THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST 
MORE TIMBER! 
T O the Pacific Northwest, then, America now 
turns for the product that is the mainstay of her 
progress. Here, in the years just ahead, must develop 
the nation’s primary source of timber. It is a tremen¬ 
dous responsibility. But the Pacific Northwest can 
shoulder it—is shouldering it. 
M me timber, and still more timber! The demand 
ccnms from every industry, from every country. The 
vast amounts used in former years are not enough now. 
Supplies must be increased. We are in a great “building 
boom.” New construction has not kept pace with 
demand since the war and we must make up lost 
time. The present shortage of dwellings is estimated at 
more than a million. 
And the normal building rate, as well as other 
demands, must increase with the rapidly growing popu¬ 
lation. Four hundred thousand houses a year will not 
be enough. The 150,000,000 mark in population will 
be reached, the best authorities agree, by 1950. If per 
capita consumption should not increase we would then 
require a third more timber every year. In the past, 
lumber consumption throughout the world has doubled 
about every 50 years. 
In spite of the greater use of wood substitutes, the 
tendency of requirements for timber to increase instead 
of diminish is world-wide. This is illustrated by the 
growth in consumption of the nations which are advanc- 
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