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SELLING LUMBER 



A Question 

 for the 

 Commission 



The Cost 

 of Resawing 

 Lumber 



Mr. Nelson : I think we are wasting our breath over this mat- 

 ter, because it is a matter for the commission to answer, and it 

 doesn't make any difference what we say here ; it doesn't make any 

 difference to the commission. 



The Chairman : You understand the reason it was brought 

 up? Mr. Snell wanted to know what the salesmen thought of the 

 proposition. 



Mr. Nelson: I think the noise they made this morning is 

 sufficient to show how they feel about it. (Laughter.) 



Mr. Seidel: I want to say, from the standpoint of a retailer 

 in a big city, that I know you can't make any money out of transit 

 cars. The men that sell in St. Louis and sell to me know that I 

 have always been against the buying of transit cars. I like to get 

 what I buy, and I buy in time enough to get the stuff from the mill. 

 There are times like there were last fall when you get caught up 

 occasionally and need some cars, and then I buy under protest. I 

 want to say that the thing that Captain White brought out, if you can 

 control that, you would never have to worry about your transit cars. 

 Ordinarily speaking, I would say I can't make any money on transit 

 car shipment. We have our troubles in cutting, even from the best 

 of the concerns which are in thorough organization. We have re- 

 jections out of those cars, in spite of all we can do; and really I 

 don't like to have a mill invest our surplus account or our treasury 

 account in stuff they ship, instead of letting me decide that question. 

 I put my money in stuff that I want. For that reason I can't use 

 any transit cars, and our company buys very few. I don't think 

 that we buy ten transit cars in a year (applause). 



Mr. Willhite : I think, in protection to the salesman, when the 

 operators get their stock in such shape that they can give immediate 

 service to the salesmen it will be one of the most vital points against 

 the transit car that can be made. 



The Chairman : Gentlemen, is there any other discussion ? I 

 think Mr. Weiss is still in the audience ; if any of you have any 

 questions you desire to ask him about the paper he read this morn- 

 ing or the line of thought he brought out, I am sure he would be 

 glad to answer you gentlemen, here is a question to start you on : 

 "What does it cost to re-saw lumber?" 



Mr. Boykin : It costs forty-six cents to re-saw ; forty-six cents 

 per thousand feet. 



