News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1910-02-02

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the top step. lie slipped his arm abop
her, They breathed deep of the happi
ness that filed their lives. Two shad
owy figures defined themselves ap
preaching up the concrete walk.
"Hellow called Orde
"Hellow voice responded.
Taylor and Clara" said Orde tc
Carroll, with satisfaction, lust til,
man ! wanted to see." The lawyer
and his wife mounted the steps.
Clara Taylor stopped short and con
sidered Orde for Il moment.
Let us away" she said seriously to
: Carroll MY prophetic soul tells me
they are going to talk business. and II
any more business is talked In my
! presence | shall expire. Come, Car.
roll; let's wander down the street and
see Nina Heinzman."
The two sauntered away.
Look here, Taylor" broke in Orde
/ abruptly; you told me the other day
you had fifteen or twenty thousand you
wanted to place somewhere"
Yes" replied Taylor.
"Well, believe l have just the prop
osition."
"What is it?"
"California pine" replied Orde.
california pine" repeated Taylor
"Caifornin's long way off, and there
is no market. is there?"
It's cheap" replied Orde succinct-
ly. II don't say it will be good for
immediate returns, but in twenty or
thirty Years it ought to pay big on a
small investment made now"
Taylor laughed.
Laugh all you please" rejoined
Orde, 'but l tell you Michigan and
Wisconsin pine is doomed. Twenty or
thirty years from now there won't be
any white pine for sale"
"Nonsense!" objected Taylor You're
talking wild"
All right" said Orde quietly. "Well,
what do you think of Indiana as a
coed field for timber investment
indiana" cried Taylor. amazed.
why. there's no timber there; it's a
prairie"
There used to be. And all the
southern Michigan farm belt was tim
bered, and around here. We have oul
stumps to show for it, but there are no
evidences at all farther south You
take your map and see how much area
has been cut already. That'll open
your eyes. And remember, all that has
been done by crude methods. The de-
mand increases as the country grows
and methods improve. 1t would not
surprise me if some day thirty or forty
millions would constitute an average
cut"
"Why is it that no ONE
Because" Orde cut him short, "the
big things are for the fellow who can
see far enough ahead"
"What kind of a proposition have
you" asked Taylor after pause.
81 can get 10000 acres at an average
price of IS an acre." replied Orde.
"about 40O,000,00O feet in timber"
''That's about 20 cents thousand"
Orde nodded.
"And Of course you couldn't operate
for twenty or thirty years, and there's
your interest on your money and taxes
and the risk of fire and"-
"Of course" agreed Orde impatient
ly. but you're getting your stumpage
for 20 cents, and in thirty years it
should be worth a dollar and a half"
AT the present time sugar pine such
as Orde described would cost $3.50
to 81.
Taylor relapsed into thought.
Look here, Orde," he broke out
finally, "how old are your"
'Thirty-eight. Why?"
"How much timber have you in
Michigan?'
about 100000 that we've picked
up on the river since the DAILY pur-
chase and 300.00O00O in the northern
peninsula"
(Which will take you twenty years
to cut and make you million dollars.
Then why this investment thirty years
ahead?"
"It's for Bobby" explained Orde sim
ply. n Ildu likes " nave Ills SUI
continue on in his business. can't do
it here, but there l can. 1t would
take fifty years to cut that pine, and |
that will give Bobby a steady income
and a steady business"
Bobby will be well enough off any
way. He won't have to go into bust |
ness"
Orde's brow puckered
81 know man. Bobby is going to
work. A man is not a success in life
1nless he does something, and Bobby
S going to be a success. Why. Tay
or" he chuckled. "the little rascal
ills the wood box. for a cent time,
md that's all the pocket money he
gets. He's saving now TO buy thou
sand dollar boat. I've agreed to pool
n half At his present rate of income
IN safe for about sixty years yet"
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