Which Is It?

The other day the "California Lumber Merchant,'got two Ietters in the same mail, one from a well known re_ tailer, and the other from a prominent sawmill man. Both were discussions of conditions surrounding the lumber in_ dustry, both in dead earnest, but they tickled us because they expressed utter divergence of opinion upon the same subject.

The dealer, in closing his letter, said:-

"There was a time when the yards held trumps, but those good old days are gone, and the mills have us sawed to pieces,-yes, rip-sawed, gang-sawed, and cut-off.,,

The manufacturer said:-

"You have been going after the retail dealers and you have helped them. Now I want you to train your biggest guns on the manufacturers for a while, and see if you can,t blow them into splinters. The latter-day lumberman is a price peddler and an order taker. Try to convince each manufacturer that his competitor is just about as smart as he is, and that the dealers have been making d-d fools of them a long time, and you lvill have done a good work.,,

So there you are ! The dealer says the mill has the dealer grabbed, and the mill man says that the dealer has been making a fool of the manufacturer all the time. Ii it possible that BOTH ARE RIGHT?

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