Show Timber Operators Meet With Leaders Leaders' In Washington Timber harvesters from Utah met Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day with Congressman Gunn McKay in Washington D. D C C. C to protest Forest Service Service Service Ser Ser- vice pricing policies which h they say could drive them out of business II TWO YEARS ago said Art Lynn of Dinosaur Timber Corp in Vernal we were paying between two and five dollars per thousand board feet of lumber lumber lum lum- ber from the Forest Service This year the stumpage price for the same amount of timber is between 90 and In Utah this price will place the costs beyond the earnings After meeting with the six representatives representatives representatives of the Utah industry four from Vernal and two from Kamas McKay said the problem m deserved the immedIate immediate immediate attention on of the Forest Service THE STANDARD Forest Service practice practice practice pra pra- of setting an an index for a given area aiea has broken down this year McKay said They have classed the dense high- high quality timber stands of the Northwest with those in Utah and the conditions are are vastly different The Northwest can live under the price increases ses because of their volume and the economies of their increased production tion But in Utah these Increases are over overwhelming h and could crush the thein- thein in in- MckAY MakAY EXPLAINED that th the peculiar timber limber situation in Utah Utah called caned for a av variance v from the Forest Service pricing index Ut Utah h timber is sparse old old- and not nearly as high quality a as that from the Northwest Northwest McKay said Rut But ut at atthe atthe the right price i it ft is is economic t to harvest harves harvest har har- ves vest and nd can provide jobs throughout the state The six timber representatives t tives employ some some people When you consider the secondary effects of tl this s labor force the impact in Utah is very significant II h McKay said he would me meet t with the group group and Deputy Forest Service Chief Rex to to attempt to resolve the problem THE UTAH delegation met with congressional congressional congressional con con- gressional representatives Monday and with the Chief of ofUS US U.S. Forests on Tues Tues- day Those attending e id ilg from Vernal Vern l besides Art Lynn were were Leo H H. Crofts Crofts' Roger RogerH H Hacking and William E E. E Sweeney K Ken n Hadlock of San Antonio Texas Ward Bleazard Kamas pd Dale Dal Lea Leavett vett also ma made e up the d delegations legations |