Lett@trs

NO RECORD?

David Cutler, editor-publisher

The Merchant Magazine

4500 Campus Drive

Newport Beach, Calif .9266O

Dear Mr. Cutler:

We noticed an article on page 44 of your December, 1975, edition of The Merchant Magazine and would like to correct your statement that Publishers Forest Products transported, in September, the single largest lumber shipment ever loaded onto a single rail car.

Bohemia shipped a car from our Saginaw Plant on June 5, 1964, of 100.640' loaded on a 60' flatcar which weighed l8'l ,516 lbs. and shipped to the American Distributing

Company, Modesto, Ca. The ibotage difference of 20,240' represents approximately 2O7o more footage on our car than what Publishers claimed they shipped on their car. We have shipped other cars that were in excess of 80,000'BM.

Enclosed you will find a copy of a letter from the Southern Pacific Transportation Company to back up our statement.

We felt you would want to straighten out your readers and subscribers. Best Regards, Keith

Wright Marketing Manager Bohemia,

Inc.

P.O. Box 18 l9 Eugene, Or.974Ol

Leery of such superlatives, we said in our coverage: "Publishers Forest hoducts tops off what it claims to be the largest. ." We checked upon receipt of your letterwith Publishers, but have yet to receive further claification. -ed.

The following letter was recently received by Ed Fountain, Sr. of the Ed Fountain Lumber Co., LosAngeles. Because of the significance of the views expressed we are reprinting it here. -ed.

Free Enterprise Essential

Many thanks for your recent letter and the vote of confidence it contained. I'm always encouraged to learn that knowledgeable members of the business community share my views.

As you know, I feel the real strength of our country lies in our free enterprise system. Our government's well-intentioned social largess, coupled with the economic illiteracy of many citizens, has mortgaged the future of generations of Americans and threatens our economic survival. What we face today is the classic choice between socialism and freedom.

You have my assurance, Mr. Fountain, that I will continue to fight forcefully for those policies I know to be essential for a strong and healthy economy. Once again, my thanks for writing.

Warm regards

Sincerely, William E. Simon

The Secretary Of The Treasury Washington, D.C.20220

Request

Gentlemen:

Please send me the address of the National Lumber & Building Material Dealers Association regarding the item on their "Packaged Housing Program" mentioned in your News Briefs section (p. l7) of the January issue of The Merchant Masazine. Sincerely, Dale Carlin, Jr. Economy Builders Supply, Inc. 3232 So.4th East Salt Lake City, Ut. 84 I I 5

The address of National is 1990 M St. N.IU., lUashington, D.C. 20036. -ed.

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