The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-05-12

I met numerous lumber statesmen when
he was in the home yard and VIII
probably have secured their assistance
In making the move.
Here his work will be that Of clerk
| attending to the volume Of orders and
invoices and correspondence with mill
men, railroads and retailers. II he IL
with firm that has an extensive trade
he will be doing business with all
parts of the country, from buying car
loads of lumber and shingles In the
states OF Washington and Texas and
Michigan and Maine, to selling 1t II
the government for drydock to b.
built on the Panama canal or to re-
tailers in all parts Of the country.
Continuing his previous habits oi
study, your boy will find here oppor
tunity to exercise all the brains he pos
sesses. He will not only be In compe
tition with the other Offices in the city
but this competition will extend to the
mills, as we'll as to the retailers; fol
It is quite as important to be able to
buy cheaply as to sell for high fig
ure. Many mills follow the custom OF
loading cars with their product and
shipping them to some transfer point
on the speculation that there will be
a demand somewhere nearby by the
time the car reaches its destination.
wholesalers also do this, frequently
having hundreds of cars in various
parts of their selling district which
may be diverted quickly to a yard or
other buyer not far away, thus ma
king hit with the buyer on account
Of the quick delivery, and getting
their money quickly.
Wholesalers also maintain the |
closest possible relations with mills
turning out the kind of product they
actual definite relations with certain
mills to handle all their product.
Thus, your boy, who is now a matured |
man of % to rs, and is drawing a sal.
airy Of perhaps $125 month, will be
chosen to make the annual or semi.
annual visit the firm pays to the mills,
spending several weeks looking into
manufacturing conditions and sign.
ing contracts.
This gives him personal standing
with the mill men and also a close
of the general phases of
cost, output, freight
rates to various points, the probable
production and its influence on prices,
etc. Also he. has been visiting the re.
tail dealers that handle this lumber
and knows just as intimately all their
in the way of prices,
quantity, etc. So he has become the
keen. able connecting link between
producer and consumer.
Don't you see what a big future
here is In store for him? Before long
ne will likely start in a firm of his
own, with an associate or two, one OF
hem devoting himself to the selling
md the other to the buying end. He
VIII not require much money to do
his, for he has established credit with
he mill men, and can sell to retailers
before he has to pay the manufac-
urer.
From here on his line OF work win
Re what he chooses to make It. AS he
las set out to be a real lumberman,
With mill of his own, he will look
or opportunities to get into some
firm. This may come
through an offer to be eastern selling
representative Of large mill, placing
II its product, and later on to 60 to
hat mill as resident manager of the
ales department, the biggest end of
he business, and, ultimately, by the
inc he Is S5 81 20 ne will have oppor.
unity to be taken in as a member of
hat or some other firm.
Thus he becomes one of the import.
mt members of one of the largest de-
artments of industrial life in the
Torld, with the high social and bust.
ess standing he deserves and abun.
ant financial reward.
Copyright, 1910 by the Associated Lit
erary Press)