The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1880-12-10
ssgssstioa to Mil Owners.
UoIr RIVER, Near Pass Christian,
December I, lcs0.

"'' December l, lsso.
sliter Dsmosrai-stsr;
My Intentions for many years
I,,e been trndlng towards the nc
,.pplishment of an object OF great
iruortanee to the mill-owners who
.urpl, the New Orleans market
i'm lumber. The ruinous system
,.,rri.d on almost compulsorily, by
shipping to commission merchants;
| the charges tor advances, interest,
.sseptsnces, tally fees, ETC., aud
the lc- prices obtained for lumber,
,elds 10 fetter the mill.man so
mach that he can barely support
himself and keep his mill in good
revair. A mill is an institution
scbleet to many vicissitudes, (de.
nruetion BY fire is, perhaps, the
greatea,) yet the worst of all is
that, after using u mill atew years,
il Is almost impossible to sell il.
All these facts being prominent
ip ny mind, after u shor: expert
ruee in milling. made away with
ths commission merchant who is
s.aals man No. l, also with the
Wholesale purchaser who is middle
man No. .. l rented Il large place
fronting New Basin. purchased
mnlcs, carts aud office furniture aud
thea started retailing lumber man.
uiartrred by my own mills, and
notwithstanding xleusrs of fifteen
dollars per day have carried on
The business With success tor eight
years. have mssk: Il large num-
bet Of customers, aud today can.
mol saw hut ~ small part OF the
lsmler ! sell hence thinking tue
tin. riffs to accomplish the object
mentioned arst Ia the beginuing OF
,hi. article, l rroposc to sivest1e
same advantages that | iUsScss IN
ihr city of New Orleans to any
mill.uwnrr who will send his lum.
irr TO 1y yard, said lumber to be
soll for him, and amount collected
placed at his disposal same MS done
by minp; the whole Ia acc0r,lance
10 his instructions with the same
pntilcge at office aud In yard that
! mys~lf possess. Nothing in this
arrangement will be In any manner
construed W partnership. The
lumber account, money and tally
will bo kept separate aud distinct |;
the expenses will be paid prOrata
IN proportion to amount Of lumber
sold from each party. Fur instances:
u thc sale total of the yard are
six thousand dollars % month, aud
twu thousand dollars worth OF one
party'S lumber Is disposed OF, then
che later party pays one.third OF
the expenses. Parties going into
this arrangement should saw such
IL specially Of lumber, thus ena.
bling the yard to hold better va.
rir,y. Bills of lumber could be
scnt 10 the different mills in ac.
coraauce to the respective capacity
aud stock Of logs to sait the sizes
aud kAgtb requiredin this manner.
Bills Of lumber could be delivered
vei, rapidly, large paying contracts
could be taken by the Office aud
snuch better prices obtained f; in
fact. the profits OF two middle men
would remain in the hands Of the
.a.ill.ns.n, and the expenses of an
institution of this kind would not
be but very little more than my
own elpenses at this moment, espe.
cially il four or Ave mill men would
join. thus the expenses would be.
come - mere trifle. | broach this
subject with very limited explana.
tons, and know that 1t is sugges-
tire OF improvement; therefore,
/ kindly ask our mill men n give
it y thorough consideration being
satis6ed myself that any tair
amendments can only be for the
mutual benefit of the whole.
ai Respectfully,
j. L. NEvERs,
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