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1 car-%" FAS PTAIN WHITE OAK

3cars-3/a" FAS PLAIN WHITE OAK

3 cars-4/4" FAS PLAIN RED OAK

I Measure the 0penings Says the Rite-Grade Inspector

Lecause of the fact that the covering capacity' as well as the grade, of all RITE-GRADE INSPECTED shingles is guaranteed.

If the openings in a bunch of shingles are too large the ltringles will ,not cover the area they strdirta and the-builders estimates will fall short on shingle requirements.

In order to prevent wasting timber the majority of red cedar srrringles are cut in random widths. Of course it is ignpossirble to pack such shingles in solid courses without opcnings. Therefore our grading rules allow an average of l/z inches to tlte course for openings.

It is a part of my work to see that bunches of shingles bearing ttre "Rite-Grade Inspected" trade*ar[ do not ;ontain openings larger than this standard. If examination of a bunch shows the openings to be close to the danger line I spread the entire bunch out on a flat surface and nreasure ttre lineal inches of actual shingles.

And anothcr point rcgarding opcning,s is ttrat it is unncccssarv to have morc-than ono opcning to a coursc of sliingtes. Wc rcquire shingle packers in Rite-Grade mills to adhcrc to this rulc.

Whilc ttrc rnatter of covering capacity of RITEGRADES is an irnportant Part of my work it is only one of many elcments of my inspccdon routirrc. Nothing is ovcrlooled that will protect the purchasers of shinghs bearing the RITE-GRADE INSPECTED trademark

RITEGRADE SHINGTE ASSOCIATION

Hcnry Building, Scattlc, Wash.

(Latest isssue of the "Oracle." Very clever circuhr issued occurionally by the Lumber Associatian of Son Francisco.)

llhe Onaale

speaks every once in a while to and for those lumbermen who are vitally concerned with the development and betterment of the lumber business in 'San Francisco

Today, the Onde, rpeaking through Albfie tEYt-

"Treat 'em rough," he declarcd.

I was talking with an exccutive who is bombared by men, mostly salcgmen looking for an opening in his very large organiaztion. I had remarked that I had infinitc sympathy with any wortrhy worker looking for a iob. As I knew that, at heart, thig man is all right, I expressed aetonishment. Then he explaincd.

Yeq I trcat 'em rough, I do it purposely. To more than half of the fellowe who come looking for a job I reply that I am far too bury to waste time talking to "fellows like you who can't hold a ob and who go around four-flushing." Would you belicve that ttrat dispoacs of a very large percentage of these jobseekersl

Why do I do itl Simple enough, I figurc that thc most important thing in the world with a aaleeman ig to icll himgelf. I mcan that therc is nothing more important to him when hc ir out of a job than to land another connection. You know-as well as I do that a salesman in my linc of business gcts turned down vcry, very often. If he ie eaeily turned down and can't Put up a good fight for busnees he's no good to us.

So, when a jobsecker pute his tail betwccn hia legs and sneaLs out through t{rc door when I give him that kind of a rcccption I ,rcasoD out Ihat, if he won't stick up for himsclf and fight likc blazcg to get the ibb he has ,comc aftcr, then hc won't put up much of a fight when he gcts out to aell -for me. And, of courEer I don't want to waste any time witfi such a wcak cister.

But, when I uge such language to a fellow who knows he is not a four'flusher and that hc amounts to sometfiing, he jumps on me right away quick. I have had some of thcm actually- iump "f fth.it chair and challenge me to call thcm a four-ftusher again. Whencver a man showe this fighting spirit I conclude that when he goes after rc-mcth-ini he stands a pr€tt!' good- chancc of gctting iibcforc he quits. So I imrned-iately come iff *y high horse and tell him that I am rcadv to talk turkey to him, man to man fashion.