. Heavy lumber loading in Western Oregon and Northern California helped contribute to a car shortage during September, Smith observed.
The rveekly averag'e of West Coast Lumber production in September rvas 222,185,Ufi b.f. or 118.7% of the 19471951 average. Orders averaged 207,549,000 b.f.; shipments 232,204,000 b.f. Weekly averages for August were : Production 223,184,00O b.f. (119.2% of the 1947-1951 average) ; orders n5,947,000 b.f.; shipments 722,474.000 b.f.
months of 1952 cumulative production b.f.; nine months of 1951, 7,924,067,000 b.f.; nine months of 1950. 7,457,587,0W b.f
Orders for nine months of 1952 breakdown as follows: Rail & truck b.f.;domestic cargo lccl Dionae t. E. Mcntin
W. T. Blcck
E. Stirling
M. Adams
SAN FRANCISCO at the end of September, gross stocks at 947,846,000 b.f. Lumber shipments of 474 mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer were 1.4 per cent below production for the week ended October ll, 1952. In the same week new order's of these mills were 0.1 per cent below production. Unfilled orders of the repo:ting mills amounted to 38 per cent of stocks. For the reporting softwood mills, unfilled orders were equivalent to 20 days' production at the current rate, and gross stocks were equivalent to 5l days' production.
For the year-to-date, shipments of reporting identical mills rvere 4.8 per cent above production ; orders were 3.2 per cent above production.
Compared to the average corresponding week of 1935(Continued on Page 46)
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