ECONOMIC - TIMBER INDUSTRY

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• Sequence Number: 138
• Publication Date: January 21, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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$UdJECT Bomaeic d Timbor indu~trp
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
Y. A. Papas
tlu ~9hti plea tas arLL7 68 peraemt oompleted is this respect. The total inarws
DNt rssalts vacs abteSued b7 the G1,?walagdakamiles trusts (Main Admin-
I~ssr~ cost of the tsusto d the Glawoetlse (Idsin AdminlstratSen aF
bopt~~ '3`3aIDaa' 1(aoegns,an9 ea8 Floatage of the ~a1s, Gar' key en6 Yiras dbleste ),
6ai2sA ttis plea. Mast dstiaisat is the ehipoeat of timber rare trwte end anter-
prilN d tic lttmletriae a? the Timb~Yr ia3uatry RSFl~;, Helaa'ueaien 8~t and
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8-80 tractors: In the same year 226 kllomeL?rs of atlir'row-gauge railroad track
were laid, and 66 iocomc+?,.r, ~sr?i 1 , 30G .rn1::.r .:wi :::a~ ~ ucre actiuired.
1Msahaati>Led ,logging. and atswing by electric save t/itb 8ob11e el+;~ctsio paver
atatiens rae begltn in 19136. Thougaatdg of electric saws aad hundrods of mobile
elbatric pover ertatleans are now in operatia~n,
9.?ha rase of logging. equipa3ant balcaaglcg to the Ministry of the Timber iaduetxy
nro/ oeraeede the level oY ttie last pa?ewer Sear.
The planned mecb~nit34:ioa of timber shipment was fv1%_11ed 100.3 per.etat.
The Sailors of trncteu^e atad narrovagauge rai.Lroade to fill the quotas far hauling Kas
canlpetasated by ttvck delivery .
~taaasaYully completing L1ie annual p]an for meahanixatian of hauling rare
the tgusts o2 the Glav?osteibdal.~lee (Maier Administration of Lo'ggiaag of E?et
gibeis?in aril 'the Per Mast) by 137 I)erclfRl't, the tdin4rtrioe of tho Timber 7nduetry
~~~~ b7 173'peFosxtt, the Aelo?~uneian S&tt Sy 113 Percemmt, .sad the 1381
by l0~' parasnt;. ATao exoebdissq the plrua for maehauizatlcm of timber hauling rero
the ~larlsskhia Brad tho Ministries oY Timber industry of the Iat$ian, %ithuanian
and't44 ~t!6.'
d?. 'Plis~.iW3aring table eboere the.. ni!erage yAar]y haulixag far aaxe uait of `.hs
type c~ aquip~at indicated (in outiio meters):
u8a 11?~wmlt
1940
1
94
.
5
1946
TsaoY~^
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5,570
3,9^,0
3,610
L
a
ti
2s35o
2,300
3,130
o
aaa
ss
Oth
a_6,k7o
20,200
10,330
er rsil assns (sotovoz)
13,210
20,450
11,600
waft hams sad vegan
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1x69
480
(hauling and
~Blhg tb thn,.6[inlStry)
delivery)
~'1'bs best ntilisntian of traotare ]n 1946 xne achieved by the Severolea (lfartharn
Yiabet i'rust?) rhiah turned in an annual haul for each tractor of 5,700 cubic
aflilQ'i, sad bT 'Rba ~3IAYAOlovd nlrctmll aw .A.i rvh t,...t.a. L Ann ....L._ ___ _
4he ~ct:rsst ues of traatars were by enterprises^od' the~Glawoscuibdnl'les with i:vr.
2,5Jo aabic arrters, the f3laevoetles with 2,250 aubia motere and tha F[iuietry of
the Tiabsr tadnet.'y of tho RBFBR rith 2,250 cubic meters.
fis31 shins the standard for haulingg by traak, wore the tnetn of the
(i],analcMdoioasilM with 4,390 aubia meters, the Glavtapeiblee with 4,080 cubic
asters aamd the 1!lhistry of the Timber IaP,vstry r3elorueeian Sit rich 4,510 cubic
asters. Heittgiog up the rear were the enterprises of the (ilavvoeteibdal'lee rich
2,920 sad. ?tas serelo-f'1>onish 8ffii with 1,!,`90 aubic maters hauled by 4x~tok.
a+axlitlg and dslive=y by dre;it horse range3 from 271 cubic meters (Ministry ~f
the' ?9abs7' Eadustry Qln with 58.:9 percent, the Kann
the Severn-zeigednly bdsin wYth 24 ~8 perccv;?, a+~d the Onega bdain
t
1
,
, percen
with 31,.
?vith 66.7.;pan?oemt. The amount of mechanised a~eea+bly of Ioga will reach 51.4
t
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iona .
ee'total gathering opara
~aoM+nt of t
e aumbeQ? of ~r,~~ambaate and launches beloaiging to the Mirietlrg?e
A lar
g
fleet, li~tare, .emohore '(yakoraitey) au3 beirges, rafting. marhiaee, leading
ormnos ~d,,olerntare vi1Z be in 'operation.
' :'h:, praduotivity of'labar? in 19k7 ehasl,d be 23 percent higher than the
1846 gt^ees produotica, and i8 pe~oent higher in procoRS.xng. 'lke produgtivity of
lebtre' 3a loggia6.iei to increase 23 a$ p?soemt, i-:., daliaery 19 Percent, in hauling
Caaeidereble laoreaee Sn vagee of lat~orer:~ sad skilled workers, the,intro-
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bauiu laoreeses sad other types cf incentives preside effe!oti-e mesons far
oberp7a iaareea+Sng the pacoduotivity oY labor ,
8evia6 sad 1ii]11ag
'A~e year 1946 vas a year of technioel caa-vereivn ?t entarpriees to peace-
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iv1lilled 1946 pl.anaed gross produotiaa 305 percent, but this emoucted +.o amly
~. reSlavina table share the fu"tfillment of "?.Y.~+ 19~sb P1~ ~ filed prices
b7 teriops b~ohee of the industry, eRpreeeed in r~zea va.~uoe;
a-~it+?met.t
Iadye .SFeraemt) ~~oa .,o...... _ ~~-mac
Ida' ffi]ling 102.9 77.1
li~toh 87.9 133.8
iioi-d ye-..p oheaietry 113.5 lol~ .2
7~atber Msohlas-ffidg 12G .4 110.2
8nbeidieay gtarpriees 119.9 --~1-'8
Total for llfg Paemohes i0a.4 83.3
~caais rev ~;....,,..~...,, .,. .,.__-~ ~ ---- - -
19i-Ss tLe p~ vas lulfillod only far ecsee products. naua,g which vas the output
of epawle (katnsblca).
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Sawing sad lumber m1113ng enterprises adapted and resumed produ,tic?r cf wore
the 80 articles, though this aieithar eahaueted cha pxudu;,cSva capacity of the
pleats nor met the eror-increeaiag s.~ede of the national eccato~.
The basic ta,etore adversely affecting lumbar milling Indus+,riea is 1946 were;
(1) unesti~fncttiry su7p]y of raw mata~rials during the first half year to malty
smrmilka o!' the Glavleedrev (emirs 14dm1saistrativn oaf Timber and lumbar Millingt),
131.ay~petadxerprom'(Main Admiaistratias of Special Equipment far the Lumber. Mi113ng
Iadustry t)j ~rsd at the Severolee~ (2) irregular deltvary of earn lags to the.
plaa'$s r$loh depend ~ ether plants far t'.eir sax dogs; and d3) Lack of etrtct
spamializ+xtigm of lumber milling pleats and shape !a tlse rnstpat of specific
t81oea of pradacts. All.ocatiagn af' orders far Nood prodvcte thfe year gill be
ohaug~+d to oorrect tLie situation. Gau.ses of lost time on o?:rriatee ~r?;:ftla," the
s~abls ho&ilsr which brings the log across the sari bled e? xare as follgwa: in-
eutfioient et~+em and power 21,5 percent, labor shortage it pex~t?ent, lack of rev
&at~iala 13.3 gerceont, ehortoomis~ge of equipment and ai:r,7dgnts, 23.7 percent, ate.
Thence were particsti.tr'ly henvy demands in 1946 for highgrade lumbar far
m4t}hina'building sad xa4lroed oar bul3ding? The plenrad delivery oP high?Reade
lumD~ to e~rioultural anahae.bulldinP, plants was fulfilled by the Ministxy 132.2
pst`4,nt, to the auttmAbile industry 63 pernent nud far rai.lroa? car plants, 134
A`. "
'ffie.~4erprgee:of the G3avleedrev, the Dal'drov (far Fs.3t Lumber MSLing
Trastt~ thm PosteAiidrev,` (Kest 8iberiah L~maber ladling Truett), the Erasdrev
(Ek'esnc?dt'sk %umber ldill:ing Truett) and ~agaibdrev (Meat Slher:.an Lumber Milling
T~et t) sasoaasatully aoa-pleted the :annual plan. for gs"ose production, lumber
and besio mamsfeatured ertioles, although the peuluctive eapaoity of these snter-
priseo vas not mcxe thew half used beoausa of lack of raw materials. The Miaie~y
labor taros a~ careful provisiase for pmror economy sad t,sohnical camtrol of
agniDaremt
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artioloe of coniferous end deoiduaue stocks. Bent articles far the-traa~rportwead
4Yaraitu7re 3ndustbies, oontcliner produation,ead civiliaxe !~onstrtlotior, shoald be
produced eaa a Broad industrial. basis.
anpa?i.ty ae seas as passible. ?- - _--- -_-- o - __--- .,._,.~ ,,.,
ordindrJ ommex~ted p~ywoad Dtsaeiderably lowered the 3tacuiards oP quality which the
iadurtry mad mainte.isted th~ra~aghout the war .
:The o~agiderable out in the msxaulaDture oP expensive types of eviatiorl ply-
Dsooxattpe ply7ror~d, turr}xt7;re part?, pIywoal pypp end boned are eti11 not is
,smss protllEa4lon. 4PeeW pr?duote of t'ae plryroood ialdrstry ere not being adequately
need.
8raduotlon at p2;ynrood iu 1947 is to exceed that nP ly~xG by 5~~5 percent.
l'ke-huge pragsam,3aoludes maiu.>g:osdloary Demented plywood of deeiduoue sad
ocniteroac otool~, 'but the L+-dustry moat also speed up the c+utput of special
tapN Of fytmiture, dry and wet packing, ehipbuildir~3, light induetry~eto.
tarniture
T1liber Jadaetry IIltrainian 888 aROesdod the oniwel plan I.9,6 percent, Latvian 8611
fox' a lsrgar variety of prodnots was not met.
~i'he furniture enterprises of the Ftiaietry u1 the Timber Industry ABF3Et
fn]f1i:uA 1:.r .~.w~u7 .. efn !, . ~a at. n_~_ ..,.
... ___ ~ -^- _. :`-~ y~ ., ...a. uva..u ..voiou u.u. ~y.j jlVt'VOLL4 auQ tills
Atraitnu~e produotlm In 1946 7-aa Bauble that of 1945, but the strong demsad
lllraitura faotorios asde wore than 3,000 appaintmen*,e for of$toee, da,^mita~riea,
es~llasis v bei'ors ~-toe production of standard 1llrnitus9 far the people. Help
mate~ialr, glue, uphoLtaay tabria, varnish, fumiahinge. tools end rl~wood.
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The pima for eztraDtion of soft resin was fulfilled g5.r percent and
txaaaepaa?tetioh of sett resin 109.:4 perrent; rnitp+xt of ~o1.o~hr?t?y !n2 3 peroent,
aesotlo eaAd 87.3 l1erceat, tarmalin 98.4, percent, sestets aol:nnts 120.4 pofaoat.
Ctkfer valuable oheagical? produced wore sestets of soda, varioue?tare, methyl
elogholr -itlotatia?t oil (tiotamaela): sad ethers .
3'he,8ydva Wood Futp Chemistry Conbiae, the Asitriyevskiy, Vakhtffia, Vetluga,
and Qarlki~r Wood Pulp Chemistry Plante performed well in 1945. Transcarpathiaa
eatelrprtpoa,`tuifillod the p].ati satiatactorily.
7a 1947 .the uoo3 pulp ehealetry industry moat incr~-.sea 4he fated-price value
oflts 8rodstcticm 20.4 percent over 19~+b.
Parioky at products srgil also iacreas?> the Povobe2.it:akiy Plant hoe begun
outgnst.ot 5 sulatina board; th? iAeha, $yava, Vetluga and Vakstan Pleats are
tvid+i~aiag thq rariagt? of their produote. The Morshansk Wool Pulp Chemistry
Bi-ohlao-~alldiag Pleat t-111, be put isle operatioci.
The.axtrnotaep, tranepart end storage of soft resin moat be improved and
lessee of tliie vtay valuable mmtorial cut doxn.
The volume C~1' pv?odu~te from the wood Pulp chi:-iSetry eu#erprises of the
l~Auidtry ;of Tuber 7aduetry Et,~oruaeian 9ffi2 must be sharply increased .
AOoohiii? 1!uidisu~t
..The ~terpriees cf :.he C11av1.aacmekhanixatsie flzltilled the 194: plan ZOo?
psr0eat,'and in oaetparieoa with T945 iro?eaeed tY-e 6utput 110.2 percent.
TAsR IdainaYiy and dvardlovek ?Xr~nte adopted mesa production of electrio
asap and mobile eleatrio power plants. The Soetroma Marine Meche.n:;.al Plant Se
ba;ldiag a aer type of powerhsl. tov..tuge. :'he Samberka Pleat ie putting oat
flat oars tar aarrav-gacgs railroads. Ths Braeuoyarek Pleat Sa produoing gee
geeurator mica, timber enpparty for narroM-gauge railroads,, :~.l:l other equ"_yment.
Ths plants at the (ilavleoomel~eaizateia sad the G2avepetedrevpram are pro-
duoiaa far the timber industry over. 30 iteab in ehert supply. and are the 6?ie
prodaoere oi! aa~e of tlxess items.
The 1947 p'.,aa inoludee fur'Mher growth of machine-l:u]lding far the 1?amber
SLduatry is aaDh l:lncs ae seer tugs, tie-nutting machines, pvl.leye with TAr,;~:ozble
wheel fox slap pith the ChTZ treaters, Dotting Dhnins far elxtric save, lunulsig
ar'anp end others. Ths E~amayarek Maahiaery pleat la ]:o produce ate first bull-
dosera dstriug 194r .
The fatal grove produotiai of Limber indu[,trF oarhins building will exceed
is stns the level of lg5o.
The folloriry table gives data un tLe prodcctivity -+? later ]n factory and
plant brmolwa c,S the liia'.stry oY the Timber Industry U:3S'F't (Unite: rabl.e vs2us
::a~:xuc Pee' s-arleeri:
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~'hs a9?~ oeipitel outlay :plea wee fulf"illsd 1Q3 ~~' percet~t9 but the nigh aoet
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