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jg TUESDAY. MAY 1, 1962 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON ,
Elighly Competitive, Quality Seen Behind Northwest Timber Prices
By A, ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribunt
Washington Correspondent
Washington (Special) - The
chief reason that timber
bought from the national for
ests of the Pa
cific North
west costs
more than
timber pur
chased by Ca
nadian compe
titors in Brit
ish Columbia
is t h e result
t tfe; Sr.-:
petitive b i ri
ding in the United States,
cording to a study made by
the Forest Service.
I'f.-'tJ of highly corn-father aetailed data on prac-
A secondary factor in the
lower price of Canadian
stumpage is that generally
B.C. timber is not as high in
average quality, the report
states.
This report constitutes the
answer of the Forest Servicg,
10 riormwesi lumocrmen wno
have complained of certain
Forest Service timber sale
practices, including the ap
praisal price of stumpage. The
Forest Service sent a forest
from its Portland office !o
Canada geveral months ago to
tices in B.C. An analysis of
the material by Ira J. Mason,
head of the division of timber
management in the agency's
Washington headquarters,
suited in the report.
There is less price differen
tial as far as interior timber
is concerned, whether it be
Knriicp nr riniiulas fir' but the
widest differences occur b
tween the coastal arias of the
two countries in both hem
lock and Douglas fir.
Moderate in Canada
In attributing the cost dif
ferential chiefly to more in
tensive bidding in the United
States, Mason observed that in
B.C. "competitive bidding has
been confined primarily to
limited areas in the Van
couver forest district, and
even ther has been moder
ate." He said there has been
re- vigorous bidding for national
forest timber in the North
west for much of the past 15
years.
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Poster Conlesl
Winners Named
Yreka - Results of the Keep
California Green poster con
test conducted recently in Sis
kiyou county have been an
nounced from the office of the
Siskiyou county superintend
ent opschools.
r Winners from this area in
grades one through truee, are
Frank Watt, 8, Mount Shasta,
first place; Werner Hoyt, 8,
Munt Shasta, glhird; David
Dean Pendergraft, 8, Horn
brook; and Robin Roy Wood,
7, Yreka, of Hornbrook
school, both merit awards.
ThosB who won in grades
four through six are Dcanoa
Hahn.oll. Ft. Jones, of the
(Quartz Valley school, first
place; Marianne Mathews, 0,
Ml. Shasta, third; and Cary
Allen flahn, 13, Ft. Jones, of
Quartz Valley school, honor
able mention. O
Junior High school winners
are Lin Roy Higlcy, 13, Hap
py Camp- f;0t; Karen Marie
Hahn, 12, Ft. Jones, of Quar
Valley school, second; Sherma
Whipple, 12, Ft.0 Jones, of
Quartz Valley school, 'ird;
Michael James Haskell, 13,
Happy Camp; Bobby Rowe,
ft, 4't. Jones, and Mary Lee
Wctmore, 14, Mt. Shasl, all
honorable omention.
Winners in the high school
,division are Linda Willis, 17,
first; Lois Meek, 18, second,
and Sharon Lee Martin, 17,
third, all of McCloud.
Workshop Slated
For PF Students
Eugene o Courses ranging
from foil dance to tumbling
will be offered at the seventh
annual University of Oregon's
summit workshop for women
o
in physical education, June
18 to July 6.
The workshop's special
guest faculty will include
Mcrcc Cunningham, recipient
of this year's Dance Magazine
award for outstanding
achievement as an innovator
and perfSVmer In the field of
contemporary dance; Alex
Kinsfathcr, a golfer who has
taught golf for the past 12
years; and Bonnie Prudden,
nationally known physical
fitness ex'rt, who is the
founder and presiAnt of the
institute forhysleal fit
New York City.
Members of the iculty of
the University of Oregon's de
partment of physical educa
tion for women include Fran
ces Dougherty, profes.r; Don
aid van Rossen, Instructor;
Janet Woodruff, professor;
and Lois Youngcn, iwistanl
professor.
Courses include golf, ten
nis, fencim tumbling and -bound
tumbling, contempor
ary dance, field sports, folk
dance, basic movements and
C(ilitioning activities, and
secondary sch) and college
physical education. O
Although the program is
primarily designed for women
who are teaching at the junior
and senior high school and
colleito levels, men may en
roll in the dance and fencing
clashes.
Additioi information may
be obtained from Janet Wood
ruff, workshop coordinator,
department of physical educa
tion for women, University of
Oregon.
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Your Money'
Wortti
The operating advantage for
Canadians of being able to
buy timber at the appraised
price Is partly due to the fact
that in B.C. "there are still
working circles where cutting
capacity is below allowable
cut" whereas in the Pacific
Northwest, Mason reported,
"there is virtually no unused
cutting capacity for mill ex
pansion." Equally significant in re
ducing competition, the report
Mated, "are the laws and
vate forests, largely railroad
land grant forests controlled
by the Canadian Pacific Rail
way Co.
Another unique arrange
ment in B.C. is a tree farm
license, which gives one com
pany exclusive use of certain
government timber land on
condition that he practice sustained-yield
management. The
licensee pays the appraised
price for the timber. About
10 per cent of B.C. lumber
comes from such operators,
policies establishing licensee 1 Mason reported.
priorities, quotas, and rights
of a quota holder to pre-empt
timber foom a high bidder.
This latter provision, gwhich
was first put into effect in
1960, is resulting in adjusting
Stilling capacity to allowable
cutting rates by means other
than competitive bidding."
Mason reported that those
who hold licenses or leases or
berths have rights to cut gov
ernment tanber on an exclus
ive basis by paying ground
rent of from $50 to $140 per
square mile annually and
statutory or regulation royal
ty. He added:
Indefinite Tenures 0
"These so-called temporary
tenures are for all practical
matters indefinite tenures.
The class of timber is for prac-
iliil purposes private stump-
age which is held) without fee
title to the land." 0
He noted that 21 per cent
of the total cut in B.C. in 1060
came from such lands. Anoth-table
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y SYLVIA PORTER
Copyright, Hal! Syndicate, Inc.
WHEN WILL THE NEXT RECESSION START? I
When will the next buness downturn In the United
States begin? ,
It could easily start in 1083 - if we don't do something
in 1902 to prevent it.
For if the life the 10(11-82 upturn jusl matches the
average life of 22 previous peacetime upswings going back to
the middle of the 10th century, the fifth recession of post
World War II wil begin i April 1963 - only 11 months
from now.
If the duration of the current expaiftion just matches the
average duration of eight previous peacetime business ad
Pamphlet! on Home
Rule Being Hailed
Some of the home rule vot
ers' pamphlets have come
from the printer and are be
ing addressed by the county
elections department, accord
ing 40 County Clerk Marvin
I Madden.
I It was estimated It would
take about 100 hours to com
' pletc the adie?sing. MaSden
nid the pamphlets would be
in Hie mail before the May 10
deadline.
Sample ballots will be
ready later in the week, the
county clct said.
er 19 per cent comes from pri-
The balance, about half of
all B.C. cutting, comes from
public forests under sustained
yield management inwhich
there is a limited amount of
bidding, but in certain work
ing circles the timber is di
vided up among the mills on
a quota basis - an advantage
American fiups in the North
west don't enjoy, hence their
intensive bidding to secure
enough timbeP to keep iter
ating. Three Conditions
0Mason said the system
works undercthree conditions
as follows:
1. Uncommitted working
circle - these are areas in
which the allowable cut ex
ceeds the iilP capacity, and
requests for sales are accepted
from an opI-rator.O
2. Fully committed working
circles - here tjje established
operators have purchased the
right to cut e)c total allow-
cut under a quota sys
Other operators are ex-
eluded from these working
circles. The quota covers only
the right to apply for a sale
and to control the timing of
the sale. The timber must be
bought at auction in order for
the applicant to retain his
quota and the right to re
apply for more timber.
3. Overcommitted working
circles - here the mill capac
ity of established operators
substantially exceeds the al
lowable cut. Each operator is
permitted to apply for his pro
portionate share of the avail
able allowable cut. Timber is
ibicct to bidding, but under
a 1960 act sales bv sealed Did
are permitted on the request c0"1
of the quota holder who can
meet the highest sealed bid
and thus pre-empt the salnr?
Operations Consolidated
"This system has resulted in
adjustment of cutting capacity
without strong overbidding,"1'
tehi
the report stated. "Operations
have been consolidated and
some operators have moved
elsewhere as the result of this
system. This system has been
extended by further act of the
legislature in 1961 to aprjy
to fully committed working
circles."
Mason reported thg) B.C.
policy is to expand its lumber
industry into the undeveloped
interior forests which have
not yet been organized into
except Alaska. However, je
said "timber quality on the
average for the entire prov.
ince of B.C. is lower than
that on adjacent U.S. interior
and coastal stands."
working circles. He stated
that the total timber stand in
B.C. was estimated at 1.289
billion board feet in 1957,
red with an estimate of
1,345 billion board feet of saw
log sized timber in all the
states west of the great plains
MOTHER'S
DAY
CARDS FOR
SUNDAY. MAY I J
When you care enough
lu xnu (he very best
o, 217 E. Main
SWeRl S Medforftj,
Recruiter (V(f0Be
In Medford Thursday o
Coast Guard recruiter, M. L.
tyheSler, a chief sonarman,
will be at the Navy recruiting
stisjion in the Medford PSit
office building Thursday, May
3 from 9 a.m. to 4 fm.
Young -men between othe
ages of 1? and 26 who are itfe
tereste i joining the Coast
Guard may'be interviewed at
that time.
Ajso there are openings for
ex-swvice men up to 40 years
of age, it was reported.
Memorial Park and Funeral Home
More
Unclerstanding"
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M 'sa V
The CREDIT BUREAU IS
0 NOW
AUDITING ACCOUNTS
for the next
REDBOOK!
You make your ownating
by the way you pay vour
bills. Pa, promptly and
make a good ratirtfl. Q
$ Slow Paid Bill looks
bettor than a Slow Bill
that $ still owing. Pay
them today!
CREDIT BUREAU
of Medfonl
vanccs going bai toVorld War 1, the next downturn will
bogin in June 1983 - only 13 months from now
If it lasts as lone as the averauo nf three nrpvinns nonrp.
lss in time expansions going back to World War II, the next slide
will start In October W3 or 17 months frn now.
These are trtly "statistical projection of the future
based on statistical studies of the past. They are to be ac
cepted as that and nothing more, or they can do more harm
than good.
But still the fact Is that the history of business cjejles in
the U.S. traced back to 1854 docs indicate a rhythm in tim
ing which cannolo be shrugged off. History does underline
ll warning that the time to plan to pneicnt economic trou
ble Is before the economic trouble hits - which means the
time to move to bolster this advance and sustain it with in
centives and tax reforms is this year, not next.
What's more, the 1961-62 expansion to date has been
only average in magnitude. It's a good advance, it's broad.
It has power and potentials, but it has hardly been spectacu
lar In scope. Rather, It has been a "middle" thing, aiW an
average advance ploddingcjhrough 1962 and getting tired in
1963 ife simply not gocrl enough Pit the U.S. at this stage in
our and the world's econnmic-wlitical history.
ArP average upturn turning sluggish and faltering into
downturn in 1963 would mean we'd still have a high rat? of
umOiployment when tjje next recsion hits and makes job
lessness worse. It would mPan that our corporations wouldn't
have built up sufficient profit cushions and reserves to keep
them spending freely on the modernization and expansion.
of plants which arc so vital to our growth. It would suggest
we nrcn't boosting our exports on the ft-ale we must if we
are to earn as much abroad as we spend abro:i and thus be
able to erase the dangerous deficit O r-ur international ac
counts.
Getting back to the fascinating qu
advance, it was born In February 1061
is Into Its 15th month of life. o
There have been 26 previous cycles of npansion since
1854, but includ'J in lhs) 26 are the four great, prolonged
upswings of war'.ime (the Civil War, World War I and II
and the Korean War). Since these iffstort the figures, here's
the piclureowithout them.
The average life of 22 peacetime cycles of advance from
1854 to 1961 was 26 nftnths.
The average life of eigh, peacetime cycles of expansion
from 1919 to 1961 was 28 months.
Thejworagc life of three peacetime cycles of prosper Ay
from l!H5 to 1961 was 32 months.
Now that we're Into the 15th month of this evele, lhc
tion of the life of this
neeanannwiqiwpill" fl
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lifetime left doesn't appear long at nil. Also, expansion pc- tTUxjJiii'-fl ' V
riods have been growing shorter since World War II. The BJjp3w! iV,fJ
1945-48 expansion lasted 37 months; the 1054-57 expansion t-' J i "'"PH'V , t "V S
sted 25 months. I t 75 r
ing we are the BS iufvVl V
iciety we have PiW'W'e'M''
lasted 35 months; the 1958-60 expansion lasted
No. it is not good enough - and assum
masters not tne slaves 01 the economic socio
created, it is up to us to make it better.
We finally conquered the depression 1930s. We finally
iSve conquered the inflation 1940s and 1930s. Now, we must
conquer the sluggish 1960s and turn this into the soaring
decade it was supposed to be.
?!
(RcpubTiijn)
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