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Show THINK THISOVER FOR A LITTLE WHILE If tho newpsapers should announce soiuo morning "Lumber Industry closes In tho west" a6out half tho people In tho states west of the Ilock-Ics Ilock-Ics would bo-directly affected and hundreds of thousands would bo with out jobs. Tlicro is no danger of the lumber Industry closln genllrcly but various var-ious conditions can severely cripple and curtail its development. Sawmills Saw-mills and logging camps aro among our greatest employers of labor at good wages and yet In tho very communities com-munities that live and .exist by tho lumber Industry wo will find agitators agita-tors of various, kinds who would not hesitate to wreck tho Industry b various methods such ns labor radi c'nllsm, legislative radicalism and various taxation laws to confiscate property. And tho worst feature of tho wholo business is that very often a thoughtless public which makes its living from an Industry- such as lumber lum-ber will side In with tho agitators to cut off its own bread and butter not realizing what ,lt is doing. Lumber manufacturers' have dl -cult problems to solve today in order or-der to keep tho industry going. Tho new freight rato schedules have created problems which must bo solved in order to allow western lumber to compete with south pine which has a shorter haul to eastern markets. Lumber today Is tho cheapest cheap-est building material. Instead of howling about the price of lumber, which has necessarily increased the same as other materials, It western people would go ahead with t heir building programs which are being delayed, they would be benefitting themselves by helping keep In full operation a great employing industry. indus-try. The Southern Pacific has announced an-nounced that It expects to spend $25,000,000 fur new freight cars designed de-signed to use a minimum amount of steel and a maximum amount of turner turn-er In their construction. We all set back on our haunches and howl about tho shortage of houses hous-es and tho high cost of building when wo aro all of us making more money ia proportion than wo made when building costs were down to the 1014 figure. A little lcsa.talk and n llt-tlo llt-tlo more action on the construction end of tho gamo would solvo thq hotmlng problem. While tho lumber Industry Is adjusting Itself to tho changed conditions it is a good time for us to got busy with our construction construc-tion programs which will prevent Btocku piling up In the wards and keep thousands of man employed who may otherwise bo thrown out of work. I |