Rapid turnover ' i the secret of a rsfne :ora successful lumber business

URNOVER is just as vital a matter in the lumber business as it is in any other form of merchandising. If you cany big stocks of more or less staple items, and even small stocks of the items seldom called for, you are defeating quick turnover and jeopardizing your business.

Many Southern California lumber merchants are doing a big and successful business by carrying the very minimum amount of stock. Then when a big order comes in they call on the Hammond reserve. That's good business-and the very slight difierence in the margin of profit is only a smallfraction of the gain in gross earnings due to rapid turnover.

We wiII be glad to talft it over with you at your convenience--and to futnish convincing figures as to the value of this method of speeding up turnover