Show lU LUMBER BER MillS MAY A Y SHUT SHUTDOWN DOWN Commerce Official Says Says Market Market Is Glutted Look to Orient Orien t SEATTLE Wash Oct By l-By 21 ByThe The Tho Associated Press Suspension Press coon of operations In many Wash Wash- Washington Washington ington lumber camps and mills was predicted here her Wednesday night by Frank H II Lamb of ot Ko- Ko HO president of the th Washing Wl Washington Washing Washington ton state chamber of ot comm commerce Tho The only reason reason that a number ot of companies haven't closed their plants already is that It means a tremendous loss to do so he said mid caught between the up w-iper w per and nether millstone s Wash Wash- Washington Washington ington produces entirely too much lumber for the th good of ot the mar mar- market market ket and as a result none of the companies Is making any money They simply limply cant can't keep running at lit a loss It Is I Impossible to gt get the th lum- lum lum lumber ber her operators together to agree ona ona on a curtailment A movement of this kind has ha been under way for tor a Il year but It always alwa's falls fails fail As soon as there thero Is a curtailment and the market stiffens away they go again whooping It up for greater production Now ow the h eastern faras states arc re Just about built up as s far far as they are aro going for tor a while and California Is Js In the same way The only good market left Is I the th ori- ori orient ori orl orient ent I |