Lumber

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Part of The American Chamber of Commerce Journal

Title: Lumber
Creator: De Ocampo, Pacifico
Language: English
Year: 1954
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Fulltext: Meanwhile, efforts are being made to reconcile differ ences between labor and management and to standardize wages on a mutually satisfactory basis as a prelude to the insertion of a “non-strike” clause or agreement, possibly to be incorporated in the projected Subsidy Bill itself. If successful, this clause alone would do much for the gold mines because industrial peace is an absolute requisite to efficient operation. No attempt will be made here to predict the outcome of these efforts other than to express confidence that ulti mately the mining industry will be aided. Whether the type and amount will represent a mere “transfusion” to prolong the life of the patient, or whether it will be substantial enough actually save the patient, is the alternative which the Presidential Commission, and ultimately Congress, will determine. Preliminarily, it appears that the subsidy may be sufficient merely to keep existing mines going, but insuffi cient to attract other gold producers into the production stage. To put it briefly, the proposed subsidy of Pl 10.00 per ounce for refined gold (approximately P 109.00 for bullion) will barely keep going the mines in operation, while (in my opinion) nothing below Pl20.00 per ounce will attract ne'w capital to the gold industry, even in mines already developed and needing only a little more capital to definitely get into production. BASE METAL PRODUCTION IN THE PHILIPPINES Calendar Year 1953 Name of Company Consolidated Mines (a)............. Acoje Mining (b)........................ Dinagat Mines (b)...................... Luzon Stev. Chromite (b)........ Zambales Chromite (b)............. Mayon Mining (b)...................... Lepanto Consolidated (c)......... Mindanao Mother Lode (d) .. . San Mauricio (e)......................... United Paracale (f)...................... Hixbar Gold Mining (g)........... Looc Lead-Silver Mines (b) . . San Mauricio (e)......................... Surigao Consolidated (i)........... United Paracale (f)..................... San Mauricio (e)......................... Surigao Consolidated (i)........... Philippine Iron Mines (j)......... Samar Mining (j)........................ Marinduque Iroh Mines (j) . . Baybay Manganese (k)............. Cia Minera de Filipinas (k) . . . General Base Metals (k)........... Luzon Base Metals (k)............. Luzon Stev. Manganese (k) . .. Misamis Or. Manganese (k). . . oTga^FreighlTser^rice^k^. . TOTALS Quantity Value in in M.T. Pesos 468,549 P14.056.470 75,200 4,910,970 697 57,349 7,258 471,620 3,188 146,522 2,198 184,632 12,233 14,270,092 218 280, * 607 163 202,073 11 13,337 90 135,802 3 1,503 827 489,'730 1,591 871,117 13 7,137 406 216,404 341 194,569 724;983 14,516,809 286,869 5,094,932 206,012 3,630,936 1,723 142,664 802 67,360 13,281 744,705 330 28,127 935 76368 233 10,599 2,000 185,100 1,680 139,232 524 20,908 P14.056.470 488,’541 5,771,093 12,715 14,901,911 2,434 1,369,487 747 410,973 1,217,864 23,242,677 21,508 1,415,063 NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTION Calendar Year 1953 Product Quantity Value—P Clay Products: (pieces) Pottery (jars, pots, stoves, etc.)................ 1,124,292 P 172,910 Bricks.................................................................. 265,200 34,024 Tiles...................................................................... 1,360,000 272,500 Paints (white clay, ochre, etc.) M.T......... 603 34,494 Building Stones (adobe, coral blocks, lime stone blocks, etc.) pcs................................ 223,215 146,156 Marble Products" Finished Products (Sq.M.)..................... 1,516) Unfinished Products (Cu.M.)................. 432) 162,467 Limestone Products (M.T.) Cement manufacture (lime and lime stone rocksb)................................................ 282,385 461,061 Agricultural lime (fertilizer)0...................... 907 13,596 Industrial lime (glassware, rubber products, sugar, mining, etc.jd.............. 9,390 657,247 Building construction lime (slaked lime, quick lime)|d................................................ 2,486 124,278 Other uses of lime........................................... 6,'800 287,614 Lime from shells (M.T.)................................... 1,045 45,713 Guano (M.T.)....................................................... 640 27,583 Sulfur (M.T.)....................................................... 1,976 92,836 Salt from sea water (ca vanes) e...................... 954,753 1,909,506 Rock salt............................................................... 1,236 4,945 Sand and gravel (cu.m.).................................... 1,013,729 3,302,141 Crushed rock (cu.m.).......................................... 41,830 221,304 Silica sand (M.T.).............................................. 24,451 302,574 Total.............................. .................................................. P8,272,949 ■—Figures taken from Cebu Portland Cement Co. and Marble Corp, of the Philippines. b—Figures taken from Cebu Portland Cement Co. and Rizal Cement Co. c—Figures taken from Ipo Lime and Marble Corp, of the Philippines, d—Figures taken from lime manufacturing companies. e—20 cavanes equivalent to one metric ton. —Compiled in the Mining and Metallurgical Division from the reports of Municipal Treasurers of the Philippines and/or other producers. Prepared by Consorcio G. Roa, Mining Engineer, F.k,....., * 2 MO Lumber By Pacifico de Ocampo Secretary- Treasurer Philippine Lumber Producers * Association, Inc. DURING the month under review, January, 1954, the Philippines exported 44,951,793 bd. ft. of logs and lumber, 5,024,784 bd. ft. less than the preceding month. This big decrease was mainly due to the decline in the shipment of logs to Japan, from 41,834,287 bd. ft. in December, 1953, to 37,521,182 bd. ft. in January, 1954, or a decrease of 4,313,105 bd. ft. The exports to the United States decreased by 198,428 bd. ft., from 5,575,345 bd. ft. in December, 1953, to 5,376,917 bd. ft. in January, 1954. Exports to all other countries decreased by 480,160 bd. ft., from 2,533,854 bd. ft. in December, 1953, to 2,053,694 bd. ft. in January, 1954. The following are the quantities of logs and lumber in bd. ft. inspected for export during December, 1953, as released by the Bureau of Forestry. Volume in Board Feet Shipper Destination Lumber Logs Aguinaldo Development Co.. ... Japan 999,991 Agusan Timber Corp................ Japan 1,300,000 American Rubber Co................ Japan 600,007 Anakan U. S. A. 250,000 Lumber Co.............................. Japan 2,820,000 Basilan U. S. A. 549,371 389,318 Lumber Hongkong 44,671 Co........................................... Japan 2,599,635 Bislig Bay Lumber Co., Inc... . Japan 5,579,964 Brigido R. Valencia.................. Japan 687,727 Cipriano Luna Lumber Enterprises........................................... Japan 599,550 Dee Cho Lumber Co................ . U. S. A. 28,000 East Mindanao Lumber Co.. ., Japan 350,000 Edward L. Kincaid...................... . U. S. A. 100,290 Extensive Enterprises Corp... . Japan 1,451,665 F. E. Zuellig, Inc......................... . U. S. A. 82,665 Findlay Millar Okinawa 320,000 Timber Co................................ Japan 2,462,638 102 March, 1954 __________ AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL_______________________ 103 General Enterprises, Inc.................................................. Getz Bros, flc Co............................. G. S. Manalac Enterprises......... Hercules Lumber Co., Inc.......... Iligan Lumber Co., Inc................ Insular Lumber Com pany ..................................... Johnston Lumber Co., Inc.......... Lanao Timber Mills, Inc............. Luis J. Reyes.................................. Mambulao Lumber Co................. Mariano R. Lacson........................ Martha Lumber Mill................................................ Misamis Lumber Co., Inc........... Nasipit Lumber Co., Inc......................................... North Star Lumber Co................ Ralph W. Dempsey...................... Sanchez Logging Co...................... Sta. Clara Lumber Co., Inc......................................... Sta. Cecilia Sawmills, Inc............ Serra & Co........................................ Standard Sawmill Co.................... Taggat Sawmill.............................. Co., Inc......................................... Tirador Lumber Co....................... Valderrama Lumber Manufac turer .............................................. Visayan Sawmill........................... U. S. A. 20,000 Japan 1,312,783 Formosa 664,089 Japan 800,000 Japan 2,499,999 Japan 512,614 U. S. A. 790,259 Africa 501,740 Iraq 36,745 Hawaii 129,570 Japan 1,262,861 Japan 700,075 U. S. A. 23,566 Formosa 163,536 Japan 460,012 U. S. A. 550,000 Japan 1,396,219 Japan 520,947 U. S. A. 215,325 549,997 Japan 948,722 U. S. A. 84,326 U. S. A. 120,083 Japan 999,908 U. S. A. 5,479 719,257 Japan 650,000 Spain 12 396 Formosa 122,975 Japan 2,400,000 U. S. A. 137,919 Hawaii 69,960 Japan U.S.A. Japan Resume of Exports to: West Basilan Timber, Inc.......... Western Mindanao Lumber Co., Inc....................................... Woodworks, Incorp..................... Japan U. S. A. Japan . U. S. A. 37,134 563,123 500,000 110,195 1,405,721 TOTALS............................... 3,752,346 41,199,447 Japan............................................ United States.............................. Other countries........................... Totals................................... Lumber Lo^s Total (Bd.Ft.) (Bd.Ft.) (Bd.Ft.) — 37,521,182 37,521,182 2,649,648 2,727,269 5,376,917 1,102,698 950,996 2,053,694 3,752,346 41,199,447 44,951,793 Arrivals of logs and lumber in Manila during the month under review, aggregating 9,856,585 bd. ft., a decrease of 785,281 bd. ft. as compared to arrivals during the previous month of 10,641,866 bd. ft. During the month under review, January, 1954, there was practically no change in the price level of lumber in the local wholesale trade as compared to the previous mqnth at P175-P185 for white lauan and apitong; and P195P215 for red lauaji. npHE new Administration has shown serious earnestness A in acquainting itself with the problems of the lumber 50,610 industry. Through the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural 1,200445 Resources, Dr. Salvador Araneta, the producers were able COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF EXPORTS MADE TO DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES DUR ING THE MONTHS OF DECEMBER, 1953, AND JANUARY, 1954 Lumber iin Board Feet Logs in Board Feet Period Western States Eastern States Gulf States All Others Total Western States States Gulf States All Others Total Total * December, 1953............. January, 1954................. 2,247,119 1,873,606 932,239 507,832 50,000 25,463 92 242,747 3,453,450 2,649,648 1,298,848 1,074,251 350,793 183,761 750,000 472,254 719,257 2,121,895 2,727,269 5,575,345 5,376,917 Difference (Increased +; Decrease—) 597,513— 424,407— 24,537— 242,655 + 803,802— 224,597— 167,032— 750,000 + 247,003 + 505.374 + 198,428—