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Money is strange stuff. Few folks understand it. Many who pose as financial experts are as ignorant of the realities as an oyster on the ocean bed is ignorant of astronomy. Few people realize that money is only valuable when it is scarce. In this respect it differs from other valuable goods and commodities. Food, clothing or shelter, for instance, would still be useful and desirable even though produced in such quantities that their price might be very low.

g",r consumers. Food, clothing and shelter, on the other hand, finally stay with the buyers.

Occasionally a man comes along who really understands money. But they are few and far between. Jesse H. Jones, a lumberman, was one. And just about the only one this writer has ever known.

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Benneft 2-Way Sow Into More Yqrds

Reported by Wayne C. Ervine, Dealer-Service, Atascadero, Q"]ii., are these recent installations of the popular Bennett Z-Wav Panel Saw:

Reynolds Lumber Co., El Monte; House of Plywood. San Bernardino ; Fiberglas Engineers (four units), Los Angeles, San Francisco, Fresno and North Sacramento; Marin Plywood Co., San Francisco; Dwyer Lumber Co., Coachella; Diamond National Corp., Redding; San Jose State College; Seeman Lumber Co., Whittiei; Steelbuilt Partitibns, fnc., Gardena ; K & B Cabinets, Santa Cruz: Rancho Lumber Co., El Sobrante: Sacramento Cabinet Shop; Diamond National Corp. (its 29th purchase), Manteca; Rossman Mill & Lumber Co. (its second unit). San Pedro; Mears Lumber Co.. Bakersfield. and Shafco Lumber & Builders Supply. Shafter.

Diamond Notionql Previews Big Foirfield Plqnf

The Diamond National Corporation previewed its brand19ry,big Fairfield yard in a three-day grand opening, N{arch 24-26, wtrictr drew several thousand Fairfieldiites. Th. n"* installation is located at 340 Travis Street and is approxi- mately the same size and general styling as Diamond's new Concord operation (CLM, 3/l/59). Full details and pictures will follow in a later issue of the "Merchant."

New Plywood Plont for Montonq

, -Y1lg9g".r Plywood Co. will start operating a new $2,500,000 plywood manufacturing plant at Missoila, Montaua, May l. The Northern Pacific Railway owns the prop- erty and will supply timber from its lVlontana tree farms. Logging will start in about 60 days. The plant will produce between five and six million feet of plywo-od (/s-inch basis) per month.