Evening star., 1923-02-10
ACTIVE MOVEMENT
. OF LUMBER NOTED
Slight Decrease in Produc.
ton, But Shipments In
creased, Is Report.

Movement of lumber throughout
the country continued on an actfve
scale for the week ending FEBRUARY
3. according to reports received mere
at Headquarters of the National Lum-
ber Manufacturers Association.
While there was a slight decrease
IN production and in new business
from the preceding week. shipments
increased appreciably, attaining the
exceptional volume for this time of
year. of 255.o00,00O feet. Production.
shipments and orders, especially the
last two, show large gains over this
period for last year and the first five
weeks of 1923 overtop those weeks
of 1929 by about GO per cent In orders
and shipments and about u per cent
In production.
Big Ratio of Shipments.
The shipments of the mills of all
reporting associations for last week
We're 126 per cent and orders, l3S
per cent of production. The same
Southern Pine Association were 119
and 126. respectively. and for the
West Coast Lumbermen's Association
mills, 40 and 127. Out of the 317
mills reporting 353 belong to five as
sOciationS, having an established nor
mal production for the week of 216.-
1851 feet. Measured by this stand
ard. actual production for the week
vas SS per cent, shipments, III per
cent and orders, 122 per cent.
The West Coast Lumbermen's AS
sociation wired from Seattle, as fol-
lows:
A temporary log shortage incident
10 recent bad weather brought West
I,x~ n
normal last week. However, produc-
tion at the mills of the association
amounted to practically S9.O00.OOO
feet. The tendency is now making
strongly toward night shift opera
tions. which. If transportation con-
should be guarantee against
runaway market. suo4l as occurred
in the spring of 1920. New business
continues heavy, with total of H.
100000 feet for the week, that being
the fourth consecutive week in which
West Coast Association mills have
hooked in excess OF 100000,000 feet.
Cargo business for the week amount
cd to SO per cent of the total: export
buying was light: shipments totaled
100. 100000 feet. with 50 per cent
moving by water. In the trdnscon-
tinental rail trade 2,2Sl cars OF new
business was accepted. And e,153
cars OF old business shipped
southern Pine Production.
The Southern Pine Association re-
ported production about 5000. 900 feet
above the preceding week, shipments
12.0e0,060 larger and " decline OF
about 100000 feet in orders. The
increase production and shipments
we're partly accounted for by the fact
that ten more mills swung into op-
erations and reports in this section.
The California White and Sugar
Pine Manufacturers Associa ton, with
headuarters In San Francisco, report
ed that the labor situation is normal
and that many mills are preparing
for an earlier start this season In
logging operations. which have been
curtailed on account OF weather con-
ditions. The car supply was de-
scrlbed as normal for this season
with the demand for lumber coming
Chiefly from tho east and from ash
and door points in the north and mid
ole west
From San Francisco. also. the Cali
fornia Redwood Association reports
the eastern, California and foreign
business very good, with shipments
evenly distributed.
The Western Pine Manufacturers
Association of Portland. Ore, wires
that the feature of the weeks busi
ness is 20 per cent increase in or
ders, with mixed car orders decreas-
ing but still numerous and with
straight and multiple car orders in
creaSii.g.