State Association Takes Stand on Lien Law Fight

The following is taken from the last bulletin from the San Francisco offices of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association.

"Propaganda is being widely spread with the avorved purpose of doing away with the Mechanics' Lien Larv of California. This propaganda, it is said, is backed by the General Contractors Association and it is reported also by certain insurance companies, which hope to secure business writing contractors bonds if the material dealers protection under the lien law can be abrogated. The general contractors do not state that they rvant to monopolize the contracting business, but they claim that there are too manv irresponsible contractors, while material men are accused of loose business methods, lack of organization and extending credits without question, figuring on the Lien Law as a Collection Agency; they also blame the Lien Larv for shoddy work in building construction.

"Materialmen and lumbermen of the State do belong to Credit Associations and utilize this important service aird in many instances the Credit Association is the agency that invokes the protection of the Lien Law in safeguarding and carrying on its functions.

"The majority of material dealers and lumbermen do not want to lose the benefits of the protection that the Lien Law affords. and laborers, mechanics and the smaller contractors are asking 'what are you going to give us as a substitute if you take away the Lien Law?'

"This subject was considered at the meeting of the Board of Directors of this Association at Santa Cruz on

August 23rd, and it was concluded that building operatio.ns ."'-oild be very much restricted and credits very much disturbed b1' legislation adverse to the Lien Larv, rrhich -norv protects'meJhanics, laborers and materialmen. Decision ivas reached that the Lien Larv should be retained as a credit safeguard and the Board authorized the -appoint- ment of a Legislative Committee to handle the details of a preliminary-campaign and to function also during the .oinitrg ....ion of'thE Legislatu-re- The Board also offers th'is Association and itJstafi for serviceas the medium to handle the campaign in defense of the Lien l-aw in behatf of other organi"izations rvhich may endorse this position."

SAN FRANCISCO IMPORT 'SHIPUENTS FOR AUGUST SHOW SLIGHT DECLINE

Lumber ihip-.ttt. into San Francisco for the month of n"er"it ". .o-p"t.d to the month of Jrrly shorved a slight decfine. The figures for the month of August a-re: from the California Coast Ports and the interior of the state' t,$0p00 feet and from Washington and -Oregon Ports 43,177,m feet, making a total for the month of August ot tt'ffl'm t;t"t;,n of July the figures show that from the California Coast Port-s "ttd Ittt.t-ior shipments rvere 7,780.000 feet and from Washington and Oregon Ports 47,276,ffi feet, making a total of 55,056,000 fee-t.- ^ - - Th;r; ng-,tt.t shorv a difierence of 4,O49,000 feet in favor of July over August.

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A Chinese Application For A Position

A Chinese newspaper contains the following advertise_ ment for work:

"Sir-I am Wang. I can drive a typewriter with good noise and my English is great. My last job has left ilself from me for the good reason that the large man is tlead. ft was on account of no fault of mine. So. honorable, sirs, what about it? If f can be of big use to you, I will arrive on some date that you should guess."

Life

To the preacher, life's a sermon, To the joker, life's ra jest To the miser, life is moneyr To the loafer. life is rest.

To the lawyer, life is trial, To the poet, life's a song, To lthe doctor, life's a patient, That needs treatment right along.

To the soldier, life's a battle. To the teacher, Iife's a school, Life's a great thing to a thinker, But a failure, to a fool.

Life is just a lo,ng vacation

To the man \iho loves to work. But it's constant dodging duty, To the everlasting shirk.

To the faithful earnest worker, Life's a story ever new, Life is what we try to make it, Friends-what is life to you?

-(From a Rotary Magazine.)

HOW HE CAME TO PRE,ACH

The old darkey was working hard, under a hot sun, in a Georgia cotton patch. One day he straightened up pain_ fully from his picking, and exclaimed: "De cotton am so grassy; de sun am so hot; mah pore ole back dun ache so much; dat Ah believes dis colo'ed man am called to preach, Oh Lawd.',

Starting's the Thing

Mechanical engineers tell us that it takes just six times as much power to start a flywheel in motion from inertia. as it does to keep it turning after it has started. In other words, it takes just one-sixth as much effort to keep it going after it does get started, and each time you start a job, and then stop to rest a bit before starting again, it takes that six times effort over again.

When you are tempted to slacken your efforts just be_ cause things are not coming your way, remember the flywheel.

A Fine Quartette

A little bit of QUALITY

Will always make 'em smile; A little bit of couRTEsY

Will bring 'em in a mile; A little bit of FRIENDLINESS

Will tickle 'em 'tis plainAnd a little bit of SERVICE

Will bring 'em back again.

V. G. FLOORING