Lumber review

Title

Lumber review

Creator

Fischer, Arthur F.

Language

English

Year

1936

Rights

In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

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38 THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL February, 1936 Here’s how to get Manilas! LUMBER REVIEW By ARTHUR F. FISCHER Director, Bureau of Forestry Long Filler Cigars in cellophane are obtain - able in your ci t y < nearby! I Demand in the United States during November lined relatively acTwo developments his market during month may be of •est to local pro fs, viz.: reduction of R. R. freight rates from the Southwest to the North and East in the United States, with similar reductions to other parts of the coun try impending; and the new trade agreement between the I nited States and Canada reducing the tariff on lumber imported from the latter country. What effect, if any, the above developments will have on Philippine lumber exports remains to be seen. There seems to be a tendency among local pro ducers to minimize, the importance of the above developments in view of the fact that lauans do not compete directly with pine and other soft wood lumber. At the present time local ex porters are more concerned about the proposed increase of conference rates between the Philip pines and the United States, which would mean, if realized, an increase on the freight of Philipline lumber shipped to the west coast of the 'nited States of at least P2.00 per M. board Spain..................... Portuguese Africa. New Zealand....... Italy...................... Dutch Hast Indies Germany.............. Guam.................... Sweden................. 276 Total................. 9,922,024 P 372,305 Destination 1934 Board Feet CustomsDeclared Japan........................ 8,675,888 1* 151,437 United States.......... 2,424,432 172,074 C’liina........................ 1,599,752 39,156 Great Britain.......... 370,152 35,803 British Africa.......... 287,472 22,039 Australia................... 657,624 49,485 Singapore................. Hongkong................. 2,968 151 Spain......................... 424 50 Portuguese Africa... 72,080 3,821 New Zealand........... 35,192 2,709 Italy.......................... 15,264 1,232 Dutch East Indies.. 14,840 1,980 Germany.................. 12,296 1,223 Guam........................ 5,512 798 Sweden..................... 4,664 546 Manila Genuine List of Distribut ors furn i shed 15 Williams Total.. ............. 14,178,560 P 482,504 Note:—‘This represents mostly solid log scale, that is, 424 board feet to a cubic meter. For .'J) Mills for the month of November Lumber Deliveries from Month Mills 1935 1934 November. Month ........ 19,370,536 14,187,954 Lumber Inventory 1935 1934 November. Month ... 39,380,043 35,109,704 Mill Production 1935 1934 November. 19,053,126 15,111,516 Note:—Board Feet should be used. Basic Is Practical (Continued from page 27) C. A. Bond Philippine Tobacco Agent: Street, New York City Collector of Internal Revenue | Manila, P. I. MANILA S made under sanitary conditions will satisfy your taste I (Health Bulletin No. 28) Rules and Regulations for the Sanitary Control of the Factories of Tobacco Products. “Section 15. Insanitary Acts—No person engaged in the handling, preparation, processing, manufacture, or packing of tobacco product or supervising such employment, shall perform, cause,-permit, or suffer to be permitted, any insanitary act during such employment, nor shall any such person touch or contaminate any tobacco products with filthy hands or permit the same to be brought into contact with the tongue or lips, or use saliva, impure water, or other unwholesome substances as a moist ening agent * ,....". A decline of 16% over last month was regis tered of the lumber and timber exports to Japan. This is considered, however, merely temporary— it was mainly due to unusual rainfall during the month which made logging difficult. Other important foreign outlets for Philippine lumber and timber during the month under review were: China, Great Britain, British Africa and Australia. Consumption in China aggregated 1,327,120 board feet, of which 259,064 board feet were in the form of timber, com pared with only 36,464 board feet shipped to that market in October. This big rise in con sumption is a reflection of a feeling of greater confidence in China following the nationaliza tion of silver in that country. Steady ship ments were made to Great Britain and British Africa. A decline was registered on lumber and timber exports to Australia compared with No vember of last year. This, however, was offset by the large shipment to that country the previous month. It has been reported that there is a growing market for Philippine woods in Aus tralia and all that is necessary is a bit of trade expansion propaganda and care in inspection. Demand in the local markets has kept up .... fairly well. Prices tend to be firm with upward him, it is tendency in view of the approach of the dry —1 ........ season. Mill production during the month was lumber sawn c™ ...„ ,.......- -----.-----15,111,5’6 board feet in November, 1934, or an increase of 26%. Lumber deliveries from the mills exceeded production by 1.6%. The following statements show the lumber and timber exports, by countries, and the mill pro duction and lumber inventories L,. the ?..e;;th of November, 1935, as compared with the cor responding month of the previous year: month of care taken of them on the ship, they ship for the use of the persons journeying with him, it is a good thing to have a private store, which you may make use of from time to time. It is necessary, for example, to have some good n.. -vatcr js frequently you will not be able to keep it good. In addi tion, it is necessary to take with you good tea, coffee, chocolate, the sort of wine most pleasing to your taste, apple alcohol, dry fruits, nuts, unu me mm pio- sugar, capillaire, * acid fruits, rum, eggs in oil, -s for the month tinned soup, bread twice-cooked. As for fowls, ■ ’ ’ it is very little use to take any with you, if you do not undertake the work of giving them food and getting them fat yourself. With the little v.,.., Ukcr. of tl-.cr.'. t!-= —ip, they are almost all unhealthy and as hard as leather. ‘‘All sailors are of the opinion that fowls have no idea when they have had enough water, and that, when water is freely given them, they generally put an end to themselves by taking overmuch. This opinion has been handed down from the time when there was little water and when it was necessary to take great care of it, and the outcome is that they give them water only every two days and even then in small amounts. They put this water into vessels sloping down on one side, which makes it go to (Please turn to page 4t) production UUIJllg, V11V IHVIILII XV 10 ...........x •e were 19.053,126 board feet of water, because the ships water is frequent during the period compared with bad. But you will have to put it into bottles 1 r X • X'.......____ 1AO1 u-ill kn ukln t.n lrnon it Wind. In ftdc I.umber and Timber Exports for the 1935 Destination Japan.............. United States. China.............. Great Britain. British Africa. Australia......... Singapore........ Hongkong....... CustomsDeclared Value ‘5,415,752 1► 85,824 2,421,888 181,539 1,327,120 58,019 243,376 18,058 319,272 18,832 152,640 4,574 26,288 4,410 12,296 773 IN RESPONDING TO ADVERTISEMENTS PLEASE MENTION THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL

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