ffisjlanatlon of Market Divisions. 2heir Purpose and 

 Basis. Progress in Obtaining Average Selling Prices. 

 Obstacles. Plains, .for .How I-'orests can Help. 



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Basis. Progress in Obtaini 

 Obstacles. Plains, .for . 



G. Stowoll Smith. 



MITH: 



Some time ago the District forest or put it up to 



our ox lice to obtain the value of rough limber f.o."b. oars 

 on the main line nearest to the operation in various marlret 

 unite - determined on the basis of competitive fr eight rates. 



To had a conference in the 3an Joaquin Valley which 

 fov.r or five of the operators clown thore attendee!. 5? hey all 

 agreed to give us access to their boo"':s at regular intervals. 



On the basis of this assurance wo planned to got 

 the information. ; .7e made the State u_. into mar_:et units, 

 and smarted out for the information* Hot one of the opera- 

 tors came through. On one preteixt or another they refrjBT>d 

 to let us have a looli at thoir boolis. A few of the operat- 

 ors in the Horjhem part of the State wero less suspicious; 

 . two gave UG access *to their boor:s and the third gave us the 

 figures, supposedly from tho bool.s. Our man b'/ the aid of a 

 slide rule checked the operators 1 figures osei his shoulder 

 and found them about & off all the \'izj t'.iroiigh. By mailing 

 the proper allov/ance for pro;;-er calculation therefore, v;o got 

 cor re ct f i gui e s . 



?irst, I may say, the main object in getting these 

 figures was to furnish a basis for readjustment for all long 



term sales. Second, was to furnish a basis for setting 



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