Vagabond Editorials

(Continued from Page 6) leads him still she follows; useless each without the other." If they use their brains it will be that way in time with the truck and the railroad, each filling the spot for which it is best fitted in solving our transportation problems, "useless each without the other." Why not? t**

Lots of nice letters from sound men came in reply to my declaration in this column last issue that from now on business men must get into politics, because now business IS politics. All approving, and agreeing; agreeing that we're going to have to organize and defend our jobs, our businesses, and our rights. Shaking a pink-eyed bulldog loose from his grip is a picnic compared with shaking a gang of little men loose from big jobs.

GUESS wHo SAID ilr l, uo not want to tive under a Philanthropy. I do not want to be taken care of by the Government either directly or through any instruments by which the Government is acting. I will not live under trustees if I can help it, no matter how wise, how patriotic those trustees may be. I have never heard of any group of men in whose hands I am willing to lodge the liberties of America in trust."

No, it wasn't Herbert ;"";"r:or Chairman Ftetcher, or any of them durned Republicans. It was Woodrow Wilson, war time President of these United States, who uttered that remark. A more general distribution of that sentiment right now wouldn't do any harm.

Paint Helpr Prevent Fire

Paint is definitely a recognized factor in fire prevention. The National Board of Fire Underwriters, in its official publication, "Safeguarding America Against F'ire," has published an article entitled "Protecting Property With Paint," in rvhich it emphasizes the value of the Clean Up and Paint Up Campaign in fire prevention with the following statement:

"The fire insurance industry is particularly interested in the value of paint from the fire protection standpoint. Unprotected rvood has a tendency to weather and dry out until it becomes like tinder. Paint, however, keeps wood in good condition, so that a wooden building, painted, is less likely to take fire than one that is unpainted. Another important point is, that in order to paint, it is first necessary to clean up, thus eliminating the hazard of accumulated refuse."

AND GUESS WHO SAID THIS: "I accuse the present administration of being the greatest spending administration in peace times, in all our history, one that has piled bureaus on bureaus, commission on commission, and has failed to anticipate the dire needs of reduced earning power of the people." Another knocker of the Roosevelt administration, you think? Nay, nay, Pauline! It was said by Franklin Roosevelt himself when he -was running for office in 1932.

Reminds me of during the World was presented by good story that was told so much g soldier leaving for France with a small picture of herself, and he that come what promised while saying farewell always carry her picture right c it tenderly in his the and the lady was y she 3sksfl-"find where is my it?" "Did I keep it? I'll say I did !" said ng man. And he began digging into finally in his rear hip pocket, well wrapped in paper and trimmed down so as to occupy the least possible roorn, he found the picture and brought it proudly forth. "See?" he said, triumphantly. "Didn't I tell you I'd keep it?" "Yes," said the girl, noticing where he carried it, "You kept ir, all right. But YOU'VE CERTAINLY HAD A CHANGE OF HEART.''

Parson Simpkin Reunion

A large attendance is hoped for at the Calaveras Big Tree Grove October 6, to honor the memory of Parson Simpkin. Programs containing a route map have been sent by the committee to more than 600 lumbermen. The Grove is 79 miles from Stockton.

The memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sundar-. October 6.

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Earle E. Johnson, Livermore, Calif.

Building Material Concern Sells

Exclusively to Dealers

In the period of six months since its establishment, The R. J. M. Company, Los Angeles, distributors to dealers of standard building commodities, has made a steady growth and is now an important factor in the wholesale building material trade in Southern California.

The principals are well known men rvith long experience in the business. Wm. L. "Bi11" Rawn is president, R. Clyde Johnston is vi,ce president, and H. T. Moon is manager.

Mr. Rawn gained a thorough knowledge of the sash, door, plywood and lumber business in the Pacific Northwest, and held several important positions there, and later came to Caliiornia as vice president in charge of sales for the H'awaiian Cane Products Company, San Francisco, manufacturers of Canec Insulation Board. He resigned this position to become the "R" in The R.J.M. Company.

Mr. Johnston was f.or 12 years with the Hammond Lumber Company, Los Angeles, in charge of the hardware, roofing and building material departments, and for the last two years also had charge of the sash and door department.

Mr. Moon lvas salesman and assistant to Mr. Johnston over the same period of time.

The R.J.M. Company sells only to dealers. They carry a complete stock of commodity merchandise, most of the hardware and building material items that lumber dealers handle, including nails, stucco and poultry netting, fen,cing, hardware cloth, screen wire, rough and finish hardware, metal lath, roofing and felt, roof coating, insulation board, wall board, plaster board, insulation lath, etc.

In their warehouse at 2436 East 8th Street, I-os Angeles, just off Santa Fe Avenue, they have 72,W square feet of floor space all on one floor, and are particularly well equipped to give speedy loading servi.ce to dealers when their trucks come to pick up a load.

Chicago Executive Visits California

n. lt. Morriss, president of the American Lumber & Treating Company, Chicago, r,r'as in Los Angeles and San Francisco for a week recently conferring with branch man-' agers of the company on the business of formulating a sales policy for Wolmanized Douglas Fir.

ELLIOTT BAY SALES CO.

Cost Distribution fior Small Dwelling

The distribution of the costs of material and labor in the construction of a small dwelling of the four or five room type has been analyzed by Ralph Baker, prominent in material supply circles in Southern California, and official of the Hayward Lumber Co., in a report to the Federal Housing Administration.

The cost of materials for this type of dwelling is estimated to be about 50 per cent of the total cost of the job; Iumber, 2A per cent; plumbing equipment, lO per cent; hardware,3 per cent; plaster,8 per cent; roofing,3 per cent; and paint, 3 per cent; foundation materials, 3 per cent. The remaining cost is for skilled and unskilled servlCeS.