The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1937-03-25

woods. Today carriers have displaced
the horses in the yard, and the mer-
curry tractors in the shipping department.
One of these machines will deliver a
load in the time it took the average
teamster to climb onto his load We
no longer carry such a large stock of
lumber as additional kiln drying ca
pacity and newer methods of forced
draft in the kilns puts lumber into
shipping condition within a few days
after it has been sawed and we no
longer have to wait for the summer
sun to condition our stock
You will note from this that we have
also progressed and followed the trend
in other industries. As result we were
able to pay in 1886 the highest wages
with the exception of the boom year
of 1920-of our business life, although
lumber prices were fully 20 per cent
under the 1928 to 1929 level. Machines
have displaced men but further manu-
facture has added some.
Where Our Lumber Goes
1t might be of interest to you to know
where we sell our lumber. We have
sales offices and representatives in New
York. Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis,
Fargo, Great Falls and Portland In
other territories we sell through COM
mission or wholesale representatives.
Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota,
Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kansas Ne
braska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York,
and New Jersey have been our best
states in which to sell Many barn
and house in the state of Iowa has been
built from lumber shipped from Libby
cut from trees that began their growth
when Columbus discovered America.
Have you ever given it thought as
to where the original dollar comes from
that pays our bills at the stores and
then travels East and West and North
and South to pay for goods shipped in22
I have gathered a few figures that re-
veal one Of the sources.
(Mr Neils then gave the figures COW
ering labor and freight expenditures
and production data as quoted at the
first Of this article1
Before closing | would like to tell
you of the progress made in other in
dustries.
In 1918 it took six weeks to apply
the % coats of paint and varnish to an
automobile body. Today it takes one
day The result is the cost of pro-
ducing an automobile is materially re-
duced and the public gets the benefit
Of reduction in price for better car.
MIR. Chrysler was once asked what
car that he sells for about $4,000
would cost to produce in an ordinary
machine shop. He replied that if it
could be produced at all, it would prob
ably cost four or five times that much.
Many of us can we'll remember when
the life Of tire on our car was less
than 300 miles. Today 10000 miles is
commonplace. This achievement is the
result of research in the laboratories
of the rubber industry. Similar prog
ress has been made in other indus
tries.
American industries as a whole are
spending about 100000, 10000 a year
ON research, maintaining about $4,000
trained scientists in approximately 1000
laboratories
Looking for Better Methods
Why is this done2 The answer is
that the experience of the past rs years
has proven that the best welfare OF
industry and the nation lies in the de-
velopment Of new and better things.
THE United States is the richest ma
ton of the world, where the standard
of living of its people is higher than
anything ever attained in the history
of man. Now, where does this wealth
come from2 1t can not be created by
presidential decree, nor is it the re-
suit of trade between merchants and
people, but it is solely and alone the
product Of the soil, the output Of mills
and mines developing natural resources
and finally the creation from these of
goods by our industries.
I'VE have travelled a long why be-
yond our cave-dwelling ancestors in
making life more pleasant and enjoy
able. In the 5000 years OF recorded
human history we have made more
progress in the last century than in the
other So. and in this century the last
rs years have far surpassed the
other u.s.
This sudden acceleration in the rate
of material progress has been due al
most entirely to the application of sci
ence in industry, made possible under
our democratic form of government
and under private competitive in
dustrial system. Let us ever be wary
of changing either" 81
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Estate of George L. Fox, deceased.