Show HOW LUMBER IS WASTED Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover urges uries lumber dealers and the public to do their part In inU U ng Khurt length lumber lu tuber which bleb today loday Is Js more or less wasted In building and COD construction l as In nearly every branch of oC oth other er lr lumber consuming industries there Is a definite use for tor turn lum lumber her ber of short length Secretary slat states s At present holt t lengths length are liTe seldom purchased Its as such uch but are cut from front loni long lengths at the tho point of consumption leav teat leaving ing a large ll re quantity of t abort holt 1 length lumber of oC good goud q quality quIlty un nit nn utilized at the Ihl Ike mill mills Till Titis c con con constitute n a serious waste of oC o tal- tal val valuable al raw rail material the tho prevention of which Is of oC equal Iqual interest to lor manufacturers distributors and consumers The Tiie welfare of the nation ac ac- ac according ac cording to Secretary Hoover Is Isto to 10 a large lare extent cJe dependent on the perpetuation of ot our fOI Esla The use Of f short hoit lengths leng wherever pra practicable will lull leden te l I e drain on our timber resources effect a sav lav lug ing In iq the cost of or lumber to the consumer and bring ua u ia one step closer to lo commercial 1 through more mole efficient utilization of oC the ra raw IV material m It Is pointed out that the United States and Canada are the only countries where short length len lh lum lumber ber her Is la not readily merchandised for or building and construction pur pilI- Dose pur-Dose poses Hundreds of oC thousands of oC small homes 5 and ami farm faInt structures structure are ala built 1 In 1 the United states Slates every enry E year and whoever in tn their construction long lone lengths of or lum lum- lumber lum- lum lumber lumber ber are used are used when hen sh short rt lengths would serve the pUI pose just ns as well the I Is waste wasIl The custom of demanding long lengths originated In the tho thoda's days das when ben the need eed for tor husband husband- husband ing lug the forest products was 0 less apparent than titan it Is Js tOlla today But Dut those times haTe hare missed and anil whit them must go the tho habits unlimited supply created for tOI this wasteful practice Is putting put ting a tinS ting a strain straIn on our forests that unless stopped led wili 1 eventually lend to the he mince price of ot lon long length and so to Increase con cou con costs to all builders Thirty eight billion feet ot of soft soft- softwood softwood wood lumber were produced in the United States in 1925 This out out- output output put could have havo been Increased ohe without the felling ot of o tnt au additional tree IrEe or 01 the Investment O of an additional dollar III mill mille e it if lumber In lengths or of otless than titan f S feet feel had bad been In wider demand One factor actor representing a sub suI substantial saving saving to the consumer Is based upon the general practice or of mills throughout the United States StalEs to quote short lengths length 15 I to 15 5 per cent below the prIces asked for tor standard lengths of equal grade grad 1 The rhe production of o short lengths In saw aw and milli is Js as In- In In Inevitable evitable as the PIOl production of oC saw saw- sawdust sawdust sawdust dust sh shavings or bark bark In the cx- cx ex expansion of or the demand for tor this lumber often lumber often the finest clear wood In the log lies log lies econ econ- economy econ econ- economy economy omy for the logger the millman a and d th consumer Expressing the opinion that util- util util utilization of oC short lengths Is as much a public obligation salt as It Is Isa Isa isa a business expedient Secretary urges every agency from logger to consumer to do its part partIn partIn partIn In making the information known regarding the great economy con con- conservation conservation and anti efficiency which will result from torn using short len length lh lumber that is less than thant thanS S 8 feet felt long |