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Eight Ways in which We Do It-
1 For 20 consecutive years we have operated successfully; we have a record and I a pedigree; we have long since passed the experimental stage; ours is not a charitable institution; it does not ask SUPPORT; it delivers its members an annual return of 100% or better.
, An insurance department which carries only the insurance of retail lumber 2 yards, and which, in 20 years, has paid $500,000 in losses and saved its members $ | ,000,000 in premiums.
Q A traffic department which adjusts all your traffic troubles, audits your ex.t pense bills and adjusts your claims.
4 A legal department which arbitrates all legal disputes between buyer and seller.
A monthly magazine, carrying no advertising, and full of merchandising ideas for retail lumbermen, free to all members.
An annual Institute, at a different point each year, where members gather together and exchange ideas on conducting their business.
n A correspondence course which enables the lumbermen to read blueprints, esa timate jobs accurately and render expert advice to local carpenters, contractors and home builders.
O A legislative committee watches proposed legislation in the Congress of the
O United States as well as in the several states; it warns members of harmful r I l. measures, passect ano penc[ng.
Read What Some of Our Members Say-
During the last six years our company has paid in dues to this association, for all its yards the sum of $4,836; we have received in payments from its traffic department an aggregate of $9.880.39. Right now we have $884,000 insurance in force in the association's insurance department, and we estimate our saving in premiums over Board rates to be 92,000 per yedr.
C. W. GAMBLE, Manager Retail Yard Dept., Boise-Payette Lumber Co.
We believe in our association, the work it has accomolished, the enthusiasm it instills, the benefiti we derive and the bigger things it will do.
A. R, BREY. Brey-Wright Lbr. Co., Porterville, Calif.
We have been members since 1913 and while we have not taken advantage of all the privileges of its various depart' ments. we have always felt that the money was well spert'
W. C. MILLER, Columbia Valley Lumber Co., Seattle, Wash.
Our insurance has been lowered from $3'50 pe! $1OOO to 50c per $1000. We now. get sa.fe and satisfactory insurance written by lumbermen for lumbermen.
MADTSON LUMBER & MIqL CO.
Lewiston. Idaho.
No Western lunber retailer can afiord to stay out of this organization.
GEORCD W. WOOD, Wood Bros. Co., Santa Cruz. Calif.
We have been members of this association for the last 18 yeais and the investment has proven ver-y profitable to us. Fbr instance, when we first became nembers our insurance was costing us $2,@, but we have reduced this to 48c.
B. J. BOORMAN, Boorman Lumber Co., Great Falls. Mont.
This association gives a service that every retail lumberman can use to advantase. The traffic department returns to us more ih"r ort association dues amount to.
ROBERT ANDERSON. Anderson & Sons Co., Logan, Utah vice-Pres.;
Wash.,
The Western Retail Lumbermen's Association is a big, virile, resrllt-producing organization.
JOS. COPELAND, Copeland Lumber Co., Portland, Ore.
Memberrhip Fee .....,$5
Annual Duec ....$15