Paj?e Eitfht
T H & L U M BR 11 L 0 G U E
Lumber Expert Makes Plea
For Greater Use Of Short
Lengths In U. S. Building
(The following is reprinted from the article in the
Tiniberman, written by Edward M. Davis of the U. S.
Forest Products Laboratory of Madison, Wise.)
In sawing the maximum amount of lumber from the
log, short lengths are unavoidably produced party ow ing
to the taper of the log and more largely on account
of the practice of trimming out serious defects in the
lumber in order to raise the grade. The manufacturer
must, of course, secure a certain return from the product
of the log or go bankrupt. There are two alternatives.
The larger the proportion of the log sold, the longer
will be the life of his investment in mill and timber. The
smaller the proportion sold, the larger must be his return
per thousand feet.
Broadly, (hen, ii av.mld scorn ih
(he Interests of all parties deman.l
(ho marketing and use of shorts,
net It Is not uncommon to find
.-h ut s or material from which shorts
such as Ceiling and partitions, 11
& M, :m;l tiding, and for that roa
sca special attention has been ilvcn
to such items. Useful and sue
eould ho nwdo going t. waste or gestlve data have been collected on
being sold under circumstance; that products such as refrigerators, ready,
uro nine 'uener man a neau iosjCut buildings, and auto export box
industrial consumers buy S6.2 perjCSt wi.ii:h usa arg0 proportions of
cent of their lumber requirements I workei lumber, and it is thought
that no important outlel has been
overlooked.
The survey of the industrial uses
lor short lengths which Ihe For
est Products Laboratory has eon
ducted involves a study Of the em-
ID (Jug lcngtns, whereas 49 per
cent of It is actually used in lengths
under eight feet.
The problem -of shirt, lengths is u
complex one, hm solution is of ba
sic imporlun.-o to tho milling indus
try. It was for tome time a subject
of ineffectual discussions at mcei-
iugs of the trade in connection with!
ine stanoarairauon movement. Ha
ally, In 1924, the Interests concern
ed decided that the question cou! 1
never be settled except tlmu;:i u
technical Investigation, and tie For
est Products Laboratory was asked
to make the necessary studies.
Joint Propcrt Undertaken
This project, however, seemed too
(oo large for (he funds available at
the Laboratory, and consequently
the Held -was divided the Depart
ment of Commerce taking up the
study of construction uses, the Cen
tral Committee on Lumber Stand
ards, representel by Arthur Upsi?..
taking up (he production phase, and
(he Forest Products Laboratory un
dertaking a survey of the uses of
shorts in the wood-fabricating indus
tries. In May 192S, reports of all
three Inrestigattons oyere presented
ounts of sof(woods used vearlv, the
(distribution ofMbo softwoods anions
I'fe various items, the cutting sizes.
species, and grades demanded, and
the present and potential consump
tion of short lengths for IS indus
tries using S5S million test of soft
woods yearly exclusive of box and
crate lumber. In additioa, less de
tailed data arc offered on 13 other
industries -consuming several bil
lion feet yearly, and on (ha use 210
million feet in non-twocd, industrial
production.
The SSSxmillion feet used by the
wood fsjbricatt'Og indus(ries proper
that are covered in thi3 survey con
stitutes 4.5 per cent of the total
annual production of softwood yard
lumber, ex-oluding box grades, and
it constitutes 56 per cent of all
softwood lumber used in the manu
facture of wooden factory products
exclusive of boxes and 'omtoa, tnll-
worK, and railway cars. It is ex-
Vigilantes
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lo (he General Standardization Con- pected tnat a Bovcraineutai";-bu!lc:
ierence or tne lumber industry atjc3Tertag the studles will borfub
Washingtpn... D. c. The Central Usned in the near future. Meau.
Committee: has requested the vari-1 wane some of the salient features
ous branches nf the trado to co- j are presented here in summary and
operate In considering tho reports, j tubular form. Much of tho infor
and recommendations for final at tmation consists of figures which may,
Horn are scheduled for the next c on-j very conveniently be condensed an.f
ference, about May. 192S. Toe I tabulated. Table I shows details
present article is a brief review of pertaining to the 19 wood-using in
bhe Forest Products Laboratory's Idustries principally considered. Table
study of the soort-length problem in deals wi(h (he 13 additional
from the one important angle of in- j wooden products to which incidont
dustrlal uses. igj attention was given in the--studies.
The shorts (lengths under eight Controlling Production
feet) which are most difficult to, Before considering the problem
market are those in worked items. J from the special point of view of in-
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1014 Main St. Klamath Falls
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These three youthful "vigilantes
Vincent Calvert. IS (above), John
Kyla'nd. 18 (center), nnd Ben Wil
liams. 22 (above) are being held on
first decree murder charges at
Birmingham. Ala. Thoy didn't lik
a young man who was courting Ity
land's sister so they fired a shot at
.kn auto in which they" believed the
.eouplo was riding. It proved to bo
'-.janother car nnd the shot kilted
- .Agnes Lorraino Creel, a six-months-old
baby. Calvert, a minister's sou
-T- admits firing- the ahoL
cases. Without greater caiv In those
particulars, pnoduciion ot i lorenvod
volumes Ot randomlcncihs s'.iortrt is
no more likely lo bring lucrative re
turns limn ut present, nnd Ihe In
dustry cannot roaiouuMy oxpeel to
luciease tho sale of such shorts In
any great measure.
This study has revealed many In
stances that Offer encouraging evi
dence of what may lie done In Iho
utlllration of s'wtrts. It will be un
derstood that conditions vary great
ly between KOUlunitng plaints, even
in the name Industry, thai Iho tees
ibllity of Using short lengths will , lie
determined by balancing tne proa
and cons of each Individual case,
and that prke and availability will
be be Iho final determine, t'ac'rs.
Some general considerations mill
tatlng for or against the Rale and
use ot shorts aruyproaQulotl In the
following paragraphs, it Is looped
that they will servo nunc or less as
a guide to lumber producers lit
forming Uheir selling poll les with
respect to short lengths. It. proper
effort the present unsatisfactory sit
uation can be greatly relieved.
Consuuilnf Oouditlons
In plants nvhero shorts are used
lo the best advantage, the following
conditions arc usually found to pie
vail:
1. Production lg on a quantity
basis, or the products reiualu stand
ard from year to year.
2. A few cutting sixes aru uswd In
relatively large volume
J. Shorts aro pur.'iasecl In car
load lots. .
4. Shorts are purchased in speci
fied lengths and bundled to facili
tate bundling.
Some condltjoua. mllltatliut
against the purthlise of short
lengths by tho wood-using Industries
are: . 't
1. Frequent lack of a reliable
source of supply. Consumer! would
often be more favorable Inclined to
ward use .f shorts If it wero not
for the frequent difficulty of secur
ing reasoibly prompt shipments of
unifriu quality. Producers on ttelr
part ate hampered In selling slrorts
by aa unruliubltx murker.
2. Pa I fare of sumo manufacturers
to offer 'sh oris' In Hie mos'i accept
able forms. Shorts in exact lengths
(corresponding to rutting efatot us
ed) or multiples, and usually bund
led, arc strong fuvorltes with con
sumers. Such material Is preferred
to loose random lengths, since waste
Is practically eliminate! and handl
ing costs reduced.
GROW TIMBER
IS TIE ADVICE OF
LUMBER CHIEF
Growth of New Timber Vit
al to Continuance of
Industry
CONDITIONS ARE TOLD
Situation in WashiuKton it
Held Serious Unless
Action is Taken
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dustrlai outlets, however, it is well
"lQ'"donsider f:r a moment tie pri
mary Imparlance of controlling the
production of shorts. Speclflcall:'.
the conditions of production couid
be measeirobly improved by the ex
tension ct milling practices such as
the following:
1. Surfacing the piece and, when
necessary, trimming out defects be
fore maching to pattern, shorts as
produced would be square edged and
subsequent machining to any desire !
pattern, and would therefore pos
sess a wider range of possible uses.
This method requires one additional
machining . operation, but certain
companies now following It arc con
vinced t-'iat is pays,
2. End matching of softwood
flooding and other large Items. Al
though tills is not a new Idea, It is
seldom carried inM a.ctipn eyes jHb
flooring. A eoiisislent eito&s! -on ot
the practice of end matching, not
only to flooring, but. to felling. par;
tition, and c nr."' form lumber as
well, would tend to make short
lengths in those Items more prac
tical for the building trade which
is and will remain for a long time
to come the biggest outlet for lum
'ber of ail sorts.
Salesmanship Required
it cannot be expected that an Im
mediate and complete solution even
of (he industrial aspec( of (he prob
lem will resull from the mere fact
that a study has been made. W'hile
(he evidence concerning use of
Hhorls slrongly indicates that rarely
Is (he point ut saturation closely
approached, the present markets can
lie expanded only by diligent effort,
It will generally be the manufactur
er's or large distributor's raspoasi
bility to "J'iV the consumer on ttne
Idea of purchasing his material in
Short lengths. Witih most wooden
products shorn lengths have already
een ti k i bitten .enough to prove
(hat wit lilii' tho noccssary Individual
-limitations their use Is fcoti'a prac
tical and advantageous. It only re
i mains to bring ,abotIl a fuller dc
Ivolopmcnt of these luses,
Such a development will inevit
ably require greater refinement of
manufacture at the samnilll in fan
Ihe greater production of ready cut
stock. The strong profcrence of tho
wo'odus'nc industries for such stock
is Indicated by the 'fact that 85 a
per cent of all HliorU purchased are
bought cut to tho size desired anil
frequently to special sizes. An In
creased saio of rfioi ls. (hereforc, In
volvos specialization of sales forces
and gwater attention lo Individual
LUMBER RATE
TO BE FOUGHT
S.VX jrilAlJciSCO. Lumber In
terests of goathern California came
to.r;.-i;is yestfjtday ilth the Pacifi
Northwest lumbermen on tic ques
tion of freight rales. The battle
was precipitated by tho application
of the Los Angeles Lumber Pro
ducta oompany for a rehearing by
the state railroad commission of I;
application several months ago for
ifrelght rate adjustments on lum
oer snipped from San I'cdro to
points in southern California. The
commission ca June 15 last ordered
certain rate adjustments on peti
tion of the Los AngcleM Lumber
Products company, but the reJuc
(Ions did; not satisfy the Los An
geles company, and a rehearing was
I asked. Argument on tie application
for a rehearing will be continued
Lumber companies with mills at
Madera, Plncdale and Mer-cd Fails
aro Joining with tho Los Angeles
Lumber products company In an ef
fort to bring about further rcduc
llons In frelghl rales on lumber
shipped out of San Pedro and from
Central und Souther California mills.
The move Is strenuously opp-sed by
lumber lnteres(' f the Pacific
Northwest,
Oregon and Washington 111111110.--men
argued that there la little com
peUUoit betweeen tho j)liie and fir
lumber of Lie X ir(hwes( and (ho
spruce and hemlock lumber of" Cali
fornia, as Ihe different kinds ol
lumber are used fop different pur
poses. The only Item lhat a, mid
bo appreciably affected by further
rite cutjfflgp California, they said,
Would ho -box sliooks, which aro
tflnnufnetwed from varjous lumbers.
Lbgs Cut Out
SEATTLE, Wash. The Everett
Logging company, operating on the
tCulallp Indian reservation nenr
Marlsplelle, WaehlngtoB, will cut out
In December of this year or January
next at Ihe latest. It Is reported?
This will mean the end of the In
dian timber In lhat section nnd will
round out over six yoars operations
of this company. The concern was
originally started by fjeOrga It'r
clone) .Miller ami ihe Hartleys,
.Miller selling out -it few years back,
since which time the management
lias bono In the hands of T. J. Malt
ley or Everett. Louis Pierson Is the
present itupbrlntuhflSUt,
For a Quartet of a century wo
have talked about reforestation
puiely from a sentimental or con
servative standpoint. We have
Stressed Hie vanishing fores! nnd
(he effect of a lumber shortage on
the nation. We have railed atten
tion to the tremendous Wgfte of
logging. While this publicity and
propaganda has not been without
1 1 it value, yet Hie problem, like ev
ery other. Is largely 1111 economic
one. I'liueces-'ary waste there inav
be in some operations, but Ihe ex
ploitation of a resource Is ofte.l
necessarily wasteful simply because
only a part of the material can be
profitably utlliied. A plentiful tup
ply of cheap lumber lias been of
untold benefit lu the development
of a new country, but with (he
rdvent of permanent construction
our former heavy lumber conuump-'
Hon Is ubt essential as Is evidenced
by the much smaller per capita con
sumption of (he older rouulrlcu.
Cheap lumber has been one of (h
factors permitting the rapid devel
opment of (he coun(ry. bu( cheap
lumber nnd growing timber us a
business are economically Incom
patible. The lime has come when, If we
aro 10 accomplish nnythlni: In re
placing our ylrgin forests, we must
look upon Umber growing purely as
a business. The nation can uffor 1
to support great ureas of forests
for stream control, for recreational
purposes, or as a regulator of a
snsfnlned lumber production. The
state with Its lauds donated by tho
government ran handle them re
gardless of Immedlntn financial
utieHtlona, but if the private owner
1-4 to devote lands to timber grow
ing the common essentials of good
business tnuet ho met and Hie vn(
returns must Justify Iho Investment
and carrying costs.
Tin- Lumber Industry
The first thing to be done In any
business proposal is to take an In
ventory of Ihe capital assets. Limit
ing our figures to tho state of Wash
ington, let us lake up first Ihe lum
ber Industry.
For many years Washington lias
stood first among all Iho states of
tho Union In lumber production. Its
annual cct of more than seven billion
feet wouid build n plank road three
Inches thick and is feet wide extend
ing around the earth at the equator.
It would load a solid freight train
of more than 280,000 cars, extend
ing from Paget Sound to oust of
Chicago. Each year's cu( would build
a city of average size residences num
bering more than half a million nnd
housing two and ono half million
people. Over 800 plants aro employ
ing directly more than 125,000 men
and the valun of tho annual product
Is mora than 200 million dollars. Our
lumber payroll Is more than 05 per
cohl of (he endre industrial payroll
of the state, and If you look away
the lumber Industry, most of the
other Industries would be without
a market for their products.
The next factor in tills Inventory
would be the limber situation. From
the best evidence obtainable, there
still remains virgin stundlng timber
to Hie amount of 889 billion feet
board measure. Through lumbering
nnd fire we are depleting more than
200,000 acres annually, or l.ti per
cent of our acreage. However, wo
are cutting t!io better lands first
and are yearly harvesting practically
2.5 per cent of our standing timber
supplies. Maintaining the present cut.
to the end, which of course, Is nil
tnposslblo condition, we have a pre
sent life of the Industry of something
like 10 years. Ilegardless of whether
the above figures are accurate, (he
fact eorlainly remains (hat If our
lumber industry is to ba extended
beyond the supplies of present stand
ing timber, measures must be taken
Inwards limber growing without any
loss of time.- Frank II. Lamb In
rhe Tiniberman.
Heriick Lumber Co.
to Open Pine Mill
at Burns in 1926
Wednesday, October 21. 11)25 '
Lumbermen Sue
King County for
Flood Damages
sFATTi.K. The North BtWl
Lumber company, twice dnfeatud In
its claims for 3!ID,000 tlnmuKeu
trpm tho city of Heatllo for pro
perty losses suffered lu (ho ID IN
lloxley canyon flood, linn filed a
I1KN1 . Ore. Definite plain have
been made for (ho atari of milling
operations at 1 turn h October 1, 1112(1,
It was announced tills morning by
.lumen W, (llrnrd, vice president und
general manager of the Fred Her
iick, Lumber company. In charge at MMjon In superior court unking lliut
operation! at Durne, Olrard was in 'the third contest bo held uuisldi
nond today on hli way to liurs from I Klhl pounw
Portland, where he'wai tor the put TftO flood In tiq practically de
VfBg, I alloyed tho compiiny'ii plain nnd vll-
Tho HorrlOk mill, for which a pond lf0, The company contended Hint
lit now being excavated, will bo a c flood wtiH obliged by the city's
practical duplication of the origin- ''"'a Of prooniitlonii lu building tho
al lliookM - Scanlon mill II In llond. ! 1 ' '"' llv"'' "'" ""' -11 ""ci
uiinounces (llrnrd. It will bw a I j tftlli atlrlbutlng the flood (o swol-
mlll with three baud sawn. A Iiii'ih
crew of workers In excavating for
the mill pond nnd relocating the
highway. Water for tho mill pond
will bo Impounded from a group of
springs known as tho warm springs.
All work preparatory lo tho con
struction of the mill Ih progrcHulUB
very favorably, eayi Hlraril.
Contract Is Let
BBIXINOHAUi Waahi - - Tho Pa
cific Cuasl Paper mills has let a con
tract for the foundation of (he 175,
000 factory It will build here ami on
October 12 will open bids for the
factory building. M x 85 fool.
leu spring! anil ntreiimii oil Wulh-
iii, -ton mountain.
Shevlin Gets Tract
l'OKTLAND. The tihovjln- lllx
on Lumber Co., Head, Ore., w,u
successful bidder oil 42,050,000
board toot Kif ptue and vtlivr spoalca
of Umber In the Ucnciiitisj NatloUnl
fortetg bids which wore opened ro
i cutty at the Portland forest office
The winning bids worv $11.50 per
tboiinuiul for pine, and $1 for Other
petilee.
He-ad Bucket- Killed
MHI.U.N'lillA.M Wu. Lars A.
two stories high. Hie company.. , r, hWlt lbr ,
plant will have a dally output of alxj ,,,,,, ,,,,,.,, .ltlMior mill, at
tons und will be operating about . cjmp, ipu fatally crushed
January i, ivae, ino company piaus.
Ui lllnghiilii lumbermen Interested In
the company are J. J. Donovan, Qoo,
Christie and William Mcl'usb.
To Sell Timber
CF.NTltAI.IA. Wash. Timber on
three tracts of state lauil lu Lewis
county will be sold at aucHuu on
November 2 at the court house In
OhOhaltl under the direction of the
slate land commissioner's office. One
tract is appraised a( JU5. 698, 20, an
other al $11,229, and (he third at
$2,116.
October 5. r.neu he was struck by
a tree, He dbvl vu route to a
1IcI1!iik3iuiii hoipltnl. The accident
ii i'h met when a falling tree slruok
a bellow . elar. throwing It where
Haugea believed lilmsi'lf to bo In
c lafc pla Haugen came from
Norxay last April
Buys Timber Tract
POIITLANP The .Mount Emily
I. umbel' Co.. La lrnnd, Ore., him
bought 22.000,0011 feet or yellow
pine" 250,000 feet of bdge ptolo
plhe and an uinestlmaled am. Mint of
oilier limber In the Umatilla Nation
al forest. The limber Is Incited on
Five Point creek. The price paid
Vu8 $2.76 a thousand for yel
low and lodgo pole pine and 50
cents for diner species.
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New Humbird Camp
SANDPOINT, Ida. Camp No. 10,
of the Humbird Lumber Oo. In be
ing mloved from Naples, where Iho
nt lias 1 n completed, bo a plane
three miles ifrom Olagslone. Tho
lamp will be operated all winter, It
Is reported, acid will begin In tho
im.v location as noon as Ihe old
tamp and macks have been lorn up.
About 120 mag will be employed.
John palmer Is camp foreman.
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