THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
SAWN SHOOK INDUSTRY
Robert L. Ferral, box factory
manager of the McCloud River
Lumber Co., McCloud, California,
presided at the June meeting of
the Pacific Coast Division of the
National Association of Wooden
Box Manufacturers at San Fran
cisco, California. He was elected
president of the association. In
his opening address he said.
“The importance of associa
tion work in the sawn box shook
field to the lumber industry
cannot be overestimated. Many
of us in the past felt that the box
plant was but a small factor in
the lumber industry, something
of a convenience, in fact, but
tolerated because it absorbed a
certain amount of material for
which there was no other outlet.
“During the past 35 years I
have been manufacturing boxes
and naturally observed the mar
ket trend of box shook and other
lumber products. What I want
to impress upon you is the fact
that during this time I have no
ticed recurring periods of keen
demand for uppers, shop and
boards, naturally at prices which
proved attractive, to be followed
by a period of building stagna
tion. In contrast, the demand for
box shook has kept a relatively
even keel.
“While at frequent intervals
we find housing more or less ade
quate, affording a poor market
for building material, there is a
constant and ever increasing de
mand for foodstuff and boxes
for their transportation.
“It is true that for lack of
concerted effort we have allowed
one of our most important shook
outlets—cannery cases—t o be
appropriated manufacturers of
substitute containers. We did not
feel this loss so Keenly for the
reason that the use of boxes ana
crates for shipment of fruits and
vegetables increased in propor
tion to our loss in cannery case
footage. The fruit and vegetable
shook business is our last stand,
and it is today threatened to
such a serious extent that the
very existence of our industry
is. at stake.
“Only united action, from
which is purged all individual
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