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Show CANADA BEATS II. S. IN SPRUCE PRODUCTION PORTLAND, Ore. Aug 2?. Long before the United States spruce pro duction corporation, headed by Brida-diei Brida-diei General Brice P. Disque had arrived ar-rived at production of actual airplane stock, British Columbia loggers and mills were producing airplane spruce for the imperial munitions board 1p quantity eclipsing the, output of Oregon Ore-gon and Washincton combined, though tho Industry in the Canadian provision but one tenth as large. This was iho testimony given at the first Tort land session of the congressional committee on spruce investigation by Frank R. Tendleton of Everett. Wash. I The testimony of Pendleton shared shar-ed In public interest with the an-nounconient an-nounconient that Brice P. Disque,! 'former brigadier conerai. commander of tho spruce division and president of I the spruce production corporation had 'arrived from New York to make personal per-sonal reply to the flood of adverse testimony tes-timony auainsi his administration. Pendleton's testimony disclosed that British Columbia loggers and lumbermen lumber-men there worked to such effect ihat 26,500,000 feet of accepted airplane stock were shipped drring the period from March, 191$, to the close of No-v No-v mber. Spruce production figures of Ore gon and Washington gio a lotal of 143.000.000 feet of spruce lumber, not i all of which would be accepted stock j The witness testified the proportion would approximate fifteen per eont of I accepted airplane stoek. an approximate approxi-mate total of 2-1.450,000 feet of spruce fit for airplane construction Tomorrow the members of the congressional con-gressional committee will leae for Lincoln county, Orenon, where ihey will pend two days in an Inspection of the spruce railroads as well as the $1,000,000 government mill at Toledo. on |